JOSEPH WHEELAN - Civil War History In LIBBY PRISON BREAKOUT
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 7:30pm
Historian Joseph Wheelan presents LIBBY PRISON BREAKOUT: THE DARING ESCAPE FROM THE
NOTORIOUS CIVIL WAR PRISON. Here is the largely unknown story of the escape of 109 steel-nerved Union
officers through a 55-foot tunnel, and their flight in winter through
the heart of the enemy homeland. Joseph Wheelan is the author of several books centering on early 19th century American history.
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$26.95
ISBN-13: 9781586487164Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: PublicAffairs, 02/01/2010
While many books have been inspired by the horrors of Andersonville prison, none have chronicled with any depth or detail the amazing tunnel escape from Libby Prison in Richmond. Now Joseph Wheelan examines what became the most important escape of the Civil War from a Confederate prison, one that ultimately increased the North’s and South’s willingness to use prisoners in waging “total war.”
In a converted tobacco warehouse, Libby’s 1,200 Union officers survived on cornbread and bug-infested soup, and slept without blankets on the bare floor. With prisoner exchanges suspended, escape and death were the only ways out.
Libby Prison Breakout recounts the largely unknown story of the escape of 109 steel-nerved officers through a 55-foot tunnel, and their flight in winter through the heart of the enemy homeland, amid an all-out Rebel manhunt. The officers’ later testimony in Washington spurred two far-reaching investigations and a new cycle of retaliation against Rebel captives.
Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress (Paperback)
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781586486891Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: PublicAffairs, 03/01/2009
When John Quincy Adams—the sixty-three-year-old former president, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and diplomat—was elected to the House of Representatives by his Massachusetts neighbors, he embarked on a spectacular late-life career.
He became Congress’s most acerbic and influential critic of slavery as well as a tireless proponent for human freedoms and First Amendment rights. This remarkable congressional career utterly transformed him, the public’s perception of him, and his legacy—in many ways redeeming his failed presidency. MR. ADAMS'S LAST CRUSADE renders an insightful portrait of a man who placed his country above politics.
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9780786714049Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: PublicAffairs, 10/01/2004
Author Joseph Wheelan has marvelously captured the story of America’s
war against the Barbary pirates, our first war against terror and the
nations that support it. The Barbary pirates, a Muslim enemy from
Tripoli, attacked European and American merchant shipping with impunity.
Jefferson ordered the U.S. Navy to Tripoli in 1801 to repel "force with
force." The Barbary War was also a proving ground for such young
officers as William Bainbridge, Stephen Decatur, Isaac Hull, and David
Porter –key players in the impending War of 1812 against Great Britain.
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