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Estate sale and books belonging to Shelby Foote going to auction
Beloved late Civil War author Shelby Foote’s home and belongings are going to auction in an estate sale in Memphis March 5th according to ABC news and other outlets. His 2-story 11-room house is appraised for roughly $440,000. Many of … Continue reading
Current ‘Civil War Leader Biographies’ best-sellers on Amazon?
#1 Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin (Kindle) #2 Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, William T. Sherman (Kindle) #3 Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War, G. F. R. Henderson (Kindle) #4 John Adams David, McCullough – Kindle (huh?) … Continue reading
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What did Amazon.com editor’s pick as the best Civil War history book for 2010?
Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse, by James L. Swanson Here’s an Amazon interview with author James Swanson about why he wrote Bloody Crimes: I wrote Bloody Crimes as a way of … Continue reading
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