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An authoritative guide to the best books ever written about the Civil War, including James McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom and Bruce Catton's A Stillness at Appomattox ranks the work of each genre and provides amusing, controversial, and informative essays for each title.
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The world has long been fascinated by America's bloodiest conflict. It has drawn the attention of many of history's most talented scholars, novelists, and poets, with dozens of Pulitzer Prizes and National Book Awards bestowed upon works about the Civil War. With an estimated 50,000 Civil War titles having been published, how do interested readers find out which are the best? The Civil War Bookshelf ranks the works of each genre that should be the core of every Civil War library. James McPherson's award-winning Battle Cry of Freedom heads the list as a brilliant survey of the era. Essential books about military events and figures include Bruce Catton's classic account of the Union Army of the Potomac, A Stillness at Appomattox. Among the excellent biographies of key Civil War figures Wooster ranks such works as David Donald's Lincoln and William C. Davis's brilliant new depiction of his counterpart, Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour. Domestic developments are described in such books as Drew Gilpin Faust's Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the Civil War.
Masterpieces of fiction, including Michael Shaara's Killer Angels and Stephen Vincent Benet's epic poem "John Brown's Body," are not forgotten. Robert Wooster offers entertaining, informative, and often controversial essays that provide insightful analysis of the best of Civil War literature. Civil War enthusiasts will use The Civil War Bookshelf to compare their favorite books to those discussed here, while others will find it a useful introductory guide to some of the best writing about America's past."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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