Tag: battle cry of freedom

  • 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 […]

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

    I missed going over the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers for February 2009, having last looked at them in January.  I’ve enjoyed keeping an eye on this list to see how books move over time, and the Amazon.com Top 10 Civil War Books has become a monthly or every other monthly feature here at […]

  • Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: September 2008

    The past two months, July and August, I took a look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers.  Although I’m barely squeaking this in prior to month’s end, and despite Dimitri’s hatred of lists, I’d like to revisit this a third time and see how (if?) this list has changed in the past 45 […]

  • Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: August 2008

    Last month I took a look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers.  Now I’d like to take a look again and see how (if?) this list has changed much over time. I’ve taken the liberty of removing non-Civil War related books from the list.  The books below are in the Civil War top […]

  • Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: July 2008

    I thought it might be fun to take a monthly look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers and see how (if?) this list changes much over time.  The first thing I noticed was the strange inclusion of several titles which have either little or no real connection to the Civil War.  I’ve taken […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: November 9, 2007

    Air Date: 110907 Subject: Thoughts on the Civil War Book:  This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War Guest: James M. McPherson Summary: James McPherson discusses his new book This Mighty Scourge and offers other thoughts on the Civil War. Brett’s Summary: James McPherson, as Gerry says in the opening to this episode, needs no […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: September 25, 2004

    Air Date: 092504 Subject: The Civil War, Then and Now Books: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States) Guest: James M. McPherson Summary: Dr. James McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winning author, tackles several political and emotional issues surrounding the causes and legacies of the Civil War. Civil War Talk […]