"A moving and disturbing work--one which goes beyond events, to brood upon their meanings."--Samuel Hynes, New York Times Book Review In the summer of 1863, Adam Rosenzweig leaves a Bavarian ghetto and sails for the United States to fight for the North in the Civil War. Fired by a revolutionary idealism inherited from his father, he hopes to aid a cause that he believes to be as simple as he knows it to be just. Over the course of his journey, Adam becomes witness to a world whose complexity does not readily conform to ...
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"A moving and disturbing work--one which goes beyond events, to brood upon their meanings."--Samuel Hynes, New York Times Book Review In the summer of 1863, Adam Rosenzweig leaves a Bavarian ghetto and sails for the United States to fight for the North in the Civil War. Fired by a revolutionary idealism inherited from his father, he hopes to aid a cause that he believes to be as simple as he knows it to be just. Over the course of his journey, Adam becomes witness to a world whose complexity does not readily conform to his ideals of liberty. When his twisted foot attracts unwanted attention on his voyage to America, he is threatened with return to Europe. He jumps ship in New York, only to be caught up in the violence and horror of the anti-draft riots. Eventually he reaches the Union Army, serving not as a soldier but as a civilian provisioner's assistant. Adam's encounters with others--among them a wealthy benefactor, a former slave, an exiled Southerner, a bushwacker and his wife--further challenge the absolutism that informs his view of the world and of his place in it. First published in 1961, Wilderness remains a profoundly provocative meditation on the significance of the Civil War and the varieties of human experience. This new edition of the novel includes an insightful introductory essay by James H. Justus, Distringuished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University and author of The Achievement of Robert Penn Warren. The Author: Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)was born in Kentucky and studied at Vanderbilt and Oxford Universities. As a novelist, teacher, poet, and critic, he became one of America's most celebrated men of letters and the only writer to receive Pulitzer Prizes for both poetry and fiction. In addition to Wilderness, his novels included All the King's Men, World Enough and Time, and Band of Angels.
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Add this copy of Wilderness: a Tale of the Civil War to cart. $4.93, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Random House.
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Good. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Book club edition. The dust jacket is housed in protective mylar for preservation. The binding suffers minor to moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of Wilderness-a Tale of the Civil War to cart. $5.00, good condition, Sold by Pepper's Old Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hanson, KY, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by NY: Random House, 1961.
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Very Good in Fair jacket. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. The book is very tight, pages are clean with no markings. Jacket chipping at the edges small 1" tear at the top spine & back middle at top, about a 2" piece missing at the spine, is torn up about 3"
Add this copy of Wilderness, a Tale of the Civil War to cart. $7.00, very good condition, Sold by Bookwitch rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Concord, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by Random House, NY, 1961 BCE.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, near fine in VG brown pictorial dj. Book Club edtion. Novel tells of Adam Rosenzweig who left Bavarian ghetto to fight for the Union Army. Fired by revolutionary idealism of mid 19th C Europe, he hopes to aid a worthy caus e, but with a physical deformity he must try other means to find "truth. " Here is his story, idealism hitting reality and finding he must live with idealism. 310 deckled pages and notes on author.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover corners and spine rubbed and slightly worn. Jacket slightly scuffed with slightly worn and chipped edges. Spine has hole torn. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
Add this copy of Wilderness; : a Tale of the Civil War to cart. $9.00, like new condition, Sold by Warren Hahn rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pleasant View, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by Random House Inc.
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Fine in Good jacket. Book. 8 1/2 h x 5 1/2w. A real nice clean unmarked 310 page 1961 first edition hardcover and states first printing. Dust jacket has much edge wear and tears. Historical fiction; a novel of a young Bavarian immigrant's experiences in America and the Civil War.
Add this copy of Wilderness: a Tale of the Civil War to cart. $9.00, very good condition, Sold by Browse Awhile Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tipp City, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by Random House.
