Category: James Durney’s Book Notes
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Review: So You Think You Know Gettysburg? The Stories behind the Monuments and the Men Who Fought One of America’s Most Epic Battles
So You Think You Know Gettysburg? The Stories behind the Monuments and the Men Who Fought One of America’s Most Epic Battles by James & Suzanne Gindlesperger Product Details Paperback: 188 pages Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher (May 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0895873745 ISBN-13: 978-0895873743 This is not a book that fits into one […]
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Review: West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace
West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh (author) Product Details Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (October 15, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807832782 ISBN-13: 978-0807832783 Building a million plus man army is a gut wrenching task. In 1861, two nations set out […]
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Review: Widow’s Weeds and Weeping Veils
Widow’s Weeds and Weeping Veils by Bernadette Loeffel-Atkins Product Details Paperback Publisher: Thomas Publications (2008) ISBN-10: 1577471377 ISBN-13: 978-1577471370 Dealing with death Death is like a somewhat famous distant cousin, often in the news but one we seldom visit. In 19th Century America death was very close, something that visited early and often an almost […]
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Review: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Freemasonry in the American Civil War
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Freemasonry in the American Civil War by Michael A. Hallern Product Details Hardcover: 232 pages Publisher: University Alabama Press; 1 edition (February 16, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0817316957 ISBN-13: 978-0817316952 Civil War history tells a consistent story of Masons appealing for aid and answering these appeals. We instantly recognize […]
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Review: Lincoln’s Political Generals
Lincoln’s Political Generals by David Work Product Details Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: University of Illinois Press; 1st Edition (July 15, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0252034457 ISBN-13: 978-0252034459 The 19th Century glorified the idea of the citizen solider! The idea that courage and patriotism are a substitute for training, tactics and supplies enjoyed wide acceptance. The […]
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April 2010 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! April 2010 James Durney *********************************************************** “Say it ain’t so, Joe,” Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith is a “history” unknown until the author “stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln. He became the first living person to lay eyes on this journal in more than 140 years. Using […]
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Review: The Confederacy’s Secret Weapon: The Civil War Illustrations of Frank Vizetelly
The Confederacy’s Secret Weapon: The Civil War Illustrations of Frank Vizetelly (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series) (Paperback) by Douglas W. Bostick Product Details Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: History Press (November 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1596295929 ISBN-13: 978-1596295926 Small books have a special set of delights unique to them. Unlike their huge detailed conspicuous footnoted brothers, […]