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Secret Lives of the Civil War: What Your Teachers Never Told You About the War Between the States
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by Cormac O'Brien
Sales Rank: 420645
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List Price: $16.95
$11.53
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on 9-17-2008.
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
Published by: Quirk Books May 24, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1594741387
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1594741388
Book Dimensions:
7.9 x 5.2 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Reader Reviews
Over the past few years, a sub-category of history books has emerged with the goal of presenting a warts-and-all retelling of the historical record. This book, for instance, wants to unveil "what your teachers never told you about the War between the States." The resulting volume is a broad, interesting and informational introduction to some famous Civil War movers and shakers. The personalities covered in O'Brien's 26 chapters are mostly "the usual suspects" such as 'Father Abraham' and his wife, Grant, McClellan, Burnside, Sherman, Jefferson and Varina Davis, Lee, Jackson, Stuart and others such as Harriet Tubman, William Quantrill, etc. The life of each is covered in 10-12 pages with O'Brien relating their triumphs, tragedies and pecadilloes in a lighthearted, evenhanded fashion. Dedicated Civil War buffs will be familiar with much of the material appearing in the hefty (300+ pages) little volume. But it only retails for $16.95 so what the heck! Likewise if you're just getting interested in the Civil War, this is a very HUMAN introduction to some people who have since assumed legendary stature. Recommended. **** One suggestion: Drop the illustrations and go with period photographs.
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