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Non-Fiction

JonLP24

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3. I recommend a new book

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 06:06 PM

Feb 2013

38 Nooses:Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End by Scott W. Berg

Not exactly a civil war book but took place during the same time period. It details the broken promises and treaties for the Dakota, the Dakota War itself which took place during the roughest period of the civil war, the pressing concerns at the time, and the aftermath including--the largest mass execution in American history.

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The Best Civil War Books, a list. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 OP

Team of Rivals was a good read davidpdx Feb 2013 #1

I've read most of those... I still have to read Foote (not interested that much in it) and Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #2

Grady MacWhiney dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #6

The celtic part is quite crazy.... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #11

I recommend a new book JonLP24 Feb 2013 #3

That looks very interesting. Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #4

I can certainly second some of those! Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #5

Hey Adso..... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #7

Hey dixiegrrrrl... Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #8

Yep....went 180 degree life change, happy as can be here. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #9

We were there the last two weeks of May. The weather was perfect. Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #10

These Were Our Brothers... KennedyBrothers Apr 2013 #12