TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog

Air Date: 012805
Subject: Dave Powell: Civil War on a Card Table
Web Site: http://www.multimanpublishing.com
Guest: Dave Powell
Summary: Dave Powell explains how he designs simulation games based on Civil War battles.
Brett’s Summary: Dave does so much more than that!  He is talking about wargaming, mainly board games, his area of specialty, but also some card driven games and [...]

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Air Date: 012105
Subject: The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop
Web Site and Book: http://www.alincolnbookshop.com/ & Lincoln’s Assassins: Their Trial and Execution
Guest: Daniel R. Weinberg
Summary: Visit with Daniel R. Weinberg, owner of Chicago’s legendary Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.
Brett’s Summary: Daniel Weinberg speaks with Gerry about the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, located in Chicago, [...]

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Air Date: 011405
Subject: Mark Grimsley: Soldiers, Civilians and Slaves
Books: The Hard Hand of War & And Keep Moving On
Guest: Mark Grimsley
Summary: Dr. Mark Grimsley, author of the Lincoln Prize-winning The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865, talks about the motivations and actions of the men who fought for the North.
Brett’s [...]

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