Category: Book Reviews
The Original Black Panther: Prince Rivers and the Lost City of Hamburg by Stephen Berry
The Original Black Panther: Prince Rivers and the Lost City of Hamburg by Stephen Berry published by University of Georgia Press 302 pages (2026) Stephen…
White Power: Policing American Slavery by Gautham Rao
White Power: Policing American Slavery by Gautham Rao Published by University of North Carolina Press (2026) White Power is not strictly about Reconstruction, in fact…
The Testimony of Henry Adams, Freedman: Hope, Terror, and Exodus in the Post-Civil War South Introduction by Steven Hahn
The Testimony of Henry Adams, Freedman: Hope, Terror, and Exodus in the Post-Civil War South Introduction by Steven Hahn published by Library of America (2026)…
A Fate Worse than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War by W. Fitzhugh Brundage
A Fate Worse than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War by W. Fitzhugh Brundage published by W. W. Norton & Company (2026) When people…
Kerri K. Greenidge Author of “The Grimkes” on Abolitionist Family Let Go By Tufts
According to the New York Times, Kerri K. Greenidge is no longer employed by Tufts University after controversy over her well-reviewed book emerged. Her book…
Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America’s Future by Fergus M. Bordewich
Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America’s Future by Fergus M. Bordewich pub. by Knopf (2026) Half a century ago, I…
Michael Vorenberg Wins Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History for His Book, “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War”
The University of Virginia announced this week that Professor Michael Vorenberg of Brown University has won the 2026 John L. Nau III Book Prize in…
Video: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America
Emerging Civil War host Chris Mackowski interviews Jennifer Murray and John Kinder about their new collection of essays they’ve edited, They Are Dead and Yet…
Best-Selling New Civil War Books of 2025
According to Civil War Monitor these are the best-selling books on the Civil War published in 2025 through October: Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster, by Gerri Willis…
The Road Was Full of Thorns: Running Toward Freedom in the American Civil War by Tom Zoellner
The Road Was Full of Thorns: Running Toward Freedom in the American Civil War by Tom Zoellner published by The New Press (Sept. 2025) I…