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Lens of War

Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War

by James Robertson Jr., Thavolia Glymph, Stephen Cushman, Judith A. Giesberg, James Marten, William Blair, Joseph Glatthaar, Stephen Berry, Stephen Berry0, Caroline E. Janney1, Joan Waugh2, Earl Hess3, Aaron Sheehan-Dean4, Megan Kate Nelson5, Susan Eva O'Donovan6, Emory Thomas7, Harold Holzer8, Brooks D. Simpson9, Ethan S. Rafuse0, Carol Reardon1, Daniel E. Sutherland2, Elizabeth R. Varon3, T. Michael Parrish4, Steven E. Woodworth5, Jane E. Schultz6, Kathryn J. Shively7 ...

Series Book 5 - UnCivil Wars
Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the Civil War have explored military, cultural, political, African American, women’s, and environmental ... Read more

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Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the Civil War have explored military, cultural, political, African American, women’s, and environmental
... Read more
Weirding the War

Stories from the Civil War's Ragged Edges

by Anya Jabour, Barton A. Myers, Brian Craig Miller, Daniel E. Sutherland, Diane Sommerville, Emory Thomas, Joan E. Cashin, Kenneth Noe, LeeAnn Whites, Lesley J. Gordon, Megan Kate Nelson0, Michael DeGruccio1, Michael Fellman2, Paul Anderson3, Peter S. Carmichael4, Rodney J. Steward5, Steven E. Nash6, Stephen Berry8, Andrew Slap9, Amy Murrell Taylor0 ...

Series Book 8 - UnCivil Wars
“It is well that war is so terrible,” Robert E. Lee reportedly said, “or we would grow too fond of it.” The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war terrible again. Taking a “freakonomics” approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war ... Read more

$33.99 USD

“It is well that war is so terrible,” Robert E. Lee reportedly said, “or we would grow too fond of it.” The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war terrible again. Taking a “freakonomics” approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war
... Read more
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Robert E. Lee

by Emory Thomas ...

Narrated by Richard M. Davidson ...

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22 hours 50 min

With absorbing power, Emory M. Thomas tells the story of one of the most revered figures in American history. A story of triumph and tragedy, this stunning biography provides a fascinating glimpse at the man behind the Civil War legend. Revealing the "whole" Lee in this enthrallingly detailed saga, Thomas portrays him as a man driven by the paradoxes in his own personality. Here is the Lee who is ... Read more

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With absorbing power, Emory M. Thomas tells the story of one of the most revered figures in American history. A story of triumph and tragedy, this stunning biography provides a fascinating glimpse at the man behind the Civil War legend. Revealing the "whole" Lee in this enthrallingly detailed saga, Thomas portrays him as a man driven by the paradoxes in his own personality. Here is the Lee who is
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Robert E. Lee

by Emory Thomas ...

Narrated by Richard Davidson ...

Unabridged

22 hours 51 min

With absorbing power, Emory M. Thomas tells the story of one of the most revered figures in American history. A story of triumph and tragedy, this stunning biography provides a fascinating glimpse at the man behind the Civil War legend. Revealing the "whole" Lee in this enthrallingly detailed saga, Thomas portrays him as a man driven by the paradoxes in his own personality. Here is the Lee who is ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

With absorbing power, Emory M. Thomas tells the story of one of the most revered figures in American history. A story of triumph and tragedy, this stunning biography provides a fascinating glimpse at the man behind the Civil War legend. Revealing the "whole" Lee in this enthrallingly detailed saga, Thomas portrays him as a man driven by the paradoxes in his own personality. Here is the Lee who is
... Read more

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This Republic of Suffering

Death and the American Civil War (National Book Award Finalist)

by Drew Gilpin Faust ...

Series series Vintage Civil War Library
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • An "extraordinary ... profoundly moving" history (The New York Times Book Review) of the American Civil War that reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation.An estiated 750,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • An "extraordinary ... profoundly moving" history (The New York Times Book Review) of the American Civil War that reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation.An estiated 750,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be
... Read more
A Slave No More

Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

by David W. Blight ...

The newly discovered slave narratives of John Washington and Wallace Turnage—and their harrowing and empowering journey to emancipation.Slave narratives, among the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five surviving post-Civil War. This book is a major new addition to this imperative part of American history—the firsthand accounts of two slaves, John Washington ... Read more

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The newly discovered slave narratives of John Washington and Wallace Turnage—and their harrowing and empowering journey to emancipation.Slave narratives, among the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five surviving post-Civil War. This book is a major new addition to this imperative part of American history—the firsthand accounts of two slaves, John Washington
... Read more

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For Cause And Comrades : Why Men Fought In The Civil War

by James M. McPherson ...

General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, ... Read more

$14.29 USD

General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death,
... Read more
For Cause and Comrades

Why Men Fought in the Civil War

by James M. McPherson ...

General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, ... Read more

$14.29 USD

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General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death,
... Read more

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Civil War Stories

A 150th Anniversary Collection

by The Washington Post ...

This fascinating compendium examines the legacy of the War Between the States.At the Washington Post, the Civil War has held an enduring fascination for both readers and writers. Raging from 1861 to 1865, the War Between the States has left a lasting imprint on the United States's collective psyche for 150 years. Civil War Stories: A 150th Anniversary Collection aggregates historical data with ... Read more

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This fascinating compendium examines the legacy of the War Between the States.At the Washington Post, the Civil War has held an enduring fascination for both readers and writers. Raging from 1861 to 1865, the War Between the States has left a lasting imprint on the United States's collective psyche for 150 years. Civil War Stories: A 150th Anniversary Collection aggregates historical data with
... Read more
Robert E. Lee

by Emory M. Thomas ...

"The best and most balanced of the Lee biographies."—New York Review of BooksThe life of Robert E. Lee is a story not of defeat but of triumph—triumph in clearing his family name, triumph in marrying properly, triumph over the mighty Mississippi in his work as an engineer, and triumph over all other military men to become the towering figure who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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"The best and most balanced of the Lee biographies."—New York Review of BooksThe life of Robert E. Lee is a story not of defeat but of triumph—triumph in clearing his family name, triumph in marrying properly, triumph over the mighty Mississippi in his work as an engineer, and triumph over all other military men to become the towering figure who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil
... Read more

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Marching Home

Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War

by Brian Matthew Jordan ...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in HistoryWinner of the Gov. John Andrew Award (Union Club of Boston)An acclaimed, groundbreaking, and “powerful exploration” (Washington Post) of the fate of Union veterans, who won the war but couldn’t bear the peace.For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865, with a bitterly won peace and Union soldiers returning triumphantly ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in HistoryWinner of the Gov. John Andrew Award (Union Club of Boston)An acclaimed, groundbreaking, and “powerful exploration” (Washington Post) of the fate of Union veterans, who won the war but couldn’t bear the peace.For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865, with a bitterly won peace and Union soldiers returning triumphantly
... Read more

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Reading the Man

A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

by Elizabeth Brown Pryor ...

**“Pryor’s biography helps part with a lot of stupid out there about Lee – chiefly, that he was, somehow, ‘anti-slavery.’” – Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.comAn “unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography” (Boston Globe) – Winner of The Lincoln Prize**Robert E. Lee is remembered by history as a tragic figure, stoic and brave but distant and enigmatic. Using dozens of previously unpublished ... Read more

$18.99 USD

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**“Pryor’s biography helps part with a lot of stupid out there about Lee – chiefly, that he was, somehow, ‘anti-slavery.’” – Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.comAn “unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography” (Boston Globe) – Winner of The Lincoln Prize**Robert E. Lee is remembered by history as a tragic figure, stoic and brave but distant and enigmatic. Using dozens of previously unpublished
... Read more

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