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Entertaining History: The Civil War in Literature, Film, and Song Edited by Chris Mackowski

Entertaining History: The Civil War in Literature, Film, and Song Edited by Chris Mackowski, published by Southern Illinois University Press (2020) $26.50 paperback. One of…

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Robert E. Lee and Me by Ty Seidule

Robert E. Lee and Me by Ty Seidule published by St. Martin’s Publishing (2021).   West Point History Professor Ty Seidule had just finished a…

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Best 2020 Books on Black History of Civil War and Reconstruction Eras

Black Perspectves, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), asked its editors and bloggers to come up with a list of the…

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Smithsonian Magazine’s 10 Best History Books of 2020 Include Several on Civil War and Reconstruction

Every year Smithsonian Magazine releases its list of the Ten Best History Books of the Year. The 2020 list includes several on the Civil War…

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The Top Selling Civil War Era Books of 2020

According to Civil War Monitor the top selling books about the Civil War Era over the last year include some popular histories, a few scholarly…

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NY Times Reviews New Book “The Kidnapping Club” on NY Ring that Kidnapped Blacks Into Slavery

The New York Times has a review of The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War by Jonathan…

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NY Times Reviews ABE: Abraham Lincoln in His Times by David S. Reynolds

This has been a good month for Abraham Lincoln with two new BIG books out on our most fascinating president. ABE: Abraham Lincoln in His…

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NY Times Reviews New Book John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom by H. W. Brands

The New York Times Book Review reviews the new THE ZEALOT AND THE EMANCIPATOR John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom by…

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Book Review-The 1868 St. Bernard Parish Massacre: Blood in the Cane Fields by C. Dier

The 1868 St. Bernard Parish Massacre: Blood in the Cane Fields by C. Dier published by History Press (2017) 147 pages Harcover $23.99, Paperback $20.16, Kindle…

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Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America by Douglas R Egerton

Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America by Douglas R Egerton published by Basic Books (2016) 450pp. $32.00 Hardcover $20.99…

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