1866 Patriot Boys Prison Pictures Civil War Slavery CSA

1866 Patriot Boys Prison Pictures Civil War Slavery CSA America Union Battles

James R. Gilmore was a wealthy merchant and, under the name of Edmund Kirke, a well-known publicist of mildly emancipationist views. In the early years of the Civil War, he published several novels, containing realistic portrayals of Southern life and feeling, under the pen name Edmund Kirke.

‘Patriot boys and prison pictures’ is a collection of short stories separated into two parts, Patriot Boys and then Prison Pictures. Patriot Boys is four stories of four boys who are capture during the Civil War becoming prisoners of war but exemplified Northern Values. The second part is a collection of six stories of prisons to demonstrate once again the values of the North.

This 1866 first edition includes 22 black and white illustrations.

Item number: #8662

Price: $299

GILMORE, James Robert [pseud. Edmund Kirke]

Patriot boys and prison pictures

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First Edition.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

viii, [6], 15-306

22 illustrations

References: Sabin 27453;

Provenance: Handwritten

Edward G. Gooding, 1867

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Size: ~7in X 5in (18cm x 13cm)

Quite scarce

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Condition Report: Excellent.