While Father Is Away: The Civil War Letters Of William H. Bradbury

While Father is Away reveals the intimate story of a British-American's role in the American Civil War. William Bradbury's letters home provide a rare window on the unique relationships among husband, wife, and children while a father was away at war. Yorkshire attorney turned Union volunteer soldier Bradbury became a "privileged private" with extraordinary access to powerful Union generals including Daniel Butterfield, future president Benjamin Harrison, and Clinton B. Fisk, the region's administrator for the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction. The letters also provide an in-depth look at this driven land speculator and manager for the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway. As a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and the Manchester Guardian, Bradbury was both eyewitness to and participant in the shaping of events in the world as it moved west. 9780813156200 0813156203 400 BOOK Biography & Autobiography NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=Krl1oAEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Jennifer Cain Bohrnstedt|William H. Bradbury
• | Publisher: University Press Of Kentucky
• | Publication Date: Jul 15, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0813156203
• | ISBN-13: 9780813156200