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Civil War Book Review: A Vast and Fiendish Plot: The Confederate Attack on New York City

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

A Vast and Fiendish Plot by Clint Johnson Product Details Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Citadel; 1 edition (March 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0806531312 ISBN-13: 978-0806531311 The Civil War has any number of small areas that lack studies.  There are many reasons for this the major one being that people tend not to buy books […]

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Review: Pursuit: The Chase, Capture, Persecution & Surprising Release of Jefferson Davis

July 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Pursuit: The Chase, Capture, Persecution & Surprising Release of Jefferson Davis (Paperback) by Clint Johnson Product Details Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Citadel; Reprint edition (June 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0806528915 ISBN-13: 978-0806528915 Clint Johnson has written a book that works on many levels.  This is a concise biography of Jefferson Davis.  This is a […]

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Book Purchases: August 2006

September 18th, 2006 · No Comments

I managed to pick up an interesting though smaller list of books last month.  These range from fiction, to biography and semi-biography, to a tour guide, and finally to my typical battle and campaign studies.  I am particularly excited to finally get my hands on Forrest at Brice’s Crossroads for a good price.  I’ve already […]

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