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  • Death in Briar Bottom

    The True Story of Hippies, Mountain Lawmen, and the Search for Justice in the Early 1970s

    by Timothy Silver ...
    On July 3, 1972, twenty-four hippies from Clearwater, Florida, set up tents and settled in for the night at Briar Bottom, a public US Forest Service campground in western North Carolina. The impromptu campout was a pit stop for the group on their way to a Rolling Stones concert in Charlotte. Early that evening, they drank beer, smoked marijuana, and listened to rock music as they anticipated the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains

    An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America

    by Timothy Silver ...
    Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina’s Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. From Native Americans and early explorers to land speculators and conservationists, people have long been drawn to this rugged region. Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of the Black Mountains, drawing on ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • An Environmental History of the Civil War

    by Judkin Browning, Timothy Silver ...
    Series series Civil War America
    This sweeping new history recognizes that the Civil War was not just a military conflict but also a moment of profound transformation in Americans' relationship to the natural world. To be sure, environmental factors such as topography and weather powerfully shaped the outcomes of battles and campaigns, and the war could not have been fought without the horses, cattle, and other animals that were ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Blue, the Gray, and the Green

    Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War

    by Brian Allen Drake, Lisa M. Brady, John C. Inscoe, Megan Kate Nelson, Kenneth Noe, Aaron Sachs, Mart A. Stewart, Paul S. Sutter, Drew A. Swanson, Timothy Johnson0, Dr. Timothy Silver1, Kathryn J. Shively2 ...
    Series series
    The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how nature—disease, climate, flora and fauna, and other factors—affected the war and also how the war shaped Americans’ perceptions, understanding, and use of nature. The contributors use a wide range of approaches that serve as a valuable template for ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

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    Death in Briar Bottom

    The True Story of Hippies, Mountain Lawmen, and the Search for Justice in the Early 1970s

    by Timothy Silver ...
    Narrated by Andre Bellido ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 7 min

    On July 3, 1972, twenty-four hippies from Clearwater, Florida, set up tents and settled in for the night at Briar Bottom, a public US Forest Service campground in western North Carolina. The impromptu campout was a pit stop for the group on their way to a Rolling Stones concert in Charlotte. Early that evening, they drank beer, smoked marijuana, and listened to rock music as they anticipated the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    An Environmental History of the Civil War

    by Judkin Browning, Timothy Silver ...
    Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 29 min

    This sweeping new history recognizes that the Civil War was not just a military conflict but also a moment of profound transformation in Americans' relationship to the natural world.To be sure, environmental factors such as topography and weather powerfully shaped the outcomes of battles and campaigns, and the war could not have been fought without the horses, cattle, and other animals that were ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The History Buff's Guide to the Civil War

    The best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal top ten rankings of the Civil War

    by Thomas R. Flagel ...
    Series series History Buff's Guides
    Do You Think You Know the Civil War?The History Buff's Guide to the Civil War clears the powder smoke surrounding the war that changed America forever. The perfect guide for anyone looking for great history facts like:What were the best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal aspects of the conflict?What are the top ten causes?The bloodiest battles?With over thirty annotated top ten lists and ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Life in Civil War America

    by Michael J. Varhola ...
    The Civil War is a fascinating time period in American history. Life in Civil War America, 2nd Edition provides readers with fast facts and statistics about the 1860s from military life to civilian life in both the North and South.Topics covered include:• social and economic realities of daily life• common slang and idioms• diets of the era, including recipes, food preparation and the impact of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Living Hell

    The Dark Side of the Civil War

    by Michael C. C. Adams ...
    A senior military historian presents an unflinching account of the human costs of the Civil War.Many Americans, argues Michael C. C. Adams, tend to think of the Civil War as more glorious, less awful, than the reality. Millions of tourists flock to battlefields each year as vacation destinations, their perceptions of the war often shaped by reenactors who work hard for verisimilitude but who ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege

    A Sensory History of the Civil War

    by Mark M. Smith ...
    Historical accounts of major events have almost always relied upon what those who were there witnessed. Nowhere is this truer than in the nerve-shattering chaos of warfare, where sight seems to confer objective truth and acts as the basis of reconstruction. In The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege, historian Mark M. Smith considers how all five senses, including sight, shaped the experience of ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • Smithsonian Civil War

    Inside the National Collection

    by Smithsonian Institution ...
    Smithsonian Civil War is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book featuring 150 entries in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. From among tens of thousands of Civil War objects in the Smithsonian's collections, curators handpicked 550 items and wrote a unique narrative that begins before the war through the Reconstruction period. The perfect gift book for fathers and history lovers, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • War upon the Land

    Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War

    by Lisa M. Brady ...
    In this first book-length environmental history of the American Civil War, Lisa M. Brady argues that ideas about nature and the environment were central to the development and success of Union military strategy.From the start of the war, both sides had to contend with forces of nature, even as they battled one another. Northern soldiers encountered unfamiliar landscapes in the South that suggested ... Read more

    $26.59 USD