Kelly Pucci
Auteur van Camp Douglas: Chicago's Civil War Prison (Images of America: Illinois)
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Camp Douglas: Chicago's Civil War Prison (Images of… door Kelly Pucci
A good photo introduction to "Camp Douglas", which was a notorious prisoner of war camp for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. It was next door to the original location of the University of Chicago and had a very high death and disease rate, there were also many instances of abuse and torture of prisoners and even executions. However, though I did learn some of the back story to Camp Douglas and a good deal about what happened to the building and the bodies after closer of the camp, there was a good deal of information not included. I refuse to believe that only a handful of photos of the camp exist. But, as introductions to a subject goes, which is really what this series of books gives to its readers, it is a good read.… (meer)
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ThothJ | 3 andere besprekingen | Dec 4, 2015 | A good photo introduction to "Camp Douglas", which was a notorious prisoner of war camp for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. It was next door to the original location of the University of Chicago and had a very high death and disease rate, there were also many instances of abuse and torture of prisoners and even executions. However, though I did learn some of the back story to Camp Douglas and a good deal about what happened to the building and the bodies after closer of the camp, there was a good deal of information not included. I refuse to believe that only a handful of photos of the camp exist. But, as introductions to a subject goes, which is really what this series of books gives to its readers, it is a good read.… (meer)
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ThothJ | 3 andere besprekingen | Dec 3, 2015 | A good photo introduction to "Camp Douglas", which was a notorious prisoner of war camp for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. It was next door to the original location of the University of Chicago and had a very high death and disease rate, there were also many instances of abuse and torture of prisoners and even executions. However, though I did learn some of the back story to Camp Douglas and a good deal about what happened to the building and the bodies after closer of the camp, there was a good deal of information not included. I refuse to believe that only a handful of photos of the camp exist. But, as introductions to a subject goes, which is really what this series of books gives to its readers, it is a good read.… (meer)
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ThothJ | 3 andere besprekingen | Dec 3, 2015 | A good photo introduction to "Camp Douglas", which was a notorious prisoner of war camp for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. It was next door to the original location of the University of Chicago and had a very high death and disease rate, there were also many instances of abuse and torture of prisoners and even executions. However, though I did learn some of the back story to Camp Douglas and a good deal about what happened to the building and the bodies after closer of the camp, there was a good deal of information not included. I refuse to believe that only a handful of photos of the camp exist. But, as introductions to a subject goes, which is really what this series of books gives to its readers, it is a good read.… (meer)
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ThothJ | 3 andere besprekingen | Dec 3, 2015 | Statistieken
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