Best Selling Books by James M. McPherson

In den Jahren 1861 bis 1865 tobte in Amerika der verheerendste Krieg, der jemals das Staatsgebiet der USA heimgesucht hat. Hunderttausende liessen ihr Leben in dem Konflikt zwischen Nord- und Südstaaten, zwischen Unionisten und Konföderierten. Der bekannte amerikanische Historiker James McPherson schildert mit analytischem Gespür und erzählerischem Geschick Gründe, Verlauf und Auswirkungen jenes Bürgerkriegs, der den Beginn des modernen Amerika markiert. 1989 wurde McPherson für sein Monumentalwerk "Für die Freiheit sterben" mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnet.

Into the West contains personal narratives from settlers and soldiers as well as profiles and accounts of the actions of many luminaries involved in Reconstruction and the movement West.

"Edited by James M. McPherson, PhD a preeminent civil war scholar and historian, George Henry Davis 1886 Professor Emeritus of United States History, Princeton University and Pulitzer Prize winner in History for Battle Cry Freedom, Defining Documents in American History: Civil War (1860-1865) surveys key documents produced during the Civil War with special attention devoted to the war-time policies of President Abraham Lincoln and the 37th US Congress. A special feature of the volumes is the inclusion of letters and diaries by soldiers and civilians writing about their experiences. The two volumes are organized into several chapters that cover the progress of the war beginning with early debates on secession, through wartime events on the political and battle fronts and concludes with a look toward the issues of race and reconstruction."--