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Abraham Lincoln: A Presidential Life
James M. McPherson
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February 1, 2009
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"I think the world of Jim McPherson. When people ask me which historians writing today they shoudl read, I always recommend Jim, as a writer and as an historian."--David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 1776 and John Adams "A gem. Beautifully written, it is clear, concise, and ...
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States)
James M. McPherson
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December 11, 2003
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Published in 1988 to universal acclaim, this single-volume treatment of the Civil War quickly became recognized as the new standard in its field. James M. McPherson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for this book, impressively combines a brisk writing style w...
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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
James M. McPherson
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November 5, 1998
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Consider a war in which 25,000 soldiers are killed or wounded in a single battle, as they were at Gettysburg, or 16,000 in a single day, as at Antietam. The degree of suffering and hardship during the American Civil War has been well documented and ana...
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Lincoln and His Admirals
Craig L. Symonds
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October 17, 2008
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"Lincoln and His Admirals is that rare thing, an important Lincoln book of genuine originality."--Michael F. Bishop, Washington Post Book World "Craig Symonds took the challenge, and the retired Naval Academy professor has produced a study as fascinating as it is revealing...Symonds has the rare ability to bring ...
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (Pivotal Moments in American History)
James M. McPherson
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March 5, 2002
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The bloodiest day in United States history was September 17, 1862, when, during the Civil War battle at Antietam, close to 6,500 soldiers were killed or mortally wounded and another 15,000 were seriously wounded. Moreover, James M. McPherson states in his ...
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The Road to Disunion: Volume I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854 (Road to Disunion Vol. 1)
William W. Freehling
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December 5, 1991
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From Publishers Weekly
This major work of scholarship by the author of Prelude to the Civil War offers an intimate look at the Old South and describes how the slavery issue led to successive collisions between "private despotism and public democracy." The book also provides a de...
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The South Vs. The South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War
William W. Freehling
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November 14, 2002
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Historians have offered many different explanations for the North's triumph over the South during the Civil War. In this work, the University of Kentucky's Freehling (The Road to Disunion) dissects the role played by a failure of border states (Maryland, D...
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Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War
Bruce Levine
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January 8, 2007
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The idea of faithful slaves in the Old South has been one of the most tenacious myths in American history. Slaves' fidelity to their masters' cause -- a falsehood constructed to support claims that the war was not about slavery -- has long formed one of th...
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This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
James M. McPherson
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January 29, 2007
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Prolific and much-honored historian McPherson (Battle Cry of Freedom, etc.) weighs in on the Civil War in this compilation of 16 essays, most of which have appeared in print beforeseven of them in The New York Review of Books. Revised and edited for this collection, the essays read like ...
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Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Allen C. Guelzo
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February 5, 2009
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Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy. Now, in Lincoln: A Very Short Introd...
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Secession Debated: Georgia's Showdown in 1860
William W. Freehling
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October 29, 1992
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"Outstanding primer on the 1860 Constitutional views of secession from the points of view of the Old South, seen through the lens of Georgia's outstanding statesmen."--Professor Paul Stephen Hudson, Ogelthorpe University...
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Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures (Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books)
Gabor S. Boritt
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May 19, 1994
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"Americans interested in history need to make the pilgrimage to Gettysburg," writes Gabor Boritt in the Acknowledgments. In this book seven historians make that journey, five of them Pulitzer laureates, looking for Lincoln. Kenneth Stampp explores the issu...
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The Making of a Confederate: Walter Lenoir's Civil War (New Narratives in American History)
William L. Barney
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November 14, 2007
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"In this fascinating and beautifully written portrait . . . William L. Barney breathes life into many key aspects of the Civil War era as it was experienced in the Upper South. A major achievement."--Bruce Levine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, author of Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to ...
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The Road to Disunion: Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861
William W. Freehling
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October 1, 2008
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Splendid, painstaking account...and so a work of history reaches into the past to illuminate the present. It is light we need, and we owe Freehling a debt for shedding it. Washington Post This sure-to-be-lasting work-studded with pen portraits and consist...
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Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War
James M. McPherson
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December 18, 1997
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McPherson's scholarly breadth and intellectual depth place him in the front rank of Civil War historians. All but one of the 15 pieces in this anthology have appeared elsewhere, but in a spectrum of publications so wide that their appearance between one se...
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The Gettysburg Nobody Knows (Gettysburg Lectures)
Gabor S. Boritt
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April 22, 1999
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"Essays that are uniformly good and that either touch upon seldom studied aspects of the campaign or recast old disputes....A worthwhile addition."--Civil War History...
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Lincolnites and Rebels: A Divided Town in the American Civil War
Robert Tracy McKenzie
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November 9, 2006
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"Lincolnites and Rebels is based on a vast array of original source material, and it is well organized and well written. Knoxville's Civil War story is full of economic and sociopolitical twists and turns and interesting, opinioned characters. McKenzie does an outstanding job of bringing all facets of ...
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Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816-1836
William W. Freehling
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January 1, 1965
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"Well done....Fine companion to Freehling's other work. Chapters are well organized; summaries are excellent."--Richard Owens, Lewis University...
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Storm over Texas: The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War (Pivotal Moments in American History)
Joel H. Silbey
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