Category: Book Reviews
Book by Julia Dent Grant Tops List of Books on “First Ladies”
Julia Dent Grant’s Personal Memoirs was ranked #1 in a list of the twenty best books on the First Ladies put out this week by…
Around the Web August 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Blogs Have you ever belonged to a Civil War Round Table? These are highly local groups of people interested in the Civil War who meet…
“Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the Civil War” Wins Organization of American Historians Book Award
The 2022 Organization of American Historians award for Civil War and Reconstruction Books went to Lorien Foote of Texas A&M University for her Rites of…
Around the Web July 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Note: You can now access my own Civil War/Reconstruction podcasts here. The last month has been a uniquely vibrant one on Civil War and Reconstruction social…
NPS book on Native Americans During the Civil War Now Free to Read OnLine
The National Park Service book American Indians and the Civil War is now available to read for free online. You can access the more than…
National Park Service Book on Hispanics and the Civil War Now Free to Read OnLine
The National Park Service book Hispanics and the Civil War has now been made free to read online. Just follow this link to access the…
NY Times Reviews Two Books: Confederate Widows and Public Funerals
The New York Times has two reviews this week on death during and right after the Civil War. Thomas Ricks wrote the article, and here…
NY Times Reviews HEARTS TORN ASUNDER: Trauma in the Civil War’s Final Campaign in North Carolina by Ernest Dollar
The New York Times reviews a new Savas Beattie book on the impact of the trauma of the last months of the Civil War in…
Book Review: Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War
Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War edited by Carol A. Shively is a colorful and interesting introduction to the participation of Asian immigrants…
“West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire” Wins Wiley-Silver Prize
Kevin Waite’s book West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire has won the 2022 Wiley-Silver Prize for Best First Book in Civil…
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