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Unholy Sabbath
Savas Beatie 2012; US$ 19.95Many readers of Civil War history have been led to believe the battle of South Mountain (September 14, 1862) was but a trifling skirmish, a preliminary engagement of little strategic or tactical consequence overshadowed by Antietams horrific carnage just three days later. In fact, the fight was a decisive Federal victory and important turning... more...
Four Years With The Iron Brigade
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 45.00Based on an major recent discovery-the Civil War as seen from the front ranks of a legendary fighting unit more...
General Wadsworth
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 39.95The first full biography of James S. Wadsworth--important Union general, prominent New York politician, and anti-slavery statesman. more...
Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison
LSU Press 1998; US$ 20.95First published in 1865, Belle Boyd?s memoir of her experiences as a Confederate spy has stood the test of time and interest. Belle first gained notoriety when she killed a Union soldier in her home in 1861. During the Federal occupations of the Shenandoah Valley, she mingled with the servicemen and, using her feminine wiles, obtained useful information... more...
Journal of the Civil War Era
The University of North Carolina Press 2013; US$ 9.95Major General Alexander M. McCook, USA
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 35.00Alexander M. McCook, one of the youngest major generals in the Union army, was a member of a patriotic family from Ohio that became known as the "Fighting McCooks." He participated in some of the bloodiest campaigns of the Civil War, including Bull Run, Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River and Chickamauga. In battle, McCook could be rash and... more...
The Indian in Latin American History
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 1999; US$ 36.99Initially decimated by disease and later faced with the loss of their lands and their political autonomy, Latin American Indians have displayed remarkable resilience. They have resisted cultural hegemony with rebellions and have initiated petitions to demand remedies to injustices, while consciously selecting certain aspects of the West to incorporate... more...
African American Women During the Civil War
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 161.00This study uses an abundance of primary sources to restore African American female participants in the Civil War to history by documenting their presence, contributions and experience. Free and enslaved African American women took part in this process in a variety of ways, including black female charity and benevolence. These women were spies, soldiers,... more...
Abe Lincoln's Hat
Random House Children's Books 2013; US$ 3.99Illus. in full color. Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, started out in life as an absent-minded frontier lawyer. How did he nudge his memory? He stuck letters, court notes, contracts, and even his checkbook in his trademark top hat. When he took off his hat, it was all there! more...
Trans-Pacific Echoes and Resonances; Listening Once Again
World Scientific Publishing Company 1985; US$ 87.00This monograph is a review of the present state of knowledge of the relationships and consequences of over 25 centuries of interactions between the Amerindian and Asean Circum-Pacific regions. A fascinating, special case of previous work by two Asianists on similar themes of the Euro-Asian Continental land mass, providing the theoretical framework... more...









