1886 - BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER - Civil War Reconstruction Letters, 1st/1st

  BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER: A FEW DAYS AMONG OUR SOUTHERN BRETHREN — By HENRY M. FIELD — 1st Edition/1st Printing, 1886 — Post-Civil War Reconstruction Publisher: George Munro, New York (1886)First edition from 1886, in very well preserved condition. The boards and binding are solid and tight, save for rubbing on the top part of the spine.  The pages are crisp and clean save for some spots of foxing on the first blank page and a spot of foxing on the title page. Henry Martyn Field (1822–1907) was an American author and clergyman. BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER: A FEW DAYS AMONG OUR SOUTHERN BRETHREN consists of the author's letters that the author wrote to his own newspaper in New York while he traveled throughout the South after the Civil War. From the preface: Northern readers were gratified by the pictures of that New South which was taking the place of the Old; of its new life, new industries, and new ambitions; while a deeper impression was made in the South itself. Please see bel