The Gettysburg Companion : The Complete Guide to America's Most Famous Battle by Mark Adkin (2008, Hardcover)

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PublisherStackpole Books
ISBN-100811704394
ISBN-139780811704397
eBay Product ID (ePID)66087078

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Book TitleThe Gettysburg Companion : the Complete Guide to America's Most Famous Battle
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicUnited States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorMark Adkin
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in
Item Weight104.8 Oz
Item Length12 in
Item Width9 in

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Reviews The Gettysburg Companion is a battle book on steroids, and it offers hours of enlightening entertainment.
SynopsisUnlike any Gettysburg book now available with comprehensive, blow-by-blow account of the celebrated Civil War battle. Lavishly illustrated with color maps, diagrams, charts, drawings, paintings, and period photos along with modern-day photos that are overlaid with markings to show troop movements. Covers uniforms, equipment, and weaponry as well as orders of battle and tactics., * Unlike any Gettysburg book now available with comprehensive, blow-by-blow account of the celebrated Civil War battle * Lavishly illustrated with color maps, diagrams, charts, drawings, paintings, and period photos along with modern-day photos that are overlaid with markings to show troop movements * Covers uniforms, equipment, and weaponry as well as orders of battle and tactics There have been many books about Gettysburg, but never one to rival this in scale or authority. Based on extensive research, The Gettysburg Companion describes the battle in detail, drawing on firsthand accounts of participants on all sides in order to give the reader a vivid sense of what it was like to experience the carnage at Gettysburg in early July 1863. The many full-color maps--all specially commissioned for the book--and the numerous photographs, charts, and diagrams make this book a feast for the eyes and a collector's dream., - Unlike any Gettysburg book now available with comprehensive, blow-by-blow account of the celebrated Civil War battle - Lavishly illustrated with color maps, diagrams, charts, drawings, paintings, and period photos along with modern-day photos that are overlaid with markings to show troop movements - Covers uniforms, equipment, and weaponry as well as orders of battle and tactics There have been many books about Gettysburg, but never one to rival this in scale or authority. Based on extensive research, The Gettysburg Companion describes the battle in detail, drawing on firsthand accounts of participants on all sides in order to give the reader a vivid sense of what it was like to experience the carnage at Gettysburg in early July 1863. The many full-color maps--all specially commissioned for the book--and the numerous photographs, charts, and diagrams make this book a feast for the eyes and a collector's dream., Unlike any Gettysburg book now available with comprehensive, blow-by-blow account of the celebrated Civil War battle Lavishly illustrated with color maps, diagrams, charts, drawings, paintings, and period photos along with modern-day photos that are overlaid with markings to show troop movements Covers uniforms, equipment, and weaponry as well as orders of battle and tactics There have been many books about Gettysburg, but never one to rival this in scale or authority. Based on extensive research, The Gettysburg Companion describes the battle in detail, drawing on firsthand accounts of participants on all sides in order to give the reader a vivid sense of what it was like to experience the carnage at Gettysburg in early July 1863. The many full-color maps--all specially commissioned for the book--and the numerous photographs, charts, and diagrams make this book a feast for the eyes and a collector's dream.
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