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..... great reading.
For Civil War aficionados: April 1865. The Month that Saved America by Jay Winik. I had seen the History Channel special and got the book (Which, incidentally, is my first Civil War book). A great historian is one who takes you and places you in the time and makes you understand the mentality and enviroment of an specific moment in time and Mr. Winik does just that. It is totally absorbing and it is the kind of book that you would love to sit with a beverage and a smoke (if you partake of that), relax and totally enjoy it.
The second book is We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Lt. Gen Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway. One oword to describe it: INTENSE. It is so well written that you are actually overwhelmed by the depiction of the battle. I can't write much more and try to do justcie to the book. Just read it.
And now, some help. Like I said above, I haven't read but one book about the Civil War and I would like to submerge myself into it. I would appreciate reccomendations about a good "starter" book on the subject, any ideas?
For Civil War aficionados: April 1865. The Month that Saved America by Jay Winik. I had seen the History Channel special and got the book (Which, incidentally, is my first Civil War book). A great historian is one who takes you and places you in the time and makes you understand the mentality and enviroment of an specific moment in time and Mr. Winik does just that. It is totally absorbing and it is the kind of book that you would love to sit with a beverage and a smoke (if you partake of that), relax and totally enjoy it.
The second book is We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Lt. Gen Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway. One oword to describe it: INTENSE. It is so well written that you are actually overwhelmed by the depiction of the battle. I can't write much more and try to do justcie to the book. Just read it.
And now, some help. Like I said above, I haven't read but one book about the Civil War and I would like to submerge myself into it. I would appreciate reccomendations about a good "starter" book on the subject, any ideas?