{"product_id":"my-diary-north-and-south-paperback-9781108041225","title":"My Diary North and South (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108041225","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMy Diary North and South\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA British journalist's eyewitness description of American society at the start of the Civil War, published in 1863.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Howard Russell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108041225, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e448 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWilliam Howard Russell (1820–1907) was a nineteenth-century war correspondent for The Times. In 1861–2 he visited America to report on the secession crisis that had followed Abraham Lincoln's campaign to abolish slavery, in which eleven southern states had withdrawn from the United States to form their own confederacy, resulting in the American Civil War. First published in 1863, this two-volume work recounts Russell's experiences there. Based on his interviews with Lincoln, other pivotal figures, and ordinary citizens, together with his diaries and his letters to The Times, it documents his impressions of both the northern and the opposing southern states as he travelled through them. His book, thought to have been compiled in response to accusations that he was biased towards the South, provides a revealing eyewitness account of life during a landmark period in America's history. Volume 1 focuses mainly on southern society and slavery.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Departure from Cork\u003cbr\u003e 2. Arrival at New York\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'St Patrick's Day' in New York\u003cbr\u003e 4. Streets and shops in New York\u003cbr\u003e 5. Off to the railway station\u003cbr\u003e 6. A state dinner at Mr. Abraham Lincoln's\u003cbr\u003e 7. Barbers' shops\u003cbr\u003e 8. New York Press\u003cbr\u003e 9. Dinner at General Scott's\u003cbr\u003e 10. Preparations for war at Charleston\u003cbr\u003e 11. Scenes on board an American steamer\u003cbr\u003e 12. Portsmouth\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sketches round Wilmington\u003cbr\u003e 14. Southern Volunteers\u003cbr\u003e 15. Slaves, their masters and mistresses\u003cbr\u003e 16. Charleston\u003cbr\u003e 17. Visit to a plantation\u003cbr\u003e 18. Climate of the Southern States\u003cbr\u003e 19. Domestic negroes\u003cbr\u003e 20. By railway to Savannah\u003cbr\u003e 21. The river at Savannah\u003cbr\u003e 22. Slave-pens: negroes on sale or hire\u003cbr\u003e 23. Proclamation of war\u003cbr\u003e 24. Mr. Wigfall on the Confederacy\u003cbr\u003e 25. The River Alabama\u003cbr\u003e 26. Visit to Forts Gaines and Morgan\u003cbr\u003e 27. Pensacola and Fort Pickens\u003cbr\u003e 28. Bitters before breakfast\u003cbr\u003e 29. Judge Campbell\u003cbr\u003e 30. The first blow struck\u003cbr\u003e 31. Carrying arms\u003cbr\u003e 32. Up the Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e 33. Ride through the maize-fields\u003cbr\u003e 34. Negroes\u003cbr\u003e 35. War-rumours, and military movements\u003cbr\u003e 36. Visit to Mr. McCall's plantation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266066534680,"sku":"9781108041225","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108041225i_b72f7f6d-c25a-4c50-96d9-30d373773be1.jpg?v=1696746504","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/my-diary-north-and-south-paperback-9781108041225","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}