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Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877 Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession; with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06189 Author/Creator: Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 v. : 466 p. : ill. Height: 19.1 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Published by George W. Childs. 458 pages of text followed by eight pages of advertisements. Contains a frontispiece engraved portrait of Brownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig. Brownlow writes, "I have prepared this work from the single stand-point of uncompromising devotion to the American Union as established by our fathers, and unmitigated hostility to the armed rebels who are seeking its destruction."

Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
Childs, George William, 1829-1894

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