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A suspenseful narrative of an exhilarating
moment during the Civil War—the February 1864
escape of 109 Union officers from "The Bastille
of the South"
While many books have been inspired by the horrors of Andersonville prison, none have chronicled with any depth or detail the amazing tunnel escape from Libby Prison in Richmond. Now Joseph Wheelan examines what became the most important escape of the Civil War from a Confederate prison, one that ultimately increased the North's and South's willingness to use prisoners in waging "total war." In a converted tobacco warehouse, Libby's 1,200 Union officers survived on cornbread and bug-infested soup, and slept without blankets on the bare floor. With prisoner exchanges suspended, escape and death were the only ways out. Libby Prison Breakout recounts the largely unknown story of the escape of 109 steel-nerved officers through a 55-foot tunnel, and their flight in winter through the heart of the enemy homeland, amid an all-out Rebel manhunt. The officers' later testimony in Washington spurred two far-reaching investigations and a new cycle of retaliation against Rebel captives. Joseph Wheelan, a former Associated Press reporter and editor, is the author of Mr. Adams's Last Crusade, Invading Mexico, Jefferson's War, and Jefferson's Vendetta. He lives in Cary, North Carolina.
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HARDCOVERISBN 978-1-58648-716-4 Pub date: 02/09/10 Price: $26.95/33.95 Canada 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 304 pages Carton Quantity: 20 History Selling Territory: W Rights: First serial, British Commonwealth, Translation, Audio & Electronic Display Rights: PublicAffairs Performance Rights: New England Publishing Associates PAPERBACK ISBN 978-1586489083 Pub date: 04/05/11 Price: $14.99/17.50 Canada 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 304 pages 8 pp b/w photo inser History Selling Territory: W Pub history: 978-1-58648-716-4 E-BOOK ISBN 978-0-78674-627-9 Pub date: 02/09/10 Price: $26.95/33.95 Canada 304 pages
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