Comments on: The “Best” or the “Most Popular” of Civil War Books http://www.blog4history.com/2009/09/the-best-or-the-most-popular-of-civil-war-books/ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Blog 4 History: American & Civil War History » Blog Archive » Kevin, Excuse me, Levin, Wants a Link… http://www.blog4history.com/2009/09/the-best-or-the-most-popular-of-civil-war-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12762 Blog 4 History: American & Civil War History » Blog Archive » Kevin, Excuse me, Levin, Wants a Link… Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:13:57 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=666#comment-12762 [...] the post you jumped on was a follow up to my earlier post here. And this was one of several posts by you that caught my eye concerning your views on where Civil [...] [...] the post you jumped on was a follow up to my earlier post here. And this was one of several posts by you that caught my eye concerning your views on where Civil [...]

]]> By: Gerald D. Swick http://www.blog4history.com/2009/09/the-best-or-the-most-popular-of-civil-war-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12675 Gerald D. Swick Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:19:46 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=666#comment-12675 Your point is well-taken: In Western history, white men have constituted the vast majority of office-holders, military leaders, industrialists, etc. Therefore, most history books are going to focus on - you guessed it - white males. However, this did get me thinking about one of my favorite CW books and it doesn't exactly fit the "old white men" mold: "Sam Bell Maxey and the Confederate Indians" by John C. Waugh (Class of 1846, Reelecting Lincoln, et al) I highly recommend it for those who may be looking for an entertaining read on a Civil War subject that hasn't been done to death. Your point is well-taken: In Western history, white men have constituted the vast majority of office-holders, military leaders, industrialists, etc. Therefore, most history books are going to focus on – you guessed it – white males.

However, this did get me thinking about one of my favorite CW books and it doesn’t exactly fit the “old white men” mold: “Sam Bell Maxey and the Confederate Indians” by John C. Waugh (Class of 1846, Reelecting Lincoln, et al) I highly recommend it for those who may be looking for an entertaining read on a Civil War subject that hasn’t been done to death.

]]> By: Eric Wittenberg http://www.blog4history.com/2009/09/the-best-or-the-most-popular-of-civil-war-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12503 Eric Wittenberg Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:03:11 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=666#comment-12503 Chris, Whether it's best or most popular, I'm still tickled to find one of my books on such a list. Having said that, I do agree with you about re-titling the thing. Eric Chris,

Whether it’s best or most popular, I’m still tickled to find one of my books on such a list.

Having said that, I do agree with you about re-titling the thing.

Eric

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