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Old 05-30-2012, 10:09 PM   #61
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Thanks for the recommendations. I haven't heard of Nevins before. Going solely from the title, does this collection have any bias towards the Union?

I ask this because of something I noticed in my current read, the 3 volume set by Shelby Foote. I don't know if I would call it a bias toward the South (I am not very far in the books), but I noticed that in his description of Lincoln's suspension of habeus corpus, Foote did not explain it as a reaction to pro-Southern acts of sabotage in the vicinity of Washington, D.C. Other authors have explained this suspension as a defensive measure.

I have a book by Catton somewhere in the house, a big thick hardcover with many period photographs. I don't remember the title, so I don't know if this is the same work you mention.
Nevins seemed pretty balanced to me. But then I wasn't too put off by Foote's southern leanings.
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