{"product_id":"dont-know-much-about-the-civil-war-isbn-9780688118143","title":"Don't Know Much About the Civil War","description":"\u003cp style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e“Highly informative and entertaining…propels the reader light years beyond dull textbooks and \u003cem\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has been 150 years since the opening salvo of America’s War Between the States. \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Ken Davis tells us everything we never knew about our nation’s bloodiest conflict in \u003cem\u003eDon’t Know Much About \u003c\/em\u003e®\u003cem\u003e the Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e—another fascinating and fun installment in his acclaimed series.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | Why did Lincoln sneak into Washington for his inauguration? Why did Robert E. Lee resign from the U.S. Army? Whom did the Emancipation Proclamation emancipate? Did General Sherman really say \"War is Hell\"? What was the Richmond Bread Riot? What did the Confederate soldiers come home to find?\u003cp\u003eIf you can't answer most of these questions, you're not alone. Millions of Americans, bored by dull textbooks are in the dark about the most significant event in our history. Too many others thought they learned it all from \u003cem\u003eGone With the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e.Now Kenneth C. Davis sheds light on these and other questions about America's greatest conflict. His \u003cem\u003eDon't Know Much About History\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-seller for more that thirty weeks, and \u003cem\u003eDon't Know Much About Geography\u003c\/em\u003e have combined sales of more than 1.5 million copies. All those who dozed through class will find that Davis has a genius for bringing history to life and helping them understand and enjoy the subjects they \"Don't Know Much About.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his deft wit and unconventional style, Davis sorts out the players, the politics, and the key events--Harpers Ferry, Shiloh, Gettysburg, Emancipation, Reconstruction. Drawing on the moving eyewitness accounts of the people who lived through the war, he brings the reader into the world of the ordinary men and women who made history--the human side of the story that the textbooks never tell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889630998757,"sku":"NP9780688118143","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780688118143.jpg?v=1730231638","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dont-know-much-about-the-civil-war-isbn-9780688118143","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}