first edition Hardcover
1916 · New York
by Altsheler, Joseph
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Small octavo. [5], 312 pages. Color frontispiece and three other illustrations. Burgundy cloth hardcover with pasted down illustration on the front cover. Title on the front cover and spine. A fair reading copy with darkened, worn, rubbed cloth. Cloth split on the front joint. Interior contents are clean. Previous owner name on the right front flyleaf. From Fictiondb dot com - The Shades of the Wilderness, published in 1916, covers the period from July 1863 through June 1864, including the retreat from Gettysburg, a period of rest in Richmond, and the battles of the Wilderness (5-7 May 1864), Spotsylvania (8-21 May), and Cold Harbor (31 May - 12 June 1864). This volume is written from the perspective of Harry Kenton. (Inventory #: 15884)