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NY Times Reviews Two New Books on the Civil War and Reconstruction by Manisha Sinha & Matt Stewart

The New York Times has a review written by S.C. Gwynne of two new books on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Here are substantial excerpts…

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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War Slavery

James: A Novel by Percival Everett

James: A Novel by Percival Everett published by Doubleday (2024) I read a lot of books. Right before my stroke, I was reading more than…

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Podcast: Harold Holzer Talks About His New Book on Lincoln and the Immigrants

Gerry Prokopowicz, host of Civil War Talk Radio, interviews Harold Holzer, author of “Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration.” The discussion…

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Posted in Book Reviews Immigrants

Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer

Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer published by Dutton (2024) Harold Holzer is one of the foremost scholars…

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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War

To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 by Scott Hartwig

To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 by Scott Hartwig published by Johns Hopkins University Press (2012) My regular readers know that a…

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Fergus M. Bordewich Author of “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction,” Is on Civil War Talk Radio Podcast

Fergus M. Bordewich, author of “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction,” is on Civil War Talk Radio with Gerry Prokopowicz….

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Posted in Book Reviews Lost Cause

Gerry Prokopowicz has author Matthew Christopher Hulbert on to Discuss His New Book “Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War”

Gerry Prokopowicz has author Matthew Christopher Hulbert on to discuss his new book “Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War”….

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Abolitionist Twilights: History, Meaning, and the Fate of Racial Egalitarianism, 1865-1909 By Raymond James

Abolitionist Twilights: History, Meaning, and the Fate of Racial Egalitarianism, 1865-1909. By Raymond James Krohn. New York: Fordham University Press, 2023, 288 pp. Paperback $35.00….

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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War Lost Cause

Gerry Prokopowicz Has Elizabeth Varon to Discuss “Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South” on His Podcast

Gerry Prokopowicz has Elizabeth Varon to discuss her new book Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South. Because Longstreet, one of Robert E. Lee’s most accomplished…

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Civil War Books and Authors Names “Book of the Year.”

Civil War Books and Authors has handed out its “Book of the Year” award for 2023. According to the well-respected book review, the top pick…

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