The Book Shed

Previous owner's name and address else about As New in all respects; no jacket, as issued; previous owner's name and address to front endpaper, else clean and unmarked. Subtitled: Giving the Author's Personal Experience During Eleven Months That he was Confined in Pemberton, Libby, Belle Island, Andersonville, Ga., and Florence, S.C., as a Prisoner of War. Describing plans of escape, arrival of prisoners, his escape and recapture... Dufur from Richford, Vermont, was 19 years old when he was captured during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren raid on Richmond Va. He served time in Libby, Belle Isle, Andersonville and Florence prisons. At one point he escapes but is recaptured a few days later. "During the war of the rebellion Mr. Dufur of the First Vermont Cavairy was wounded and made a prisoner near Richmond, and his volume tells of his life as a captive in Andersonville and Florence. The story is a gruesome one and full of horrors. Is it better to die on the field of battle or to languish in a military prison, and then after long suffering to part with life?"--New York Times, 1903. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!