BY VALOUR & ARMS James Street HC/DJ 1944 2nd Printing CIVIL WAR

Description: BY VALOUR & ARMSby James Street____________________________Hardcover with dust jacket; 538 pages; Size Approx. 5 3/4 X 8 1/4.Published by Dial Press, Inc.; copyright 1944, second printing October 1944.Details: The epic of the Arkansas, built in the wilderness by men who hauled her iron and guns hundreds of miles by ox wagons, is one of the most amazing and little-known dramas of Civil War history. The Arkansas struck terror from Illinois to New Orleans and became a ship that men whispered about; a ghost ship whose guns kept blazing although there were no men aboard her.The building of the Arkansas and the siege of Vicksburg provide not just the backdrop, but the flesh and bones of the third novel in the Dabney family series. Author James Street warns his readers that they will not find the Civil War of Lee and Jackson in this book.A galaxy of characters bring the story to life. Most of the action revolves around three Confederate sailors; Wyeth Woodward, a gunner's mate who hates war, Simeon St. Leger Granville, a British soldier of fortune whose lust for battle is exceeded only by his lust for drink, and Vespasian Gillivray, the lovable Cajan, a descendant of the Creeks of Mr. Street's Oh, Promised Land. Social and racial outcasts who outwit society's elite, dashing heroes, loyal sweethearts, melancholic husbands, shrewd and scheming wives, and perhaps most intriguing of all, a fat, cold and deadly, nine-inch Dahlgren gun, on whose breach is engraved By Valour and Arms.The story begins with the building of the Arkansas and ends with the fall of Vicksburg, which was to the South what Hastings was to England during the Norman conquest. The Union was saved in the West, but that theater has been neglected. Few Americans realize that the Battle of Franklin was bloodier than Gettysburg, that the Arkansas created more havoc than the Merrimac, and that Vicksburg held out for more than a year.During the Civil War human life was worth less than rotten mule meat while scoundrels and mountebanks worked and cheated in the red glare of Vicksburg's guns. In spite of human failings and the misery of war, James Street still maintains that there will always be honor, decency, and dignity for those willing to fight for them. From the makings of cannon powder to the use of spoiled pork to fire up the engines of the ironclads, this is history as it happened.Contains endpaper maps. Upper page edges are dyed yellow.A fine addition for your bookshelf!Condition: The lower corners are very lightly bumped, a name is written in the front, otherwise in very good condition with a solid binding and clean pages.The un-clipped dust jacket has several edge tears and chips, good +. Note: The letter/number at the end of the title linefor this listing is just an inventory code for locating the book. Free Domestic Economy Shipping! Paypal Accepted

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