THE DESOLATE SOUTH, 1865-1866: A Picture of the Battlefields and of the Devastated Confederacy
New York and Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce and Little, Brown and Company, 1956. First edition thus. Hardcover. A reissue of the scarce 1867 first edition, edited by Gordon Carroll. Townsend (1827-1916) toured much of the defeated Confederacy during the summer of 1865 and the following winter. He observed carefully, and talked with a wide variety of people of both sexes, including freedmen, die-hard Rebels, Unionists, farmers, businessmen, refugees, and Northern entrepreneurs. In his book, he lets these people speak in their own voices, often adding his own comments. Octavo: xvi, 320 p. with 26 contemporary photographs. Original gray cloth binding, with blue titles. Some mild edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Very good / Very good. Item #77303
Price: $50.00