The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War
7 best books like The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War (Bruce Catton): Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, Lee's Lieutenants: A Study In Command, Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas, The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7--12, 1864, Three Months in the Southern States: April-June 1863, Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln, Embraced by the Light
| Author | Zhuangzi |
| ISBN | 0231105959 |
The basic writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years. And Burton Watson's lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers.
Chuang Tzu (369?-286? B.C.) was a leading philosopher representing the Taoist strain in Chinese...
| Author | Douglas Southall Freeman |
Douglas Southall Freeman. Lee's Lieutenants. 3 Volume Set. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1970-1971]. Later editions. Three octavo volumes. Publisher's binding and dust jacket.Folding map at rear of volume 3.
All unquestioned masterpiecc of the historian's art, and a towering...
"This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee’s strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson, brought...
| Author | Gordon C. Rhea |
| ISBN | 0807130672 |
The second volume in Gordon C. Rhea's peerless five-book series on the Civil War's 1864 Overland Campaign abounds with Rhea's signature detail, innovative analysis, and riveting prose. Here Rhea examines the maneuvers and battles from May 7, 1864, when Grant left the Wilderness, through May 12,...
| Author | Arthur James Lyon Fremantle |
| ISBN | 0803268750 |
The American Civil War was at a turning point in 1863 when Lt. Col. Arthur J. L. Fremantle of the British Coldstream Guards toured the Confederacy. Mildly predisposed toward the Union side because of his dislike of slavery, he was soon awakened to the gallantry of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and his...
Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln
| Author | Jason Emerson |
| ISBN | 0809330555 |
Although he was Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s oldest and last surviving son, the details of Robert T. Lincoln’s life are misunderstood by some and unknown to many others. Nearly half a century after the last biography about Abraham Lincoln’s son was published, historian and author Jason Emerson...
| Author | Betty J. Eadie |
| ISBN | 1882723007 |
At the age of 31, Betty Eadie died after routine surgery. The events that followed can only be described as the most profound and extensive near-death experience ever recorded. During the time she was clinically dead, Betty was given knowledge of the afterlife that would make even the greatest skeptic...
