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American Civil War ebooks
Chancellorsville, Stephen Sears' classic book came out in ebook today. Now two out of the four of his masterful battle books (Gettysburg, The Landscape turned Red (Antietam), The Peninsular Campaign and Chancellorsville) are available in ebook.
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12-16-2014, 01:02 PM | #2 |
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Thanks for that. I'll definitely put it on my "to read" list.
Have you read James McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom? Definitely the best book on the (American) Civil War that I have read. Mike |
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Yes, I have. It's certainly a classic and a good read. I can't really say that there is any one book that I consider the "best". Shelby Foote's Civil War books (4 in all) give the best overview from the Southern point of view. McPherson's books tended more towards the Union point of view.
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I'd add anything written by Gary W. Gallagher or Alan Guelzo. I've spent the summer and fall reading Civil War histories and both of these authors are top notch. I do have Sears book on Gettysburg, but haven't read it yet.
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Thanks for the pointers, I'll check them out.
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I read Guelzo's recent book Gettysburg: The Last Invasion. I thought it was excellent, and offered some fresh insights. Guelzo won the inagural $50,000 Guggenheim-Lehrman Military History Prize for the book.
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Jeff Shaara and Michael Shaara has written some civil war books.
- Gods and Generals - The Killer Angels - The Last Full Measure http://www.amazon.com/The-Civil-War-.../dp/0345433726 Gods and Generals Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall Warner Home Video http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Generals-...dp/B005NFJAYE/ |
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The Killer Angels was a great book and was the basis of the movie Gettysburg.
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and I just saw that "The Landscape turned Red" (i.e. the battle of Antietam) by Stephen Sears will be coming out for the kindle the first week of Feb. I've already pre-ordered it. I would argue that this is Sears' best work.
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It's been 20 or 25 years since I read them. Both are excellent. I remember McPherson having a lot more analysis on the roots, causes, and consequences of the war and Foote's books being more of a straight forward narrative of what happened. Foote is an excellent writer.
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And of course, for non-fiction, Shelby Foote's superb The Civil War: A Narrative. Huge-- but marvellous. Three fat volumes, in book form, and three fat volumes in digital form too.
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Currently reading James McPherson's new book "Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief", where he describes the difficulties Davis faced as President of the CSA. Well written, but it seems a bit short for the price http://www.amazon.com/Embattled-Rebe.../dp/1594204977. Fortunately, I was able to get it from the library .
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At a much more basic level there is Chickamauga by Ambrose Pierce in the MR library.
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It's not as exciting as Swanson's Manhunt, which is about the assassination itself and the hunt for the conspirators, but it's still a good read. I doubt that, even in the USA, many people know Jefferson Davis' story, or what happened to him after the war was over. Mike Last edited by Mike L; 02-04-2015 at 12:50 PM. Reason: Spelling mistakes |
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The Ebook is very interesting. If possible, I want mini review.
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