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The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery and the Meaning of America by Robert Pierce Forbes
Political Culture in the Nineteenth-Century South: Mississippi, 1830-1900 by Bradley G. Bond
Autumn of Glory The Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865 by Thomas Lawrence Connelly
Gettysburg--The Second Day by Harry W. Pfanz
Davis and Lee at War (Modern War Studies) by Steven E. Woodworth
The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece by Victor Davis Hanson
The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828 (Pivotal Moments in American History) by Lynn Parsons
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TagsAmerican History (161), Antebellum American History (66), American Civil War (39), Secession (30), American Biography (28), Legal History (25), Soviet History (12), Slavery (11), Russian History (11), Ancient History (9) — see all tags
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About meI'm an attorney by day. Outside interests include listening to music, making diy tube amps and loudspeakers, lousy golf and reading.
About my libraryThese days I've been reading American history from the revolutionary era through the Civil War almost exlusively. In the past, lots of ancient, military and Soviet history.
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thanks for a kind words about my library. In fact your great blog helped me to build it as I learned from it about many great books. Thanks for it :)
As for my interest in US history – well, when I was young I liked to read about Indians, Cowboys and Wild West. Also liked to watch any film about US history starting with Bonanza and westerns and finishing with fine tv series 'North and South'. Since I'm also a fan of general military history I couldn't miss US civil war of course. So I started to read about all this great battles and great campaigns but at some point I started to wonder why indeed this bloody war came and what happened after it. And I stared to read about pre- and post- ACW history and right now I can say that my hobby is 19th Century US history :)
Here in Poland you don't find many good books about US history so I must buy them in Amazon. And what is worth to buy I'm learning from blogs like yours. As I remember well in your Top Ten Books topic you asked readers about any other recommendations so I would like to tell you that recently I read W.L. Miller's book on Gag Rules Controversy (Arguing About Slavery) which I enjoyed very much and highly recommend.
Also you may be interested in this comming book: http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/malsla.htm...
Cheers, and keep up a good work with your blog,
Alex
posted by The_General at 1:38 pm (EST) on Aug 24, 2009