DOC Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan; The Band; Van Morrison; Janis Joplin; Jimi Hendrix and Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock by Barney Hoskyns in History

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In this unprecedented account; Chandra Manning uses letters; diaries; and regimental newspapers to take the reader inside the minds of Civil War soldiers-black and white; Northern and Southern-as they fought and marched across a divided country. With stunning poise and narrative verve; Manning explores how the Union and Confederate soldiers came to identify slavery as the central issue of the war and what that meant for a tumultuous nation. This is a brilliant and eye-opening debut and an invaluable addition to our understanding of the Civil War as it has never been rendered before.