It’s safe to say that 2013 is already shaping up to be a good year for Civil War titles. I am in the middle of Oakes’s book and really looking forward to digging into new books by Kelman and Levine. If I am not mistaken we now have the first modern biography of Thomas Nast. [...]
Books
The end of my first full year of living in Boston and what a year it’s been. It should come as no surprise that the highlight of the past year was the publication of my first book in June. I’ve always loved the social aspect of doing history, whether its teaching in the classroom, working [...]
Before moving to Boston last year I sold somewhere around 700 books. If you live in the Charlottesville area you are likely to find most of them at Daedalus Used Books on 4th street downtown. Now as I look around the shelves are beginning to fill up once again. Jason Emerson, Giant in the Shadows: [...]
I am calling for a year-long moratorium on Civil War publishing from my favorite historians. There is just too much to read. Give us a chance to catch up. William J. Cooper, We Have the War Upon Us: The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861 (Knopf, 2012). Guy R. Hasegawa, Mending Broken Soldiers: [...]
As always thanks for purchasing books and other products through my Amazon Associate account. My commissions come in the form of book credits, which allows me to purchase two or three books for free. Frances M. Clarke, War Stories: Suffering and Sacrifice in the Civil War North, (University of Chicago Press, 2011). William J. Cooper, [...]
It’s been a while since I last updated my list of books received as review copies and those purchased. As always, thanks to those of you who have gone through my affiliate account with Amazon to purchase items. Thanks to you I rarely have to shell out my own money for new titles. This list [...]
The other day one of my readers inquired as to whether I “only acquire books from university presses.” I’ve addressed this issue in the past, but it is worth spending a few minutes revisiting. It’s a fair question given that the overwhelming majority of Civil War titles that I list in these posts are from [...]
Here is a list of recent acquisitions, including a few titles that I picked up while in Milwaukee for the annual meeting of the OAH. I probably should refrain from accumulating more books at least through the middle of the summer. More on this later. Mark H. Dunkelman, Marching With Sherman: Through Georgia and the [...]