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Civil War Books and Authors
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Discussion of Civil War books, authors, and publishers with an emphasis on specialized works.
- Added on: Nov 23rd, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Marker hunter on new "Mr. Lincoln\'s Forts" edition
It'll be a while before I get to the new edition of Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington, but "marker hunter" Craig Swain of To the Sound of the Guns blog has posted a quick comparison of the new and old edit...
Rating the various book packaging methods
'Tis the season to buy and receive books in the mail. As a frequent buyer of new & used titles, as well as receiver of review copies from the full range of publishers, I've seen it all when it comes to book packaging. Unfortunately, as a general...
Booknotes (December \'09)
New additions this month:1. Marching With the First Nebraska: A Civil War Diary by August Schernekau, edited by James E. Potter and Edith Robbins (Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 2007).I didn't pick up a copy of this diary when it first came out, as a curs...
More History Press titles
Eric Wittenberg recently posted news about his upcoming Brandy Station book, which will be part of The History Press's Civil War Sesquicentennial series. Two of the brand new releases interest me, Michael D. Coker's The Battle of Port Royal and The B...
Simmons: "DEFENDING SOUTH CAROLINA\'S COAST: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River"
[ Defending South Carolina's Coast: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River by Rick Simmons (The History Press, 2009). Softcover, maps, illustrations, photos, appendix, bibliography, index. 192 pages. ISBN:9781596297807 $21.99 ]Not surprisingly...
Spring/Summer 2010 UP Catalogs
I gleaned the following Civil War-related releases from the available Spring/Summer university press catalogs for the coming year:ALABAMA:Alabama has a wealth of titles coming out. We've all read innumerable anecdotes about a wounded or cornered sold...
