Songs of the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0486284387
- ISBN-13
- 9780486284385
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 385
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-01-01
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Authors
- Irwin Silber, Jerry Silverman
Description
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1960.
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