Category: McFarland Book of the Week
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Civil War Book Preview: Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters by Myron J. Smith, Jr.
Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters: 956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others by Myron J. Smith, Jr. Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6967-3 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-1698-8 149 photos, appendices, bibliography, index 340pp. softcover (8.5 x 11) 2015 Price: $75.00 TOCWOC’s Take: Myron J. Smith’s name is well-known to […]
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Civil War Book Preview: Jefferson Davis’s Flight from Richmond by John Stewart
Jefferson Davis’s Flight from Richmond: The Calm Morning, Lee’s Telegrams, the Evacuation, the Train, the Passengers, the Trip, the Arrival in Danville and the Historians’ Frauds by John Stewart TOCWOC’s Take: Despite the somewhat odd ending to the subtitle, this book appears to do what the author says it does, “examin[ing] all relevant source material—much of it newly […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions, November 2014, Part 3
The Chickamauga Campaign:A Mad Irregular Battle: From the Crossing of the Tennessee River Through the Second Day, August 22-September 19, 1863 by David A. Powell Savas Beatie Format: Hardcover, 696 pages Price: $37.50 ISBN: 978-1-61121-174-0 eBook: 978-1-61121-175-7 On Sale: November 2014 26 maps, 40 images TOCWOC’s Take: Even with all of the excellent Petersburg Campaign […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions, November 2014, Part 2
The Last Citadel: Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865 (150th Anniversary Edition) by Noah Andre Trudeau Savas Beatie Format: Hardcover, 552 pages Price: $32.95 ISBN: 978-1-61121-212-9 eBook: 978-1-61121-213-6 On Sale: November 2014 6 x 9, 23 maps and 24 images TOCWOC’s Take: Just in time for the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Siege of Petersburg comes this revised […]
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Recent McFarland Civil War Books: October-November 2012
Editor’s Note: I tried to do a series called the “McFarland Book of the Week” awhile ago and I just could not reasonably keep up. You’ll see these new posts from time to time which update you on the most recent McFarland Civil War books available. McFarland’s books tend to be on the expensive side, […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs
Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs Editor: Herbert M. Schiller TOCWOC’s Take: Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs is a compilation of two 19th century works on Confederate torpedoes, the first by a Confederate and the second by a Union author: Torpedo Book […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: Tennessee in the Civil War: Selected Contemporary Accounts of Military and Other Events, Month by Month
Tennessee in the Civil War: Selected Contemporary Accounts of Military and Other Events, Month by Month Compiler: James B. Jones, Jr. TOCWOC’s Take: Tennessee in the Civil War: Selected Contemporary Accounts of Military and Other Events, Month by Month strives to take the reader beyond Shiloh, Stones’ River, Fort Pillow, and other famous battles. This […]