{"product_id":"civil-war-weather-in-virginia-paperback-softback-9780817358778","title":"Civil War Weather in Virginia (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817358778","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCivil War Weather in Virginia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert K. Krick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817358778\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 September 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e190 pages, 24 B\u0026amp;W figures \/ 51 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA widely acclaimed authority on the Virginia campaigns as well as the Army of Northern Virginia, Krick is also an indefatigable researcher who seems constantly to be unearthing personal writings and data that bring data and life to Civil War history. [...] Events become clearer and more accurate when weather data is inserted.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eJournal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Krick's book is a valuable reference work that fills a gap in [the] literature and could potentially inspire research into the environmental history of the war—an area wide open for investigation.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Any historian working on the operations of armies in the eastern theater will have to consult Krick's book. [...] In short, Krick has provided a crucial reference for those working on military operations in Virginia.\"— \u003ci\u003eSouthern Historian: A Journal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers looking for precise information pertaining to the weather in the Washington-to-Richmond corridor during the Civil War will find what they are looking for.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eCivil War History Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e“[Krick is] the greatest secret weapon for Civil War battlefield preservation we’ve ever had.” —Former New York Representative Robert J. Mrazek\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e “Students of the Civil War will find the book an extremely useful reference work. The tables and additional commentary from widely scattered sources offer indispensable information for anyone interested in military campaigns in Virginia. To have all of this information for the entire war readily available in one place is the single most significant contribution of this work.” —George C. Rable, President, Society of Civil War Historians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The quotations included are very vivid.” —David Laskin, author of \u003ci\u003eBraving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather\u003c\/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis work fills a tremendous gap in our available knowledge in a fundamental area of Civil War studies, that of basic quotidian information on the weather in the theater of operations in the vicinity of Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia. Krick adds to the daily records kept by amateur meteorologists in these two locations. Anecdotal descriptions of weather found in contemporary soldiers\u0026amp;rsquo; dairies and correspondence combines these scattered records into a chronology of weather information that also includes daybreak and sunset times for each day. The information in \u003ci\u003eCivil War Weather in Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e is indispensable for students of the Civil War in the vital northern Virginia\/Maryland theater of operations, and of the effects of weather on military history in general.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574394646808,"sku":"9780817358778","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/civil-war-weather-in-virginia-paperback-softback-9780817358778","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}