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  • The American War

    A History of the Civil War Era

    Full DescriptionIn The American War: A History of the Civil War Era, renowned historians Gary W. Gallagher and Joan Waugh provide a fresh examination of the Civil War, the great defining moment in U.S. history, as well as its aftermath and enduring memory, in a masterful work that prize-winning historian William C. Davis calls "easily the best one-volume assessment of the Civil War to date." By ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

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    Hearts Touched by Fire

    The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War

    Unabridged

    50 hours 58 min

    In July 1883, just a few days after the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a group of editors at the Century magazine engaged in a lively argument: Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest battle of them all? One claimed it was Chickamauga, another Cold Harbor. The argument inspired a brainstorm: Why not let the magazine’s 125,000 readers in on the conversation by offering “a ... Read more

    $39.95 USD

  • U. S. Grant

    American Hero, American Myth

    by Joan Waugh ...
    Series series Civil War America
    At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Yet today his monuments are rarely visited, his military reputation is overshadowed by that of Robert E. Lee, and his presidency is permanently mired at the bottom of historical rankings. In U. S. Grant, Joan Waugh ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

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    Cold Harbor to the Crater

    The End of the Overland Campaign

    Series series The Military Campaigns of the Civil War Series

    Unabridged

    12 hours 34 min

    Between the end of May and the beginning of August 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee oversaw the transition between the Overland Campaign—a remarkable saga of maneuvering and brutal combat—and what became a grueling siege of Petersburg that many months later compelled Confederates to abandon Richmond. Although many historians have marked Grant’s crossing of the ... Read more

    $22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lens of War

    Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War

    Series series
    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

    $37.79 USD

  • The Memory of the Civil War in American Culture

    Edited by Alice Fahs, Joan Waugh ...
    Series series Civil War America
    The Civil War retains a powerful hold on the American imagination, with each generation since 1865 reassessing its meaning and importance in American life. This volume collects twelve essays by leading Civil War scholars who demonstrate how the meanings of the Civil War have changed over time.The essays move among a variety of cultural and political arenas — from public monuments to parades to ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Wars within a War

    Controversy and Conflict over the American Civil War

    Edited by Joan Waugh, Gary W. Gallagher ...
    Series series Civil War America
    Comprised of essays from twelve leading scholars, this volume extends the discussion of Civil War controversies far past the death of the Confederacy in the spring of 1865. Contributors address, among other topics, Walt Whitman’s poetry, the handling of the Union and Confederate dead, the treatment of disabled and destitute northern veterans, Ulysses S. Grant’s imposing tomb, and Hollywood’s long ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Unfading Light

    The Sustaining Insight and Inspiration of Abraham Lincoln

    Rich Fritzky poses five questions to forty-five individuals who have devoted much, if not all of their lives, to Abraham Lincoln. The individuals reveal what led them to him in the first place, the attribute or ‘fixed mark’ that sealed their belonging to him, the conversations that they would most have liked to have had with him, the words of his that they were most moved by, and the why and how ... Read more

    $28.19 USD