I Remain Yours
Common Lives in Civil War Letters
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Communication, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
| Author: | Christopher Hager | ISBN: | 9780674981812 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Christopher Hager |
| ISBN: | 9780674981812 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | January 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
For men in the Union and Confederate armies and their families at home, letter writing was the sole means to communicate. Taking pen to paper was a new and daunting task, but Christopher Hager shows how ordinary people made writing their own, and how they in turn transformed the culture of letters into a popular, democratic mode of communication.
For men in the Union and Confederate armies and their families at home, letter writing was the sole means to communicate. Taking pen to paper was a new and daunting task, but Christopher Hager shows how ordinary people made writing their own, and how they in turn transformed the culture of letters into a popular, democratic mode of communication.
