IMAGINE ELIZABETH BETTINA’S SURPRISE when she discovered that her grandmother’s village had a secret: over a half century ago; many of Campagna’s residents defied the Nazis and risked their lives to shelter and save hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust. What followed her discovery became an adventure as she uncovered fascinating untold stories of Jews in Italy during World War II and the many Italians who risked everything to save them. “Finally; somebody made known the courage and the empathy of the majority of the Italian people toward us Jews at a time of great danger.†—Nino Asocoli
#1083965 in Books 2014-05-20Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.50 x 6.25 x .75l; .88 #File Name: 1594161992182 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. More trade than you would thinkBy James D. CrabtreeBefore the Civil War the economies of the North and South were distinct but interlinked. The South's economy was based upon the production of cotton. The North's economy was based upon finished products (including cotton cloth)... and food. The Confederacy found itself cut off from the cornfields of Ohio; the wheat fields of Illinois; the meat-packing plants of Chicago; etc. The Union found itself cut off from the tons of raw cotton needed for its mills.Leigh concentrates on the corruption which erupted because of the skyrocketing value of cotton bales and the relative ease in which cotton could be bought; stolen or captured near the front lines. While the author is very good at detailing incidents of smuggling and licensed trade he neglects to discuss how; even with an imperfect blockade and imperfect enforcement of the Federal laws; the cotton trade was never able to feed the Confederate coffers. He also doesn't speak much of the secondary trade of food from Union lines to the Confederate armies. In the last weeks of the war; after the fall of Fort Fisher; Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was being fed via trading posts in North Carolina and Norfolk... keeping the war going for at least a month if not longer.Leigh's writing suggests that no Union campaign was launched unless there was some way of making money off of the cotton trade. This is certainly a stretch; although there were no doubt many opportunists on the Union side.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Little Known Trade of Cotton Between The North and South During the Civil War.By Kyle J. CherryThis book gives in detail the illegal trade in cotton trade between the North and the South during the Civil War. The North bought the cotton from traders in the South used the proceeds to finance the war and the North resold the cotton to England to also finance the war. Union military general got trading cotton and the traders were made wealth in the South during private sales of cotton to the North. This is an area that has had little or no coverage in previous books.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The only book written on the subject by a good writer. Phillip will be a presenter on the ...By CustomerThe only book written on the subject by a good writer. Phillip will be a presenter on the annual Sarasota Civil War Symposium in January; 2015. Lots of statistics of the back and forth trading of goods between the embattled North and South.
