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Eye of the Storm: A Civil War Odyssey

by Robert Knox Sneden

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"Eye of the Storm is one of the most important Civil War documents to be published since Ulysses S. Grant's Personal Memoirs. Four tattered scrapbooks found in a Connecticut bank vault in 1994 yielded a treasure trove of more than five hundred watercolors that vividly depict America's great national drama. These scrapbooks--plus a five-thousand-page illustrated memoir that came to light later--are the life's achievement of a long-forgotten Union private and mapmaker named Robert Knox show more Sneden."--Jacket. show less

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Robert Knox Sneden

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Founder's Award (1999/2000)

Virginia Literary Awards (Finalist – Nonfiction – 2001)

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Canonical title: Eye of the Storm: A Civil War Odyssey
Original publication date: 2000
People/Characters: Robert Knox Sneden
Important places: Andersonville Prison, Macon County, Georgia, USA; Georgia, USA; Macon County, Georgia, USA
Important events: American Civil War

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 3
ASINs: 5

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Published: 2000
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 973.7
LCC: E601 .S667

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Robert Knox Sneden

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