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Month: May 2009

  • In the Review Queue: Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-January 1863 by Donald S. Frazier

    The “In the Review Queue” series provides TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog readers with a brief look at books Brett Schulte is planning to review here on the blog.  These will be very similar to Drew Wagenhoffer’s “Booknotes” series at Civil War Books and Authors. Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of […]

  • Review: Where the Road Begins and A Difference of Opinion

    Where the Road Begins by Nancy Dane Product Details Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises (December 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 159886677X ISBN-13: 978-1598866773 A Difference of Opinion by Nancy Dane Product Details Paperback: 308 pages Publisher: Tate Publishing (February 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1606969587 ISBN-13: 978-1606969588 Nancy Dane a native of Arkansas […]

  • TOCWOC Reader Tools: The Best of TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

    Note: This post is one of a series on TOCWOC Reader Tools,  tools which allow you the reader to better navigate through what is a rapidly growing blog to find/do exactly what you came here for. TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog started life as the (now-defunct) American Civil War Gaming & Reading Blog back […]

  • 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 […]

  • Book Sales at the University of Tennessee Press and the University of North Carolina Press

    Both the University of Tennessee Press and the University of North Carolina Press are offering Spring sales this month. The University of Tennessee Press is offering books for up to 70% off while the University of North Carolina Press is offering 50% off on more than 200 titles.  Click the links above for more details. […]

  • What Caused the Civil War? – TOCWOC Reader Poll

    Update: Welcome to those of you who have arrived via Twitter or StumbleUpon!  If you are interested in the Civil War, be sure to check out the Best of TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog for Civil War Book Reviews, information on Civil War wargames and Civil War magazines, and more interesting discussions like the […]

  • Charge! Issue 23 Posted

    An index and summary of Charge!: The official Newslette rof the Johnny Reb Gaming Society, Issue 23 has been posted at the American Civil War Magazines and Journals Index. Did you enjoy this blog entry?  Please consider using the ShareThis feature below to spread the word and Subscribe to TOCWOC’s RSS feed today!