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Signed set of The Civil War In The West by Peter Cozzens.
Three volume set, all signed, which includes No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River, The Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga and The Shipwreck of their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga. Octavo, [three volume set]. Glossy illustrated paperbacks. Light shelf wear on each volume, all appearing unread. Housed in publisher’s slipcase, fine condition. Each volume is signed by the author on the title page.
Peter Cozzens is an award winning author of numerous books on the Civil War and the Indian Wars of the American West. He served as a Foreign Service Officer for the United States Department of State and was awarded the department’s William R. Rivkin award for service in 2002. He is the recipient of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize and the 2016 Caroline Bancroft Prize for history. Some of his works include: The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West (2016), This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga (1992), and The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga (1994). His next book will be Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied A Nation, expected in 2020.
