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Originally Posted by morantis
There is a book called "An Incomplete Education." I used to own this book and I not sure where it is, but it is a very interesting read. It may only have a couple pages on the Civil War, but after that it is essential to have on your shelf. Whether you are just reading or researching something specific, this books is filled with various alternate looks into thousands of subjects.
The best way I can describe the book is that it can bring you up to conversational level on just about any subject you can think of.
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Many years ago, there was a series of books called "The Bluffer's Guide To..." Baseball, American History, etc. The books claimed to give you just enough knowledge about a subject to converse without seeming completely ignorant.
I made a mistake in my previous post: Springfield, Illinois was Lincoln's home when he was a lawyer and state legislator, not when he was a boy.