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"Soon after the start of the Civil War, 14-year-old runaway David Frakes Day told the so-called """"patriotic lie"""" when he falsified his age and enlisted in the 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His courageous feats at the Battle of Vicksburg two years later eventually earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor, and his remarkable escapes from Andersonville and other military prisons--including one the night before his scheduled execution--remain the stuff of Civil War legend. Day's postwar career as a muckraking journalist in Colorado proved no less treacherous. He angered powerful enemies with his investigative reporting of corrupt politicians and mining officials and survived assassination attempts, physical assaults, and countless libel suits to become an accomplished humorist. In this riveting biography, Day emerges from historical obscurity to take his rightful place among the most intriguing figures of the Civil War and the American West."

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Author:   Michael David Kaplan
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780786461585

ISBN 10:   0786461586
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 April 2011
Audience:   Adult education ,  College/higher education ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Michael David Kaplan is self employed and lives in Marina Del Rey, California.

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