books about: confederacy     books:     Confederacy      A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book) John Kennedy Toole Grove Weidenfeld, 1987 HILARIOUS! This is the funniest book I have ever read. I suspect that "The Simpsons"'s Comic Book Guy is based upon Ignatius.             A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics) John Kennedy Toole Penguin Classics, 2000 Best Book Ever This is the best book I have ever read. I f I ever wrote a book, I would want it to be this one. I have been buying copies since I first read it in New Orleans in 1980. A must-have for anyone who loves a great laugh!             Lincoln and the Decision for War: The Northern Response to Secession (Civil War America) Russell A. McClintock The University of North Carolina Press, 2008 A different point of view The normal historical point of view for November 1860 to April 1861 is Southern. Lincoln and the efforts to find a comprise are noted but the main story is what the South is doing. This book changes that by concentrating on Northern politics and reactions. Secession ...             General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier Jeffry D. Wert Simon & Schuster, 1994 I disagree with the title..... ....but not much else. General Braxton Bragg was, and is, the South's most controversial soldier. With that out of the way.... .....to the subject. This is an absolutely superb study of a man who was a genius far ahead of his time. Another author once wrote an ...             The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy Tom Chaffin Hill and Wang, 2008 On the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacy?s   H. L. Hunley sank the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine in world history to sink an enemy ship. Not until World War I?half a century later?would a submarine again accomplish such a feat. But also perishing that moonlit night, vanishing beneath the cold Atlantic waters off ...             Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War ... Gary W. Gallagher The University of North Carolina Press, 2008 How we see the Civil War The Civil War is one of the most important events in American history, generating tons of books, magazines, memorials, paintings and statuary. The day the war ended, participants seem to have started books on their experience. Publishing has not stopped and seems to ...             Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865 (The American Crisis Series Books on the Civil War ... Ethan Rafuse Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008 In this reexamination of the last two years of Lee's storied military career, Ethan S. Rafuse offers a clear, informative, and insightful account of Lee's ultimately unsuccessful struggle to defend the Confederacy against a relentless and determined foe. This book provides a comprehensive, yet concise and entertaining narrative of the battles and ...             Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran ... Parvaneh Pourshariati I. B. Tauris, 2008 Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire has already been praised as one of the most intellectually exciting books about ancient Persia to have been published for years. It proposes a convincing contemporary answer answer to an ages-old mystery and conundrum: why, in the seventh century CE, did the seemingly powerful and secure Sasanian empire of ...             The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville (Modern War Studies) Wiley Sword University Press of Kansas, 1993 One of the Best In The Confederacy's Last Hurrah, Wiley Sword covers political intrigue, strategy and tactics, and the view from the trenches equally well. My great-great grandfather fought at Franklin and Nashville, and through Sword's work, I was able to observe, from the safety of ...             Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War Sam R. Watkins Touchstone, 2003 Great Story This has to be one of the best books written about the civil war. Reading the experiences of this common soldier you realize how close they were to death from day to day. If you have any interest in the civil war, this book is a must read.             Civil War, Vol. 1 Bentley Boyd Chester Comix, 2004 Wonderful intro to American history I gave this book to my son along with a box of civil war soldiers and he has loved it. He reads the book, then reenacts the battles with the toy soldiers. It has really sparked his interest in history. All the books in this series have been great and he has enjoyed ...             The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth (Civil War America) Peter Cozzens The University of North Carolina Press, 2006 Another Winner from Cozzens Cozzens has written many fine books about the less well known Western Theater campaigns. The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth is perhaps the finest yet. It goes into great detail about 2 obscure, but ultimately important battles in the ...             The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History Devereaux D., Jr. Cannon Pelican Publishing Company, 1994 The definitive work on Confederate flags. Mr. Cannon has produced an excellent compilation of the flags used by the South during the US Civil War. I highly recommend it as a history and geography teacher. As an author myself I appreciate the style of presentation he uses in this book. I also recommend his ...             General James Longstreet: the Confederacy's Most Modern General LTC Harold M. Knudsen Word Association, 2007 Accurate Analysis of Longstreet In a letter to a friend in the 1890s James Longstreet wrote that he was prepared to leave this world but felt that he'd like to have some errors about his record corrected first. He passed away in 1904 without achieving his goal. Sadly, in 2007, Longstreet's ...             A Consuming Fire: The Fall of the Confederacy in the Mind of the White Christian South (Mercer University ... Eugene D. Genovese University of Georgia Press, 1998 Excellent source about the southern viewpoint of slavery There are innumerable controversies between the vast schools of thought in American history. Perhaps one of the largest is that of slavery in the United States. Throughout their years of public education, students are taught that slavery is immoral and wrong. ...          products you might be interested in search for books confederacy, confederate, controversial, illustrated, international, sasanian-parthian      toavi.com    web we recommend HILARIOUS! randomly chosen book: Research Methods in Biomechanics