Jeanette T. Greenwood, First Fruits of Freedom: The Migration of Former Slaves and Their Search for Equality in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1862-1900 (University of North Carolina Press, 2010).
William Hassler ed., One of Lee’s Best Men: The Civil War Letters of General William Dorsey Pender (University of North Carolina Press, 1999).
Joseph M. Beilein and Matthew C. Hulbert eds., The Civil War Guerrilla: Unfolding the Black Flag in History, Memory, and Myth (University Press of Kentucky, 2015).
James McPherson, The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Brian Craig Miller, Empty Sleeves: Amputation in the Civil War South (University of Georgia Press, 2015).
Adam Rothman, Beyond Freedom’s Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery (Harvard University Press, 2015).
Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, and Frank J. Williams eds., Exploring Lincoln: Great Historians Reappraise Our Greatest President (Fordham University Press, 2015).
“Exploring Lincoln: Great Historians Reappraise Our Greatest President”
Great.
Just finished reading the introduction to Miller’s book on amputations, which I’ve been looking forward to for some time. The essays in the Lincoln book look interesting, but I suspect there will be few surprises.
I can only wonder what James G. Randall would say now about the Lincoln theme being exhausted?
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Rob
I suspect that we will see a downturn in numbers following this recent flurry of books released to mark the 150th of his assassination. Martha Hodes’s, Mourning Lincoln, stands out as one of the better titles.