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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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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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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War

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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Podcast: Scott Hartwig Discusses His Book “I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign”

The Battle of Antietam is the single bloodiest one-day battle in American history. PreservePodcast  interviews D. Scott Hartwig about his new, award winning, book “I…

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New York Times Reviews “LONGSTREET: The Confederate General Who Defied the South”

The new book by Elizabeth Varon on Confederate General James Longstreet was recently reviewed in the New York Times by Brenda Wineapple. Here are some…

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NY Times Reviews “LONGSTREET: The Confederate General Who Defied the South,” by Elizabeth R. Varon

The New York Times has a review of the hot Civil War and Reconstruction book of the Winter. The review is done by  Brenda Wineapple,…

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Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon

Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon published by Simon & Schuster (2023) Back in the 1960s when I first started…

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Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M. Bordewich

Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M. Bordewich Knopf (2023) 480 pages $35.00 In the immediate months after…

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I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams

I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams Bloomsbury Publishing (2023) 371 pages $25.00…

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Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction, by Fergus M. Bordewich

Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M. Bordewich Knopf (2023) 480 pages $35.00 In the immediate months after the…

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