Category: Book Reviews
New York Times Reviews The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson by Robert S. Levine
This week, the New York Times reviewed The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson by Robert S. Levine from W.W….
The Story of Camp Douglas: Chicago’s Forgotten Civil War Prison by David L. Keller
The Story of Camp Douglas: Chicago’s Forgotten Civil War Prison by David L. Keller published by The History Press (2015) 259 pp. $22.20 Hardcover, $15.22 Paperback,…
I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island: Life in a Civil War Prison by David R. Bush
I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island: Life in a Civil War Prison by David R. Bush published by University Press of Florida (2011)…
Haunted by Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in American Memory by Benjamin G. Cloyd
Haunted by Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in American Memory by Benjamin G. Cloyd published by LSU Press (2010) 289 pages 410,000 soldiers were held…
Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp – Elmira, NY by Derick Maxfield
Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp – Elmira, NY by Derick Maxfield published by Savas Beatie (2020) 192 pages Hellmira: The Union’s…
The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison by Michael Gray
The Business of Captivity: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison by Michael Gray published by Kent State University Press (2001) If every Northerner knew…
Crossing the Deadlines: Civil War Prisons Reconsidered by Michael P. Gray
Crossing the Deadlines: Civil War Prisons Reconsidered by Michael P. Gray (Editor) published by Kent State University Press (2018) 256 pages This is a…
Civil War Prisons edited by William B. Hesseltine
Civil War Prisons edited by William B. Hesseltine published by The Kent State University Press (1972) 123 pages This collection of short essays, originally…
Around the Web July 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Civil War social media “exploded” (in the words of one participant) at the start of June over a book review on the Emerging Civil War…
NY Times Book Review Podcast Interview With Clint Smith on “How the Word Was Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery”
The first half hour of the New York Times Book Review podcasts is devoted to Clint Smith’s new book on how historic sites interpret slavery,…
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