{"product_id":"george-templeton-strong-civil-war-diaries-loa-396-9781598538250","title":"George Templeton Strong: Civil War Diaries (Loa #396)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA CLASSIC OF CIVIL WAR HISTORY: The Civil War comes alive in this fully restored, 900-page selected edition of the diaries of one of its keenest observers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the original manuscripts, this new annotated edition vividly captures the impact of the nation's worst conflict on the Northern home front. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Templeton Strong (1820-1875) was perhaps the most trenchant civilian observer of the experience of the Civil War in the North. His diary, alternating between despair and exultation and punctuated by crises and explosive episodes, unfolds like a brilliant historical novel. Strong was particularly attuned to the shifting moods in the North, to what he called \"the great mass of selfishness, frivolity, invincible prejudice and indifference to national life\" that hampered the Union war effort. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis eyewitness accounts--whether of the 1863 Draft Riots, field hospitals teeming with wounded men, or his meetings with leaders such as Grant and Lincoln--are remarkably vivid and suffused with novelistic detail. And while Strong's reflections on the war and the political situation are valuable because they often reflect \"the pulse of public opinion\" in the North, as the historian James M. McPherson writes, they also reveal the singular intelligence of an extraordinary writer whose views--above all toward President Lincoln--evolved over the course of the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarefully selected and rigorously faithful to Strong's handwritten diaries, this Library of America edition presents an entirely new transcription of Strong's text, superseding the only previous version, published in 1952 and now long out of print.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Templeton Strong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.13h x 5.19w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598538250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Templeton Strong \u003c\/b\u003e(1820-1875) was a New York City lawyer prominent in civic affairs, including long service as a vestryman at Trinity Episcopal Church and as a trustee of his alma mater, Columbia College. During the Civil War he served as treasurer of the United States Sanitary Commission, and in 1863 co-founded New York's Union League Club. Starting at age 15, he kept a lifelong diary that runs to some 2,250 pages. When first published in a four-volume abridged edition in 1952 it was acclaimed for its vivid observations of nineteenth-century Manhattan and its literary merit, drawing comparisons to celebrated diarists such as Samuel Pepys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Wisner\u003c\/b\u003e, editor, is the editor of, most recently, \u003ci\u003eA Year of Birds: Writings on Birds from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau\u003c\/i\u003e. His other edited books include \u003ci\u003eThoreau's Wildflowers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThoreau's Animals\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Basket of Leaves: 99 Books That Capture the Spirit of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e. He earned a degree in English and American Literature from Harvard University, and has written for the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"George Templeton Strong \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47629447659677,"sku":"9781598538250","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_233bac28-ab2c-4271-b616-0df0fae73e3b.jpg?v=1770189413","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/george-templeton-strong-civil-war-diaries-loa-396-9781598538250","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}