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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Adam and Charles Black; Publication date: 1895; Description: Originally issued as an introd. (v. 1) to the author's edition of Don Quixote. "The present work.. has been entirely recast and almost wholly re-written."-Cf. Pref.; Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / Spanish ... Read more

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Definitive detailed account of the siege
Note:This review covers the 10th Printing, Revised in 2002.Branch periodically self-publishes and revises the manuscript of this inexpensive title.

Fort Macon ranger/historian Paul Branch is the recognized authority on the siege of this Third System masonry fort.Branch has written a thoroughly readable yet detailed account of the siege.

The siege of Fort Macon was one of the successes of the Burnside Expedition on the North Carolina Coast, giving the Federals control of Beaufort Harbor.The conclusion of this siege followed by just two weeks the unprecedented rifled artillery triumph in reducing Fort Pulaski at Savannah, Georgia.Like Fort Pulaski, the siege at Fort Macon was well conceived and executed and once the bombardment began, the inevitable outcome became all too apparent to the defenders.

Without mortars the confederate garrison was unable to put up an effective defense once they had been isolated and Federal battery preparation was underway.(Lack of mortars and/or ammunition was a recurring problem in several garrison defenses.)

The young garrison commander, Col. Moses James White, is a tragic character.He was afflicted with epilepsy and this interfered with his duties.(It eventually led to his premature death in 1865.)He had a strong sense of duty, but was rather inflexible and this caused unnecessary friction with his garrison and subordinates.This combined with sickness of the men, and disabling of many pieces by accurate Federal fire led to rapid capitulation once bombardment commenced.Although the garrison's guns inflicted some casualties, they were rapidly disabled by the Federal heavy rifled artillery.

Federal Brig. Gen. John Parke's conduct of the siege operation was nearly flawless.The results of his examination of the effect of his fire, ammunition expended, and material captured is included in the text.

The author provides an excellent discussion of additional actions the defenders might have taken to improve their chances, including:vigorous opposition to the small initial landing of Federal on Bogue Banks, harassing fire while the besiegers were preparing their emplacements, as well as constructing earth/sand traverses to better protect the guns.Early in the war, the green garrison was unaware of the magnitude of the increased threat from rifled siege artillery.

The post action careers of major participants are reported at the end, as well as a summary of the post battle history of the fort.

The maps provided with this book are some of the best to be found for small coastal actions.Several regional outline maps with progressive detail are given as well as a map showing the location of the main line and the siege batteries on Bogue Banks.A detailed map of the fort shows all of the gun placements and types (a facet often lacking in similar works.)

The book is well illustrated with woodcut sketches of all the phases of the siege.Photographs of key participants are also provided.

While a full order of battle for the Union is not provided it can be gleaned from the text (along with gun types and placement.) The full company musters of the CSA garrison for the action are provided.All casualties from the actions on both sides are tabulated as well (including names except for the CSA wounded.)

One small nitpick:it lacks an index.

I highly recommend this book.It provides the perfect level of detail for a work of this nature and should prove interesting to any Civil War history buff or war gamer. ... Read more

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And A Statement Of The Aim And End Of The Greatest Of Them All. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Un sorpendente descubrimiento
Quizá el profesor Eisenberg no desee darle estrellas al libro, pero para mí es muy grato otorgarle las cinco. Como en todo lo que he leído de este distinguido cervantista, esta obra plantea muy sugestivas ideas sobre la identidad de una de las obras "perdidas" del autor, yen mi modesta opinión logra prácticamente probar su tesis - adicionalmente, la lectura del texto identificado como "Semanas del jardín" resulta de mucho interés y tiene un sabor muy cervantino. Valoro y recomiendo altamente la obra.

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No doy estrellas al libro - soy su autor. Los primeros 8 capítulos están disponibles gratis en mi página bigfoot.com/~daniel.eisenberg . Con tiempo, pondré los otros capítulos. También en la página está un artículo-reseña del libro, por Antonio Cruz Casado. ... Read more

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Translation by Leon Stephens of NOVELAS EXEMPLARES (1613) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, with Translator's introduction and Notes to the text. Twelve highly entertaining novellas by the author of DON QUIXOTE. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1839Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / Spanish ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This Book Is In Spanish. ... Read more