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Coming Home, 1865

Jack Gieck

9780873389358
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The Kent State University Press
Overview
A 37-minute DVD that tells the story of a young Col. George Perkins returning home to Akron after the Civil War. Using vintage photographs and images of re-enactors, it portrays the effect of the war on Perkins and the social and political changes that occurred nationally and on the homefront.