Description
First printing of The Sword of the Republic by Francis Paul Prucha. Octavo, xvii, 442pp. Green cloth, title on spine. Remnants of tape to cloth covers. Stated “first printing” on copyright page. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. In publisher’s dust jacket, price clipped, some shelf wear and wear along top edge. Illustrated endpapers.
Comments: From The Macmillan Wars of the United States series, which began in 1967 and was edited by Dr. Louis Morton of Dartmouth University. Scholars consider some of these works to be the best single volume histories of the relevant conflict in print. Highlights include: The War of American Independence by Don Higginbotham, Arms for Empire by Douglas Leach, President Wilson Fights His War by Harvey DeWeerd and Blood on the Border by Clarence Clendenen.
