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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
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These are the horrors of the Civil War that they didn't teach us in high school. I had a difficult time getting thru the first chapter of this book but stuck with it and am really glad I did.
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A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation
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This book makes the Civil War period and slavery come alive, partly through the real voices of 2 emancipated slaves, and partly through the consumate writing skill of the author. The level is just right: carefully documented sources (endnotes) that authenticate the story, plus a wonderfully accessible writing style that is clear, never boring, and quie... »
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Team of Rivals
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The life and times of Abraham Lincoln have been analyzed and dissected in countless books. Do we need another Lincoln biography? In Team of Rivals, esteemed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin proves that we do. Though she can't help but cover some familiar territory, her perspective is focused enough to offer fresh insights into Lincoln's leadership... »
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The Killer Angels
This novel reveals more about the Battle of Gettysburg than any piece of learned nonfiction on the same subject. Michael Shaara's account of the three mos... »
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Alexander Hamilton
Building on biographies by Richard Brookhiser and Willard Sterne Randall, Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton provides what may be ... »
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The Madness of Mary Lincoln
I found this book to lend key insight into the troubled mind of an often-misunderstood woman. I also found her relationship with Abraham Lincoln to be an... »
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John Adams
Left to his own devices, John Adams might have lived out his days as a Massachusetts country lawyer, devoted to his family and friends. As it was, events ... »
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