Author: | Christopher Hager | ISBN: | 9780674981812 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 8, 2018 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Christopher Hager |
ISBN: | 9780674981812 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | January 8, 2018 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
For men in the Union and Confederate armies and their families at home, letter writing was the sole means to communicate. Taking pen to paper was a new and daunting task, but Christopher Hager shows how ordinary people made writing their own, and how they in turn transformed the culture of letters into a popular, democratic mode of communication.
For men in the Union and Confederate armies and their families at home, letter writing was the sole means to communicate. Taking pen to paper was a new and daunting task, but Christopher Hager shows how ordinary people made writing their own, and how they in turn transformed the culture of letters into a popular, democratic mode of communication.