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Category: James Durney’s Book Notes

  • Review: The New Civil War Handbook: Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages

    THE NEW CIVIL WAR HANDBOOK: Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages (Paperback) by Mark Hughes Product Details · Paperback: 144 pages · Publisher: Savas Beatie (May 2009) · Language: English · ISBN-10: 1932714626 · ISBN-13: 978-1932714623 Authoring this type of book has to be almost impossible. Some people will be upset because you […]

  • Review: By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876

    By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 by Michael F. Holt Product Details Hardcover: 300 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (October 15, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 070061608X ISBN-13: 978-0700616084 The election of 1876 is one of the more interesting and contentious elections in our history.   This book covers the issues, nominations, voting […]

  • Review: A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War

    A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War by Daniel E. Sutherland Product Details Hardcover: 440 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (June 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807832774 ISBN-13: 978-0807832776 John Mosby, William Quantrill and Bloody Bill Anderson encompass most of our knowledge about guerrillas. The sack […]

  • September 2009 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! September 2009 James Durney *************************************************************** New Releases Due July 21 is No Quarter: The Battle of the Crater, 1864 by Richard Slotkin.  The press review promises “An intellectually dazzling military history that recounts and reassesses one of the most devastating and dramatic battles of the Civil War”.  This 432-page book […]

  • Review: While In The Hands Of The Enemy: Military Prisons Of The Civil War

    While In The Hands Of The Enemy: Military Prisons Of The Civil War (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Series) by Charles W. Sanders Product Details Hardcover: 390 pages Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (October 2005) Language: English ISBN: 0807130613 Civil War Prisoner of War history is a very simple four-note song […]

  • Review: Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads and the Civil War’s Last Campaign

    Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads and the Civil War’s Last Campaign by Eric J. Wittenberg Hardcover: 366 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.18 x 9.06 x 6.36 Publisher: Savas Beatie; (April 15, 2006) ISBN: 1932714170 Eric Wittenberg solidifies his standing as our best Civil War Cavalry author continuing to produce high quality, well-researched, readable histories that […]

  • Review: Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln’s Opponents in the North

    Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln’s Opponents in the North by Jennifer L. Weber Product Details Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Language: English ISBN: 0195306686 I remember reading in the Sixties that the Viet Nam War was not the most unpopular war in our history.  The article stated that the American […]