The Civil War: A Treasury of Art and Literature

New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1992. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 13x10x1. First edition. Jacket faintly rubbed. 1992 Large Hardcover. 367 pp. This rich trove of art and literature from the American Civil War documents the nation's most cataclysmic ordeal through the poignant impressions of those who lived it. The motives and emotions of both North and South come alive in the writings of Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Frederick Douglass; speeches, memoirs, diaries and soldier's letters; and front-line photos.