Surry of Eagle's Nest
by John Esten Cooke
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Surry of Eagle's Nest - Or, the memoirs of a staff-officer serving in Virginia, ed. from the mss. of Colonel Surry. Seventh Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are show more available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Surry of Eagle's Nest
- Original publication date
- 1868
- People/Characters
- John Esten Cooke
- Important places
- Virginia, USA; Eagle's Nest, Virginia, USA
- Important events
- American Civil War (1861 | 1865)
- First words
- Having returned to "Eagle's-Nest" and hung up a dingy gray uniform and battered old sabre for the inspection of my descendants, I propose to employ some leisure hours in recording my recollections, and describing, while they ... (show all)are fresh in my memory, a few incidents of the late Revolution
- Quotations
- The cockade of South Carolina-a red rosette with a palmetto tree upon it-was everywhere worn; and upon the wearers, the advocates of the old order of things looked with ill-concealed hostility.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It was only a dream!
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- English
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