{"product_id":"my-diary-north-and-south-paperback-9781108041232","title":"My Diary North and South (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108041232","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\"\u003e9781108041232, 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\"\u003e460 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.58 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secession crisis that had followed Abraham Lincoln's campaign to abolish slavery, in which eleven southern states had withdrawn from the United States to form their own confederacy, resulting in the American Civil War.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 2 focuses on the horrors of the unfolding war.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Down the Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e 2. Camp Randolph\u003cbr\u003e 3. Heavy Bill\u003cbr\u003e 4. Camp at Cairo\u003cbr\u003e 5. Impending battle\u003cbr\u003e 6. Progress of events\u003cbr\u003e 7. Niagara\u003cbr\u003e 8. Departure for Washington\u003cbr\u003e 9. Interview with Mr. Seward\u003cbr\u003e 10. Arlington Heights and the Potomac\u003cbr\u003e 11. Fortress Monroe\u003cbr\u003e 12. The 'State House' at Annapolis\u003cbr\u003e 13. Skirmish at Bull's Run\u003cbr\u003e 14. To the scene of action\u003cbr\u003e 15. A runaway crowd at Washington\u003cbr\u003e 16. Attack of illness\u003cbr\u003e 17. Return to Baltimore\u003cbr\u003e 18. A tour of inspection round the camp\u003cbr\u003e 19. Personal unpopularity\u003cbr\u003e 20. A Crimean acquaintance\u003cbr\u003e 21. Another Crimean acquaintance\u003cbr\u003e 22. General Scott's resignation\u003cbr\u003e 23. A captain under arrest\u003cbr\u003e 24. News of the death of the Prince Consort.\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":46266066927896,"sku":"9781108041232","price":35.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108041232i_59ddb5d5-3d62-4e48-a4a4-65a2834da0c8.jpg?v=1696746492","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/my-diary-north-and-south-paperback-9781108041232","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}