This Will Make a Man of Me
«This is a well-done volume . . . . The contextual information is both detailed and useful because the author is interested in Howell as both a Civil War officer and as young man coming of age . . . .Readers will appreciate how Scythes has managed to effectively tell the story of this young man and his comrades.»
George C. Rable, Professor Emeritus, the University of Alabama
This book offers a unique firsthand account of the experiences of a teenage officer in America’s Civil War. Second Lieutenant Thomas James Howell was only seventeen years old when he received his commission to serve the 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Lehigh University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781611462203
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«This is a well-done volume . . . . The contextual information is both detailed and useful because the author is interested in Howell as both a Civil War officer and as young man coming of age . . . .Readers will appreciate how Scythes has managed to effectively tell the story of this young man and his comrades.»
George C. Rable, Professor Emeritus, the University of Alabama