The Bell Irvin Wiley reader

Wiley, Bell Irvin 1906-1980 (Author). Jordan, Hill. (Added Author). Robertson, James I., Jr. (James Irvin) 1930-2019 (Added Author). Segars, J. H. (Joe Henry), 1949- (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0807125792 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
x, 332 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2001.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-324) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The road to war -- What kind of war? -- The South goes confederate -- A portrait of plain Americans -- Lincoln, plain man of the people -- A time of greatness -- The memorable war -- Life on the Confederate home front -- A Southerner's view of Sherman and his march -- Lincoln and Lee -- The collapse of the Confederacy -- American history and racial understanding -- The common soldiers of the Civil War -- An interview with Bell Irvin Wiley -- Biography of a book -- Historians and the National Register -- Formula for greatness -- Why teach the Civil War? -- A Bell Irvin Wiley final exam : History 251 -- Personal documents : the heart of history.