A volume in the Problems in World History series; this book features a variety of secondary-source essays that are carefully edited for both content and length; making this single volume a convenient alternative to course packets or multiple monographs. Most often used as a supplementary text for upper-level courses; The Atlantic Slave Trade includes chapter introductions; essay introductions; and annotated bibliographies.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. This is a really good book...By John LesterThis is a really good book. Dr Terman has taken the large topic of the Civil War and made it very personal. His great uncle Hiram is in the first person. The soldier's wide and profoundly sad experiences are carefully and clearly explained. Dr Terman has also taken on Hiram's POW experiences and described these with great sensitivity.Dr Terman's background as an educator and scientist are used to advantage. His language is both clear and accurate. He has gone to the trouble of explaining biological and medical aspects of the Civil War that are generally lost to readers.I recently finished reading several of Winston Groom's Civil War books and Shelby Foote's 3000 page narrative. These are wonderful books and I recommend them highly. However; no living person was present during the Civil War. Many names and places were taken for granted by earlier generations. Dr Terman makes no such assumptions and educates us where we probably need educating.This is the ideal book for students just becoming interested in the Civil War. It is well written.John B Lester2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Wonderfully DetailedBy Virginia AllainAlthough this is a fictional version of the author's Civil War ancestor's experience; it does a wonderful job transporting the reader into the blood; guts and privations of that time.Hiram Terman sets off for war; a naive young man caught up in the patriotic bravado of the war. He encounters boredom; the hardships of training and camp life; then the horror of the first battle. Each battle takes you into the smoke; the shelling; the experience of having a comrade's head blown off his body.Captured at Gettysburg; Hiram survives multiple prison camps (Belle Isle; Andersonville). He learns the importance of teaming up with others to make it through the starvation; disease and filthy conditions as a prisoner of war.I found it a fascinating reading experience and particularly appreciated the careful scholarship and research that went into creating it. I've been working on a similar project researching my own Civil War ancestor who was at Andersonville. This book is quite an achievement in conveying the experience of an infantryman while making a compelling story of it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. One of the best Civil War books to dateBy Texas BobThis book is about Max Terman's Great Uncle who enlisted and fought with the 82 Ohio during the Civil War. Many books have been written about a soldier's life during the war but this one is based on facts where his regiment and company would be fighting and then the private thoughts and whatever Hiram would be thinking is written in the first person. Call it a novel or a history book. It traces Hirman's journey from training to his capture at Gettysburg and ultimately a prisoner at Andersonville; one of the worst POW camps in the War. You will acquaint yourself with Hiram and his two buddies and will make you feel you were right there with him. I met Max Terman and found he received everything he could on the 82 Ohio and retraced his Great Uncles steps as he went from battle to battle; POW camp to freedom.
