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  • Dear Courier

    The Civil War Correspondence of Editor Melvin Dwinell

    Edited by Ford Risley ...
    Series series Voices of the Civil War
    Among the many extant volumes of Civil War correspondence penned by military men, few can boast of the writing quality of Dear Courier: The Civil War Correspondence of Editor Melvin Dwinell. This Yankee-turned-Rebel was both fighter and journalist: second lieutenant of the Rome Light Guards and editor of the Rome Courier.Born in East Calais, Vermont, in 1825, Melvin Dwinell came to the South and ... Read more

    $28.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How America Gets the News

    A History of U.S. Journalism

    by Ford Risley, Ashley Walter ...
    Series series American Ways
    This concise history of American journalism—including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and digital—introduces readers to the news media from the first colonial newspapers to today’s news conglomerates and the rise of the digital media.Authors Ford Risley and Ashley Walter examine historical trends, including advocacy journalism, yellow journalism, investigative journalism, tabloid ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Civil War Journalism

    by Ford Risley ...
    Series series Reflections on the Civil War Era
    This book examines newspapers, magazines, photographs, illustrations, and editorial cartoons to tell the important story of journalism, documenting its role during the Civil War as well as the impact of the war on the press.Civil War Journalism presents a unique synthesis of the journalism of both the North and South during the war. It features a compelling cast of characters, including editors ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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  • The Fall of the House of Dixie

    The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South

    by Bruce Levine ...
    In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it, The Fall of the House of Dixie illuminates the way a war undertaken to preserve the status quo ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • American Ulysses

    A Life of Ulysses S. Grant

    by Ronald C. White ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of A. Lincoln, a major new biography of one of America’s greatest generals—and most misunderstood presidentsWinner of the William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography • Finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book PrizeIn his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Don’t Know Much About® the Civil War

    Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned

    by Kenneth C. Davis ...
    Series Book 10 - Don't Know Much About Series
    “Highly informative and entertaining…propels the reader light years beyond dull textbooks and Gone with the Wind.”—San Francisco ChronicleIt has been 150 years since the opening salvo of America’s War Between the States. New York Times bestselling author Ken Davis tells us everything we never knew about our nation’s bloodiest conflict in Don’t Know Much About ® the Civil War—another fascinating ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Crossroads of Freedom : Antietam

    Antietam

    by James M. McPherson ...
    Series series Pivotal Moments in American History
    The Battle of Antietam fought on September 17 1862 was the bloodiest single day in American history with more than 6000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom America's most eminent Civil War historian James M. McPherson paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle the events that led ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • A Great Sacrifice

    Northern Black Soldiers, Their Families, and the Experience of Civil War

    by James G. Mendez ...
    Series series The North's Civil War
    "Offers readers new insight into the lives of African American men and women from the North in the era of the Civil War." —Liz Regosin, Charles A. Dana Professor of History, St. Lawrence UniversityA Great Sacrifice is an in-depth analysis of the effects of the Civil War on northern black families carried out using letters from northern black women—mothers, wives, sisters, and female family friends ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fateful Lightning

    A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction

    by Allen C. Guelzo ...
    The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than $700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • 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

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ecstatic Nation

    Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848–1877

    by Brenda Wineapple ...
    "From the death of John Quincy Adams through the Civil War to the tragedy of Reconstruction, Wineapple tells the American story brilliantly." —Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning authorA New York Times Notable Book of 2013A Kirkus Best Book of 2013A Bookpage Best Book of 2013Dazzling in scope, Ecstatic Nation illuminates one of the most dramatic and momentous ... ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • George Washington's War

    The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American Presidency

    by Bruce Chadwick Ph.D. ...
    How a young general shaped a nation — a fascinating account of George Washington as he faced a war and came out as America's first presidentThe American Revolution was won not on the battlefields, but through the mind of George Washington. One of America's founding fathers, Washington's story is one that influenced how our entire nation was built. A compulsively readable narrative and extensive ... Read more

    $13.09 USD