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Wall Street Journal Names New Robert E. Lee Bio to Its Ten best Books List

The Wall Street Journal released its list of the ten best books of 2021. Two are related to the Civil War Era. I would note…

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NY Times Critics’ Picks Top Books on Civil War and Reconstruction-Related Books of 2021

The New York Times has just published the paper’s picks by its critics of the top new books of 2021. Three books on the Civil…

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Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America Edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney

Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America Edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney published by University of Georgia Press (2021)….

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The Civil War Monitor Names Its Best Civil War Books of 2021

The Civil War Monitor magazine has published its list of the best books on 2021 on the Civil War Era. Most such lists consist of…

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The Bestselling Books on the Civil War Era in 2021

The Civil War Monitor has published the list of the Civil War Bestsellers of 2021 based on data from Bookscan. If you have read any…

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Around the Web December 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

November was a great month for Civil War social media. Civil War Talk Radio, in particular, had one of its best months since I began…

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Washington Independent Review of Books Favorite 2021 Books on Mid-19th Century U.S. History

The Washington Independent Review of Books has released its “Best of” list of books for 2021. Here are the books having to do with mid-19th…

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New York Times Notable Books of 2021 on 19th Century America

It is that time of year. Publications are putting out their “Best Of” lists of books. Here are non-fiction books the New York Times has…

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Smithsonian Scholars Favorite Books of 2021-19th Century Picks

Smithsonian Magazine publishes a list of new books every year that the scholars at the Smithsonian have picked as their favorites. These are individual choices…

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“All That She Carried” Wins National Book Award for Nonfiction

Tiya Miles won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for “All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake.” According to…

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