Webb Garrison (1919–2000)

Author of Civil War Curiosities: Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences

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About the Author

Webb Garrison is a former university dean & college president who has spent a lifetime collecting & chronicling Civil War imagery & documentation. He has written more than 1,000 articles for magazines, & over 65 books - of which the most popular are on the Civil War; their cumulative sales are show more approaching one million copies. He is a frequent speaker on this subject for radio talk shows & national TV programs. Webb Garrison lives in North Carolina. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Civil War Curiosities

Works by Webb Garrison

Why You Say It (1992) 395 copies

More Civil War Curiosities: Fascinating Tales, Infamous Characters, and Strange Coincidences (1995) 225 copies

Civil War Trivia and Fact Book: Unusual and Often Overlooked Facts About America's Civil War (1992) 221 copies

Strange Battles of the Civil War (2001) 168 copies

A Treasury of Civil War Tales (1988) 137 copies

Brady's Civil War (2000) 136 copies

The Encyclopedia of Civil War Usage: An Illustrated Compendium of the Everyday Language of Soldiers and Civilians (2001) 132 copies

Amazing Women of the Civil War: Fascinating True Stories of Women Who Made a Difference (1998) 125 copies

What's in a Word? (1965) 104 copies

The Lincoln No One Knows: The Mysterious Man Who Ran the Civil War (1993) 91 copies

The Amazing Civil War: A Fascinating Collection of Little-Known Facts of the Four-Year Conflict That Changed America (1998) 79 copies

White House Ladies: Fascinating Tales and Colorful Curiosities (1996) 71 copies

A Treasury of Titanic Tales: Stories of Life and Death from a Night to Remember (1998) 64 copies

2,000 Questions and Answers About the Civil War (1918) 61 copies

Casual Lex: An Informal Assemblage of Why We Say What We Say (2005) 58 copies

Strange Facts About the Bible (1976) 57 copies

A Treasury of White House Tales (1989) 47 copies

A Guide to Reading the Entire Bible in One Year (1963) 46 copies

Curiosities of the Civil War: Strange Stories, Infamous Characters and Bizarre Events (2011) 44 copies

Friendly Fire in the Civil War: More Than 100 True Stories of Comrade Killing Comrade (1999) 42 copies

Great Stories of the American Revolution: Unusual, Interesting Stories of the Exhilirating Era when a Nation was Born (1990) 41 copies

445 fascinating word origins (2000) 40 copies

Treasury of Christmas Stories (1990) 39 copies

Atlanta and the War (1995) 37 copies

Civil War Schemes and Plots (2001) 34 copies

The Unknown Civil War (2000) 34 copies

A Treasury of Carolina Tales (1988) 33 copies

Lincoln's Little War: How His Carefully Crafted Plans Went Astray (1997) 32 copies

Strangely warm: The story of United Methodism (Series for youth schools of religion) (1971) 31 copies

A Treasury of Georgia Tales (Stately Tales) (1987) 27 copies

A Treasury of Virginia Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and Little-Known Stories of Virginia (Stately Tales) (1991) 26 copies

Creative Minds in Desperate Times: The Civil War's Most Sensational Schemes and Plots (1997) 24 copies

The Man Who Found Out Why: The Story of Gregor Mendel (1963) 23 copies

Creative imagination in preaching (1960) 22 copies

True Tales of the Civil War (2000) 22 copies

A Treasury of Ohio Tales (1993) 21 copies

A Treasury of Florida Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and Little-Known Stories of Florida (Stately Tales) (1989) 21 copies

Southern Tales: A Treasury of Stories from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,… (1997) 20 copies

Why Didn't I Think of That?: From Alarm Clocks to Zippers (1977) 19 copies

Civil War stories : strange tales, oddities, events, and coincidences (1997) 18 copies

Love, Lust, and Longing In the White House: The Romantic Relationships of America's Presidents (2000) 18 copies

Civil War Hostages: Hostage Taking in the Civil War (2000) 18 copies

A Treasury of Pennsylvania Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and Little-Known Stories of Pennsylvania (Stately Tales) (1996) 18 copies

A Treasury of Minnesota Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and Little-Known Stories of Minnesota (Stately Tales) (1998) 14 copies

A Treasury Of Iowa Tales Unusual, Interesting, And Little-known Stories Of Iowa (2000) 14 copies

The preacher and his audience (1954) 13 copies

A Treasury of Texas Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and Little-Known Stories of Texas (Stately Tales) (1997) 13 copies

Mutiny in the Civil War (2001) 13 copies

Oglethorpe's folly : the birth of Georgia (1982) 10 copies

Taking the drudgery out of Sermon preparation (1975) 10 copies

The Legacy of Atlanta: A Short History (1987) 10 copies

Women in the Life of Jesus (1962) 9 copies

Unusual Persons of the Civil War (1996) 9 copies

Strange Bonds Between Animals and Men (1959) 9 copies

Sidelights on the American Revolution (1974) 9 copies

Behind the Headlines: American History's Schemes, Scandals and Escapades (1983) 9 copies

Strange Facts About Death (1978) 7 copies

Disasters that made history (1973) 7 copies

How it started (1972) 7 copies

Webb Garrison's Civil War Dictionary: An Illustrated Guide to the Everyday Language of Soldiers and Civilians (2008) 6 copies

Giving wings to a warm heart; the story of benevolence giving in the Methodist Church, 1939-1968 (1968) 6 copies

Word Nerds Unite!: The Fascinating Stories Behind 200 Words and Phrases (2023) 6 copies

Ten Paths to Peace and Power: Spiritual Prescriptions for Effective Living (1967) 4 copies

Journey into light; the story of Louis Braille (1964) 4 copies

Devotions for the Middle Years (1974) 3 copies

Sermon seeds from the Gospels 3 copies

Codfish, cats, and civilization (1971) 2 copies

The ignorance book 2 copies

Lost Pages from American history (1976) 2 copies

Improve your church bulletins; helps for church bulletins, parish papers, and outdoor bulletin boards 2 copies

Laughter in the Bible (1960) 2 copies

Women In The Life Of Christ 1 copy

When You Say It 1 copy

Wonders of science; mysteries that point to God 1 copy

Strangely Warm 1 copy

Guide to Reading the Entire Bible in 1 Year 1 copy

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Associated Works

Endless line of splendor (1951) — Joint Author., some editions — 40 copies

Leaders of the Frontier (1950) — Contributor — 4 copies

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