{"product_id":"bill-arps-peace-papers-columns-on-war-and-reconstruction-1861-1873-paperback","title":"Bill Arp's Peace Papers: Columns on War and Reconstruction, 1861-1873 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Arp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid B. Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1873, Bill Arp's Peace Papers, by Charles Henry Smith (1826-1903), is a collection of writings from the Civil War and Reconstruction by the Confederacy's most famous humorist. Smith, a lawyer in Rome, Georgia, took the penname \"Bill Arp\" in April 1861, following the firing on Fort Sumter, when he wrote a satiric response to Abraham Lincoln's proclamation ordering the Southern rebels to disperse within twenty days. In his letter addressed to \"Mister Linkhorn\" and written in the semiliterate backwoods dialect adopted by numerous mid-nineteenth-century humorists, Smith advised the president, \"I tried my darndest yisterday to disperse and retire... but it was no go.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compendium of Southern witticisms by the Confederacy�s most famous humorist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid B. Parker\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Kennesaw State University. He has written on the American carpet industry, L. Frank Baum's \u003ci\u003eWonderful Wizard of Oz, \u003c\/i\u003e and influential Georgians such as evangelist Sam Jones, reformer Rebecca Felton, and writer Marian McCamy Sims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45776744939717,"sku":"9781570038358","price":29.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/3fOOSs6OHg9781570038358.webp?v=1770553011","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/bill-arps-peace-papers-columns-on-war-and-reconstruction-1861-1873-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}