Category: Book Reviews
NY Times Reviews Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M. Bordewich
Jennifer Szalai did a review in the New York Times of Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M….
Wall Street Journal Reviews “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction” by Fergus M. Bordewich
Today, the Wall Street Journal has a review by Roger Lowenstein the new book Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction…
Two Civil War/Reconstruction Books Longlisted for National Book Award
According to the Washington Post, two new Civil War/Reconstruction Era books have been Longlisted for the National Book Awards this year. Night Watch is a…
The WashPo Reviews President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear
Historian Garrett M. Graff has a review of the new biography President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear from Simon & Schuster. Here…
Around the Web June 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Last month was a very unusual time of life for me. I was hit with a stroke four weeks ago. This is my first blog…
Book on Alabama County’s Resistance to Federal Gov Before, During, and After Civil War Wins History Pulitzer
“Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power,” by Jefferson Cowie was awarded the History Pulitzer yesterday. The book tells the story of…
Around the Web May 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Substack Kevin Levin has been a history teacher most of his life. He has an interesting take on the recent failures of the history 8th…
Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life by Elizabeth Leonard Wins John Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History
The University of Virginia has announced that Elizabeth D. Leonard has won the prestigious 2023 John Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History…
Around the Web April 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Last month saw a lot of good podcasts, blog posts and book reviews. By the way, if you want to listen to my own podcast…
New Republic Reviews “I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction”
Kidada Williams’s new book I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction is getting reviewed widely. Here are excerpts…
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