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American Civil War Armies (4)
State Troops
Written by Philip Katcher
Illustrated by Ronald Volstad
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
"The War between the States" is the term used for the American Civil War (1861-1865)throughout much of the South even today. Many on both sides – not just the South – felt that they were serving their states as much, if not more, than their central governments. Many of the states... Read more >
State Troops
Written by Philip Katcher
Illustrated by Ronald Volstad
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
"The War between the States" is the term used for the American Civil War (1861-1865)throughout much of the South even today. Many on both sides – not just the South – felt that they were serving their states as much, if not more, than their central governments. Many of the states... Read more >
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First Bull Run 1861
The South's first victory
Written by Alan Hankinson
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
At Bull Run, two inexperienced, ill-trained and poorly led armies clashed in the opening engagement of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Culminating in a stalwart defensive fight by Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson's Virginia Brigade, this is the story of the Confederacy's first victory. The author investigates the personalities of the principal commanders... Read more >
The South's first victory
Written by Alan Hankinson
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $15.95
At Bull Run, two inexperienced, ill-trained and poorly led armies clashed in the opening engagement of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Culminating in a stalwart defensive fight by Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson's Virginia Brigade, this is the story of the Confederacy's first victory. The author investigates the personalities of the principal commanders... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Gettysburg: The Final Fury
Written by Bruce Catton
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $9.99
This classic work by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War, takes an incisive look at the turning point of the war, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863. Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course... Read more >
Written by Bruce Catton
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $9.99
This classic work by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War, takes an incisive look at the turning point of the war, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863. Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course... Read more >
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Gettysburg: The Final Fury
Written by Bruce Catton
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
This classic work by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War, takes an incisive look at the turning point of the war, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863. Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course... Read more >
Written by Bruce Catton
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
This classic work by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War, takes an incisive look at the turning point of the war, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863. Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course... Read more >
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Kenneth C. Davis CD Audiobook Bundle
Don't Know Much About the Civil War; Don't Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition; Don't Know Much About Anything
Written by Kenneth C. Davis
Format: Boxed Set
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $54.98
Three classic Kenneth C. Davis audiobooks are now available as an audiobook collection. Collection includes: Don’t Know Much About the Civil War, Don’t Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition, and Don’t Know Much About Anything
Don’t Know Much About the Civil War
Millions of Americans, bored by dull textbooks, are in the dark about... Read more >
Don't Know Much About the Civil War; Don't Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition; Don't Know Much About Anything
Written by Kenneth C. Davis
Format: Boxed Set
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $54.98
Three classic Kenneth C. Davis audiobooks are now available as an audiobook collection. Collection includes: Don’t Know Much About the Civil War, Don’t Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition, and Don’t Know Much About Anything
Don’t Know Much About the Civil War
Millions of Americans, bored by dull textbooks, are in the dark about... Read more >
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We Have the War Upon Us
The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861
Written by William J. Cooper
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $16.00
The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861
Written by William J. Cooper
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $16.00
In this carefully researched book William J. Cooper gives us a fresh perspective on the period between Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860 and the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861, during which all efforts to avoid or impede secession and prevent war failed. Here is the story of the...
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Blood and Daring
How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation
Written by John Boyko
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $35.00
How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation
Written by John Boyko
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $35.00
Blood and Daring will change our views not just of Canada's relationship with the United States, but of the Civil War, Confederation and Canada itself.
In Blood and Daring, lauded historian John Boyko makes a compelling argument that Confederation occurred when and as it did largely because of the pressures of the...
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eBook.
Blood and Daring
How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation
Written by John Boyko
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.99
How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation
Written by John Boyko
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.99
Blood and Daring will change our views not just of Canada's relationship with the United States, but of the Civil War, Confederation and Canada itself.
In Blood and Daring, lauded historian John Boyko makes a compelling argument that Confederation occurred when and as it did largely because of the pressures of the...
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hardcover.
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The Man Who Saved the Union
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.95
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Written by H.W. Brands
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.95
Ulysses Grant emerges in this masterful biography as a genius in battle and a driven president to a divided country, who remained fearlessly on the side of right. He was a beloved commander in the field who made the sacrifices necessary to win the war, even in the face of criticism...
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Gettysburg
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $35.00
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $35.00
From the acclaimed Civil War historian, a brilliant new history—the most intimate and richly readable account we have had—of the climactic three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), which draws the reader into the heat, smoke, and grime of Gettysburg alongside the ordinary soldier, and depicts the combination of personalities and...
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Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Gettysburg
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $17.99
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $17.99
From the acclaimed Civil War historian, a brilliant new history—the most intimate and richly readable account we have had—of the climactic three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), which draws the reader into the heat, smoke, and grime of Gettysburg alongside the ordinary soldier, and depicts the combination of personalities and...
Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Gettysburg
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $30.00
The Last Invasion
Written by Allen C. Guelzo
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $30.00
From the acclaimed Civil War historian, a brilliant new history—the most intimate and richly readable account we have had—of the climactic three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), which draws the reader into the heat, smoke, and grime of Gettysburg alongside the ordinary soldier, and depicts the combination of personalities and...
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Eyewitness to Gettysburg
Written by Stephen G. Hyslop
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $3.99
Author James Robertson, one of America's most respected Civil War scholars and storytellers whose weekly talks about little-known people and events of the Civil War aired for 15 years on National Public Radio, brings history to life here in a collection of unexpected and true stories revealing the events that took... Read more >
Written by Stephen G. Hyslop
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $3.99
Author James Robertson, one of America's most respected Civil War scholars and storytellers whose weekly talks about little-known people and events of the Civil War aired for 15 years on National Public Radio, brings history to life here in a collection of unexpected and true stories revealing the events that took... Read more >
Days of Defiance
Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War
Written by Maury Klein
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $13.99
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Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War
Written by Maury Klein
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $13.99
Read more >
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trade paperback.
Petersburg 1864-65
The longest siege
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.95
In 1864, Petersburg, Virginia became the setting for one of the last great campaigns of the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the longest siege in American History. After his failure to capture Richmond in the Spring, General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern... Read more >
The longest siege
Written by Ron Field
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.95
In 1864, Petersburg, Virginia became the setting for one of the last great campaigns of the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the longest siege in American History. After his failure to capture Richmond in the Spring, General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern... Read more >
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Citizen Sherman
A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman
Written by Michael Fellman
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
Bright, compulsively articulate, famous, loved, hated, and deeply troubled, William T. Sherman was perhaps one of the most compelling personalities in American history. This groundbreaking, in-depth portrait of this significant Civil War figure reveals much about Sherman--and about the concept of manliness in his culture.
NOTE: This edition does not include... Read more >
A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman
Written by Michael Fellman
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $11.99
Bright, compulsively articulate, famous, loved, hated, and deeply troubled, William T. Sherman was perhaps one of the most compelling personalities in American history. This groundbreaking, in-depth portrait of this significant Civil War figure reveals much about Sherman--and about the concept of manliness in his culture.
NOTE: This edition does not include... Read more >
American Civil War Armies (3)
Specialist Troops
Written by Philip Katcher
Illustrated by Ronald Volstad
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
At the time of the American Civil War (1861-1865), with two million men under arms, a US Army that in pre-war days had depended upon a minute number of technical troops now required virtually an army of specialists alone. Special sharpshooters were recruited for skirmishing duty; men whose wounds would have... Read more >
Specialist Troops
Written by Philip Katcher
Illustrated by Ronald Volstad
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
At the time of the American Civil War (1861-1865), with two million men under arms, a US Army that in pre-war days had depended upon a minute number of technical troops now required virtually an army of specialists alone. Special sharpshooters were recruited for skirmishing duty; men whose wounds would have... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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In Lincoln's Hand
His Original Manuscripts with Commentary by Distinguished Americans
Edited by Harold Holzer and Joshua Wolf Shenk
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2013
Price: $17.99
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and in conjunction with the Library of Congress 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition, In Lincoln’s Hand offers an unprecedented look at perhaps our greatest president through vivid images of his handwritten letters, speeches, and even childhood notebooks—many never before made available to... Read more >
His Original Manuscripts with Commentary by Distinguished Americans
Edited by Harold Holzer and Joshua Wolf Shenk
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2013
Price: $17.99
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and in conjunction with the Library of Congress 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition, In Lincoln’s Hand offers an unprecedented look at perhaps our greatest president through vivid images of his handwritten letters, speeches, and even childhood notebooks—many never before made available to... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
American Civil War Fortifications (1)
Coastal Brick and Stone Forts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Donato Spedaliere
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
The 50 years before the American Civil War saw a boom in the construction of coastal forts in the United States of America. These stone and brick forts stretched from New England to the Florida Keys, and as far as the Mississippi River. At the start of the war some were... Read more >
Coastal Brick and Stone Forts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Donato Spedaliere
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
The 50 years before the American Civil War saw a boom in the construction of coastal forts in the United States of America. These stone and brick forts stretched from New England to the Florida Keys, and as far as the Mississippi River. At the start of the war some were... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861-65
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River and in the first few months both sides scrambled to gather a flotilla, converting existing riverboats for naval use. These ships were transformed into powerful naval weapons despite a lack of resources, trained manpower and... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River and in the first few months both sides scrambled to gather a flotilla, converting existing riverboats for naval use. These ships were transformed into powerful naval weapons despite a lack of resources, trained manpower and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Second Manassas 1862
Robert E Lee's Greatest Victory
Written by John Langellier
Illustrated by Mike Adams
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Osprey's examination of the culminating battle of the American Civil War (1861-1865). “There never was such a campaign, not even by Napoleon" wrote Confederate General Pender of the Second Manassas campaign in which the gray-bearded Virginian, Robert E Lee, came as close as he ever would to exterminating his Northern enemies... Read more >
Robert E Lee's Greatest Victory
Written by John Langellier
Illustrated by Mike Adams
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Osprey's examination of the culminating battle of the American Civil War (1861-1865). “There never was such a campaign, not even by Napoleon" wrote Confederate General Pender of the Second Manassas campaign in which the gray-bearded Virginian, Robert E Lee, came as close as he ever would to exterminating his Northern enemies... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Shiloh 1862
The Death of Innocence
Written by James Arnold
Illustrated by Alan Perry
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
The first major battle in the Western theatre of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Shiloh came as a horrifying shock to both the American public and those in arms. For the first time they had some idea of the terrible price that would be paid for the preservation of the Union... Read more >
The Death of Innocence
Written by James Arnold
Illustrated by Alan Perry
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
The first major battle in the Western theatre of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Shiloh came as a horrifying shock to both the American public and those in arms. For the first time they had some idea of the terrible price that would be paid for the preservation of the Union... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Fall of the House of Dixie
The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
Written by Bruce Levine
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $30.00
In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it... Read more >
The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
Written by Bruce Levine
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $30.00
In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Fall of the House of Dixie
The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
Written by Bruce Levine
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $14.99
In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it... Read more >
The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
Written by Bruce Levine
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $14.99
In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
The Stonewall Brigade
Written by John Selby
Illustrated by Michael Roffe
Format: eBook, 50 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
"Look! There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!" With these words General Bee ensured the reputation of Thomas Jonathan Jackson and his troops who were fighting alongside him at the battle of the First Bull Run (July 1861). This reputation was enhanced in Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley... Read more >
Written by John Selby
Illustrated by Michael Roffe
Format: eBook, 50 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
"Look! There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!" With these words General Bee ensured the reputation of Thomas Jonathan Jackson and his troops who were fighting alongside him at the battle of the First Bull Run (July 1861). This reputation was enhanced in Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
