TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

The New York Times The Complete Civil War 1861-1865 edited by Harold Holzer & Craig L. Symonds Product Details Hardcover: 512 pages Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; Har/Dvdr edition (October 13, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1579128459 ISBN-13: 978-1579128456 Events as they happen The New York Times is one of America’s oldest daily newspapers, being […]

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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 […]

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Air Date: 082605 Subject: Harold Holzer: Right Makes Might Books: Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library) & The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text Guest: Harold Holzer Summary: Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer presents a new look at a long overlooked work by Abraham Lincoln, […]

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Air Date: 101504 Subject: Ken Burns’ Civil War Documentary and Ken’s Thoughts on the Civil War DVD: The Civil War – A Film by Ken Burns Guest: Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns Guest Host: Harold Holzer Summary: Ken Burns discusses his Civil War insights with historian Harold Holzer. Brett’s Summary: Burns discusses, among other things, how the song […]

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