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NY Times Reviews New Book on Split Between William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass

The New York Times reviews the new book THE COLOR OF ABOLITION: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation by Linda…

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Around the Web February 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

This has been a strong month for history blogging. There are also good book reviews and podcasts as well. Blogs Nick Sacco writes about historian…

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Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis

Freedoms Gained and Lost: Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later edited by Adam Domby and Simon Lewis, Published by Fordham University Press (2022) Freedoms…

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The Princeton Guide to Historical Research by Zachary Schrag

The Princeton Guide to Historical Research by Zachary Schrag published by Princeton University Press (2021) I am sometimes asked for advice on writing about history…

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Around the Web January 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

This month was a good one for podcasts and video. Happy New Year! Blogs Civil War Books and Authors handed out its annual awards for…

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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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