Scott Hippensteel

Myths of the Civil War

The Fact, Fiction, and Science behind the Civil War's Most-Told Stories

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Produktbeschreibung

"In this genre-bending work of history, Scott Hippensteel reexamines many long-cherished myths of Civil War history-and ultimately shatters them, based on physics and mathematics"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stackpole Books
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 159mm x 237mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9780811739979
• ISBN-10: 081173997X
• Artikelnr.: 60064714

Autorenporträt

Scott Hippensteel is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at UNC Charlotte, where he focuses on coastal geology, geoarchaeology, and environmental micropaleontology. His early research involved the H. L. Hunley, the famous Confederate submarine, and used microfossils to interpret that great historical artifact. His previous work includes Rocks and Rifles (Springer, 2018), a look at how geology influenced the Civil War. A native of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Hippensteel holds graduate degrees from the University of Delaware. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.