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  • Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: May 2009

    I’ve decided to do the Abraham Lincoln Amazon.com Top 10 bestsellers on a bi-monthly basis since the topic doesn’t fit this blog as well as the Top 10 Civil War bestsellers.  Check out the April 2009 Amazon.com Top 10 Civil War bestsellers if you haven’t already, and look for the next Abe Top 10 in […]

  • Review: Vicksburg, 1863 by Winston Groom

    Vicksburg, 1863 by Winston Groom Product Details Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Knopf (April 7, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0307264254 ISBN-13: 978-0307264251 Shelby Foote never claimed to be a historian and always referred to himself as a “story teller”, Winston Groom falls into this category.  This is not a serious history with many footnotes on each […]