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Author Ayers, Edward L., 1953- author.

Title The thin light of freedom : the Civil War and emancipation in the heart of America / Edward L. Ayers.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.7 AYERS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.73 AYERS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.73 AYERS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.7 AYE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.7 AYE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.7 AYERS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.73 AYERS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.73 AYE    DUE 06-03-21 Billed
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 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.73 AYE    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xxiii, 576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-552) and index.
Contents Part one: the scourge of war: July 1863 through November 1864 -- The great invasion: May through July 1863 -- A gigantic forlorn hope: July 1863 -- The great task remaining before us: July 1863 through May 1864 -- The Earth will tremble: April through June 1864 -- To burn something in the enemy's country: June through October 1864 -- A campaign of terrible moment: September through November 1864 -- Part two: The harvest of war: December 1864 through 1902 -- The colossal suicide of world history: December 1864 through March 1865 -- The perils of peace: March through October 1865 -- Rebelism: January through December 1866 -- We must be one people: January 1867 through July 1869 -- The past is not dead: 1868 through 1902 -- Epilogue.
Subject Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
Franklin (Venango County, Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
ISBN 0393292630
9780393292633
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