Tag: james mcpherson

  • 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 […]

  • Odds & Ends: April 15, 2008

    Odds & Ends is a recurring set of clog entries which covers recent news and posts of interest on the web. In addition to the Civil War blogs, I’ve also subscribed to several phrases which allow me to find some interesting blog entries and news stories involving the Civil War. I’ve decided to create an […]

  • 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 […]

  • Book Controversy

    It begins like this: Gettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Illustrated History, by David J. Eicher (Chronicle Books, 2003), with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. James M. McPherson, is a 296-page, coffee table-sized book that was billed as “the ultimate pictorial Civil War record.”Instead, Eicher’s book became hopelessly mired in a photo-piracy scandal that eventually […]

  • 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 […]