Category: Civil War Book Publishers
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Civil War Book Review: Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln
Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln by Jason Emerson Product Details Hardcover: 640 pages Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st Edition (March 27, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0809330555 ISBN-13: 978-0809330553 Only one of Abraham Lincoln’s sons live long enough to marry and have children. Christened Robert Todd Lincoln, he was […]
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January 2013 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! January 2013 James W. Durney *********************************************************** New in the stores James M. Schmidt newest from History Press Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom is the only book I can find on the battle in January 1863. Lincoln and McClellan at War by Chester G. Hearn […]
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Civil War Book Preview: Morgan’s Cavalry 1861-1862 by Lanny K. Smith
Lanny K. Smith, the author of two massive self-published small print run volumes on the Battle of Stones’ River (Murfreesboro), one volume for the Union and one for the Confederates, has produced another Civil War book along the same lines. This one, titled Morgan’s Cavalry 1861-1862, follows the raids of John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate Cavalry. […]
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Civil War Book Review: Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
Mackowski, Chris, and White, Kristopher D. Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. (Savas Beatie, December 2012). 168 pages, 171 illustrations, 6 maps, further reading, index. ISBN: 978-1-61121-146-7 $12.95 (Paperback). Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862 is the first in a proposed “Emerging Civil War Series” of books by Civil War […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions: December 2012, Part 3
Editor’s Note: Civil War Book Acquisitions is an ongoing series which allows me to highlight new books I’ve recently acquired and give readers an idea of upcoming Civil War books. Confederate Currency by Pierre Fricke 978-0-74781-080-3 64 pages, full color, trade paperback $9.99 Shire Books Publication Date: 2012 TOCWOC’s Take: I received this interesting little […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions: December 2012, Part 2
Editor’s Note: Civil War Book Acquisitions is an ongoing series which allows me to highlight new books I’ve recently acquired and give readers an idea of upcoming Civil War books. A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era, Volume 1: Legislative Achievements (Voices of the Civil War) Edited by Thomas C. Mackey 978-1-57233-869-2 328 […]
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Civil War Book Review: Letters Home to Sarah: The Civil War Letters of Guy C. Taylor, Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers
Alderson, Kevin & Alderson, Patsy (editors). Letters Home to Sarah: The Civil War Letters of Guy C. Taylor, Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers (The University of Wisconsin Press, November 7, 2012). 264 pages, 34 b/w photos, 4 maps, bibliography, endnotes, index. ISBN: 978-0-299-29120-4 $26.95 (Cloth). Complete or almost complete runs of letters home from Civil War soldiers […]