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Strange but True Facts About the Civil War

By (author) Patrick M. Reynolds

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Here in an entertaining illustrated format are hundreds of little-known facts about the always-fascinating Civil War. Did you know... -A January 1861 plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln was thwarted with the helpf of a police chief named...John Kennedy? -The Confederacy briefly had a program developing rockets? -Two million dollars in gold bars that disappeared from a Union Army shipment may still be buried in northwestern Pennsylvania? -The Gettysburg Address was panned as ""silly, flat and dish-watery? by the Chicago Times? These are just a few of the remarkable stories chronicled in Patrick M. Reynolds' educational cartoon strips.

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Normally shipped | Usually dispatched in 3 to 4 weeks as supplier is out of stock
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publishing
Published date | 28 Jun 2007
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 144
Dimensions | 282 x 181 x 8mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 408g
ISBN | 978-1-5897-9362-0
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BISAC | history / north america


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