Demons of Unrest
by Erik Larson, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Will Patton, Random House Audio This book is a detailed account of the events that led up to the attack on Fort Sumter which was the start of the Civil War. The author … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Civil War
April 1865
by Jay Winek, 2001, Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., New York This was a great book to read, primarily because the author used, in his own words, “vivid writing.” I’m not sure what he meant by this, but his prose is … Continue reading →
The Presidents’ War
by Chris DeRose, 2014, Lyons Press, Guilford Connecticut This was a very interesting book for me to read as it had a wealth of information about the five former presidents who were alive when the Civil War began.  I didn’t know … Continue reading →
A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh
by Jeff Shaara, Audiobook, 2012, Narrated by Paul Michael, Random House Audio We listened to this audiobook on our semi-annual trip from Florida to Rhode Island. The audiobook was 18 CD’s so it consumed about 2 1/2 days of our … Continue reading →
Killing Lincoln
by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, 2011, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York This is an attempt to make history exciting as it gets the reader inside of the heads of the individuals involved. It succeeds as entertainment but … Continue reading →
The March: A Novel
by E.L. Doctorow, 2006 This book disppointed me a great deal. I looked forward to reading a good historical novel on the Civil War and the subject of Sherman’s march to the sea interested me a great deal. The characters … Continue reading →
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin I approached the reading of this book with a great deal of anticipation because I was looking forward to a study of Lincoln written from a different perspective, a study on … Continue reading →