{"product_id":"2940157858353","title":"Libby Life: Experiences of a Prisoner of War (Annotated)","description":"Long considered one of the best Civil War POW memoirs, Frederico (Frederick) Cavada's searing, funny, eloquent account based on his prison diary is a must read for all fans of the period. Captured near the Peach Orchard on the second day at Gettysburg, Lieutenant-Colonel Cavada kept an accurate and detailed journal of the men and activities at Richmond's ghastly Libby Prison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe well-educated, Cuban-born Cavada tells the tale with a generous helping of gallows humor as well as poignant vignettes of suffering and death. After the Civil War, Cavada was a U.S. consul in Cuba and resigned to join the Cuban liberation movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.","brand":"BIG BYTE BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103953338608,"sku":"2940157858353","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157858353_p0.jpg?v=1764104801","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157858353","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}