[Rarebooks] FS: Illustrated Account of Personal Adventures among the Rebels in the Civil War, 1862, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:  Was  $125.00   Now  $75.00

BROWNLOW, W. G. SKETCHES OF THE RISE, PROGRESS AND DECLINE OF SECESSION, 
WITH A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL ADVENTURES AMONG THE REBELS. Philadelphia: 
Childs, 1862. First Edition. Original brown cloth. Illustrated with a 
portrait frontispiece and twelve wood-engravings and facsimiles. The 
engravings depict rebels whipping a man for expressing Union sentiments, 
two executions, and other actions. After being banished from Tennessee 
by the Confederate secretary of war, Brownlow returned in 1863 when 
Federal forces regained control and was elected governor in1865. Sabin 
8703; Nevins: "fascinating experiences of an avowed biased Tennessee 
Unionist." Minor fraying to spine tips; mild foxing to the text. Very 
Good.         $75.00

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