Category: Book Reviews
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…
Gilder Lehrman 2023 Lincoln Prize Awarded to Two Books on Lincoln During Civil War
The Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize is among the most prestigious awards in the scholarship of the Civil War. The prize includes a purse of $50,000….
Unsung Patriots: African Americans in America’s Wars by Eugene DeFriest Bétit
Unsung Patriots: African Americans in America’s Wars by Eugene DeFriest Bétit published by Stackpole Books (2023) I first heard of the “Harlem Hell Fighters” of…
Books on Slavery for Children from School Library Journal
The School Library Journal, a respected trade publication, has a list of books to use with students that focus on slavery in the United States….
Around the Web February 2023: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
January was a little depressing because I am a Buffalo Bills fan. Still, I got to write a lot of new posts last month, and…
Washington Post Reviews Kidada Williams Book “I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction”
The Washington Post has a review of Kidada Williams new book I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against…
LA Times Review: I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams
The Los Angeles Times reviewed I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams published…
Jon Meacham reviews AMERICAN INHERITANCE: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795, by Edward J. Larson in NY Times
Jon Meacham reviews AMERICAN INHERITANCE: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795, by Edward J. Larson in this weeks New York Times…
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