Battle Lines A Graphic History of the Civil War |
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Author:
| Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan Kelman, Ari |
Illustrator:
| Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan |
ISBN: | 978-0-8090-9474-5 |
Publication Date: | May 2015 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Imprint: | Hill & Wang |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Featuring breathtaking panoramas and revelatory, unforgettable images, Battle Lines is an utterly original graphic history of the Civil War. A collaboration between the award-winning historian Ari Kelman and the acclaimed graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, Battle Lines showcases various objects from the conflict (a tattered American flag from Fort Sumter, a pair of opera glasses, a bullet, an inkwell, and more), along with a cast of soldiers,...
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Featuring breathtaking panoramas and revelatory, unforgettable images, Battle Lines is an utterly original graphic history of the Civil War.
A collaboration between the award-winning historian Ari Kelman and the acclaimed graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, Battle Lines showcases various objects from the conflict (a tattered American flag from Fort Sumter, a pair of opera glasses, a bullet, an inkwell, and more), along with a cast of soldiers, farmers, slaves, and well-known figures, to trace an ambitious narrative that extends from the early rumblings of secession to the dark years of Reconstruction. Employing a bold graphic form to illuminate the complex history of this period, Kelman and Fetter-Vorm take the reader from the barren farms of the home front all the way to the front lines of an infantry charge.
A daring presentation of the war that nearly tore America apart, Battle Lines is a monumental achievement.