Description: the first edition of: "The Capture, The Prison Pen, and the Escape, giving an Account of Prison Life in The South, principally at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Millin, Salisbury, and Andersonville; describing the arrival of prisoners, plans of escape, with incidents and anecdotes of prison life; embracing also, the adventures of an escape from Columbia SC, recapture, trial as spy, and final escape from Sylvania Georgia. with illustrations."by Willard W. Glazier, late lieutenant, Harris Light Cavalry. printed in 1866, the year after the Civil War ended. Glazier recounts his years in the Union Army in which he was captured by the Confederates and shuffled as a prisoner of war between their different Southern camps, forts, rail lines, and makeshift prisons, recounting friends he met and lost, and the hardships, sickness, starvation, and torture they all faced, until he is able to succeed in escaping with a fellow prisoner, and, with the help of several civilians, including sympathetic whites and blacks, along the way, was able to reach a Union camp and safety. to warn you, his language and attitude towards blacks is...not politically correct, to put it nicely, despite being a union officer. several illustrations, a nicely detailed table of contents, and an appendix in back with a list of fellow soldiers that he knew to have been captured. THE SPECS: about 7.5" tall, 5" deep, a little over 1" wide.353 pages.brown cloth hardcover with gilding on spine and front cover. THE CONDITION: very good condition for the age. some wear to edges of boards and spine. several former owners' names, and bookstores' info and prices, written and stamped inside in first couple pages.see pics. check out my eBay listings for more old and rare books from my personal collection.i have several other very interesting memoirs and autobiographies.
Price: 190 USD
Location: Farmington, Michigan
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Book Title: The Capture, The Prison Pen, and The Escape
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: J. Munsell
Original Language: English
Item Length: 5 in
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1866
Type: Autobiography
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1800s
Item Height: 7 in
Author: Willard W Glazier, Lt.
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Adventure, Antiquarian & Collectible, Biographies & True Stories, Historical, History, Military, War & Combat
Topic: American History, Autobiography, Civil War, Combat, Cultural History, Fortresses, Memoir, Military History, Prisons, The Confederacy, The Union, True Military Stories, True Stories, United States Armed Forces, War, Warfare
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 1 in
Item Weight: 20 oz
Number of Pages: 353
