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Empire of the Owls
Traywick, H. V., Jr.
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Description for Empire of the Owls
Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 818.
In the middle of the nineteenth century steam power replaced muscle power as the prime mover of civilisation, and the Industrial Revolution roared across the world. A new World-Cycle, the Machine Age, was born. But in the Southern United States men took up arms against the imperatives of the machine, and their Lost Cause marked the end of the Age of Agriculture. By the editing of contemporary diaries, letters, essays, newspaper editorials, memoirs, histories and official records, and the collation of them into a narrative form, this work attempts to paint a contemporaneous portrait of the storm-tossed Confederacy and the ... Read more
In the middle of the nineteenth century steam power replaced muscle power as the prime mover of civilisation, and the Industrial Revolution roared across the world. A new World-Cycle, the Machine Age, was born. But in the Southern United States men took up arms against the imperatives of the machine, and their Lost Cause marked the end of the Age of Agriculture. By the editing of contemporary diaries, letters, essays, newspaper editorials, memoirs, histories and official records, and the collation of them into a narrative form, this work attempts to paint a contemporaneous portrait of the storm-tossed Confederacy and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dementi Milestone Publishing United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780988909946
SKU
V9780988909946
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About Traywick, H. V., Jr.
H V Traywick, graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1967 with a degree in Civil Engineering and a Regular Commission in the US Army. His service included command of an Engineer company in Vietnam, where he received the Bronze Star. After his return, he wandered in search of the Truth, and ended by making a career as a tugboat ... Read more
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