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Welcome my many reading friends. I have found some great books that will give
you many hours of reading pleasure. Let me show you what I’ve found.
~ Ed Porter/Editor ~
~ STRIVING FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE ~
THE LONE STAR BOOK REVIEW RATING SYSTEM:
“WOW!” Rating-
a book that far exceeds the current expectations of the
reader. Publishers should always be striving for complete and total customer
satisfaction. These are the required goals to be satisfied by any company
competing in today’s global marketplace.
“EXCELLENT” Rating- a book that meets all of the current expectations of
the reader.
“GOOD” Rating- a book that meets the majority of the current expectations
of the reader.
Any book that rates below a “Good” Rating is not reviewed in THE LONE STAR
BOOK REVIEW as it is a total waste of my time and your consumer dollars to
pursue.
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You will need a pen and a note pad so that you can write down the books that you are interested
in. Go get it right now, we will wait for you. You have to do that too, well get it done and hurry
back.
I have noticed that overall, publishers are producing much higher quality books over the last few
months. The fierce competition in the world wide markets demands the very best quality in order
for companies to stay competitive. Top quality will pay for itself, as companies that produce
superior products always get the lion’s share of the consumer’s dollars.
I have arranged this book review so that we have collector books first, then we move through
history starting with the oldest time period to modern times, young readers books, miscellaneous
historic subjects and historical fiction at the end. Some publishers will have books in several
historical time periods. They appear in the order that they were drawn from the hat, as random
selection is the fairest to all publishers involved. Ok, everyone is ready so let’s get the book review
started!
THE LONE STAR BOOK REVIEW
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January 15, 1930—January 07, 2012
Dr. Milburn Calhoun, publisher and president of Pelican Publishing Company, had a
passion for the written word. Born in West Monroe, Louisiana, in 1930, Dr. Calhoun immersed
himself in a hearty education from the very start. As a graduate of Louisiana State University
School of Medicine (1955), Dr. Calhoun practiced family medicine jointly with publishing until his
retirement from the medical field in 1997. However, his true passion always rested between the
covers of a book.
Rare books were a specialty of Dr. Calhoun’s. He opened a mail-order company, Bayou Books,
which specialized in Louisiana and Southern titles. In 1967, he saw his small business burst into the
exciting world of independent bookshops when he opened a storefront by the same name in Gretna,
Louisiana. Three years later, Dr. Calhoun along with his wife, Nancy, and brother, Jim, acquired
Pelican Publishing Company in New Orleans, which changed Dr. Calhoun’s life forever.
By selecting books that other publishers refused to publish and supplying them to a demanding
audience, Dr. Calhoun saw the company’s sales double each year during the first ten years. The
business expanded into all fifty states and five continents. Dr. Calhoun’s first book published was
The Real Spiro Agnew: Commonsense Quotations of a Household Word, to be followed by such
monumental titles as See You at the Top, Cajun Night Before Christmas, and The South Was Right!,
all of which display not only Dr. Calhoun’s aptitude for business and interpreting the desires of the
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reader, but the diverse genres he wished for Pelican to embrace. He led the trend of compiling
editorial cartoons with the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year Series, now in its thirty-ninth year.
Dr. Calhoun wanted to develop authors and help keep in print books that were in high demand, a
tribute to his past in the rare-book industry. He also wanted to give students an opportunity to
learn about the publishing business, as well as different viewpoints that they might not regularly be
exposed to, which he accomplished through his internship program.
Dr. Calhoun has been declared by many to be a man for all seasons, with passions ranging from
literature to history, architecture, travel, and beyond. Some say that there was neither a thing he
could not recite nor a fact he could not recall. A man of faith, Dr. Calhoun was a longtime member
of Oak Park Baptist Church in New Orleans, where he also served as a deacon.
Pelican remembers Dr. Milburn Calhoun, a loving husband, father, and employer. He will be greatly
missed.
The Lone Star Book Review sends its deepest sympathies to the members of the Calhoun family and
the employees of Pelican Publishing Company in your time of great loss. We all thank you Dr.
Calhoun for touching our lives through the written word. Rest in Peace Dr. Calhoun as you will be
greatly missed by all.
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Autism, Asperger’s and ADHD
FUTURE HORIZONS INC.
WORLD LEADER IN AUTISM/ASPERGER’S/ADHD
PUBLICATIONS and CONFERENCES
www.FHautism.com
721 W. Abram Street
Arlington, Texas 76013
Toll Free: 1-800-489-0727, FAX: 1-817-277-2270,
Metro: 1-817-277-0727
Helping others in life has always been important to The Lone Star Book Review
staff. Future Horizons, Inc. of Arlington, Texas, publishes books on Autism and
Asperger’s and ADHD. We want to inform parents and loved ones who deal with a
family member who suffers with one of these afflictions about some of the books
that will enlighten you about their situation and allow you to better understand and
help them.
I would like to introduce you to a very amazing lady who has autism and has a
Ph.D. in animal behavior. Dr. Temple Grandin teaches at the University of
Colorado.
It is through her experience with autism that so many have been
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helped. Dr. Temple Grandin also understands cattle behavior and it is through her
work in this area that cattle are more humanely handled and slaughtered across
our nation. The following books about autism have been written by Dr. Temple
Grandin and they all have a “WOW! +” Rating.
The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s by Dr.
Temple Grandin, $14.95
Dr. Temple Grandin explains how people with Autism and Asperger’s visualize their
thinking through many pictures flashing through their mind at high speed. If Dr.
Grandin is thinking about shoes, then pictures of all kinds of ladies shoes flash
through her mind at high speed. There is nothing wrong with this type of thinking;
it’s just different than the way the rest of us handle a problem.
This book also gives the reader a very clear understanding of the world that people
who have Autism and Asperger’s deal with. This is a must have book for the family
members of a person who suffers from these two afflictions. The Way I See It: A
Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s has received a “WOW! +”Rating.
Different…Not Less: Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful
Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger’s, and ADHD by Dr.
Temple Grandin, $19.95
This is a must have book for the family members as well as the person who suffers
from these afflictions. These wonderful people should not be treated as less than
normal people. They are different in the way that they think and process problems
that’s all.
These wonderful people function very well in certain job categories and they have
gained success and superior achievements. Dr. Temple Grandin covers some of
the successful stories of people who have Autism, Asperger’s, and ADHD. Dr.
Grandin also discusses employment for people who suffer from these afflictions.
Different…Not Less: Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful
Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger’s and ADHD has received
a “WOW! +”Rating.
Animals in Translation by Dr. Temple Grandin, $15.00
This is a must have book for anyone who loves animals, as Dr. Temple Grandin
gives us insight into the way that animals think and reason. And let’s face it, we
humans need animals to love, pet, and they take the blues away when we are sad
and lonely. Everyone needs this wonderful book. Animals in Translation has
received a “WOW! +”Rating.
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Temple Grandin: The Way I See It, DVD, HBO $19.95, This HBO, DVD about
Temple Grandin and her struggle to deal with Autism has won many awards.
Because of her Autism way of thinking, Dr. Temple Grandin has the keen ability to
understand how livestock reason and behave. Because of this keen ability to
understand the reasoning and behavior of livestock, Dr. Temple Grandin has great
insight into how livestock should be handled and treated by the American Livestock
Growers and the American Meat Packers Association.
The changes brought about by Dr. Temple Grandin, in the way cattle are now
handled and slaughtered gives the animal nothing to fear and they are dispatched
so quickly with a captive bolt stun gun that they never knew what happened. This
gives the animal a very quick death with dignity and compassion. In this film you
will not see any actual bloody slaughter house pictures. This is a family film.
See how ASU graduate Temple Grandin overcame the “The Good Old Boy’s Club!”
to get her cattle handling ideas across to the livestock industry. Temple Grandin in
this DVD Movie is a very clever young lady that you will greatly admire. Temple
shows that there is more that one way to get a goal accomplished when confronted
by negative thinking people. Just think it all took place right here in Phoenix,
Arizona during the early 1970’s.
Dr. Temple Grandin still wears American western cowboy shirts and jeans. You
can’t help but love this amazing lady and all she has overcome in life. Dr. Temple
Grandin is a very kind, loving person, and greatly admired by all.
The life’s work of Dr. Temple Grandin’s has brought a tremendous amount of
understanding and good will to the many people with Autism, Asperger’s, and
ADHD. Temple Grandin: The Way I See It DVD HBO has received a “WOW!
+”Rating.
The Power of One Helping Others
The life of one lady with autism has brought about such good to this
world; this truly is the “power of one” person doing great things for the
benefit of others. Everyone should own a copy of the HBO Emmy Award
winning DVD about Temple Grandin’s life. This is about a very special
hero our children can look up too. Some people are different…not less.
“It’s always the right time, to do the right thing.”
~ Dr. Martin Luther King ~
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310 USA
Phone: (610) 593-1777, Fax: (610) 593-2002
Order hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Web site: www.schifferbooks.com , E-mail: [email protected]
Bridal Rosettes: Two Centuries of Equine Adornment by E. Helene Sage, 824 color
pages, 256 pages, Size: 8 ½ x 11” , ISBN:978-0-7643-3859-5, hard cover, $59.99
This is the first book to detail bridal rosettes of the 19th and 20th centuries. This includes glass,
metal and composition rosettes. This covers Western Americana, driving and harness horses, fox
hunting, and folk art. Bridal rosettes are the functional objects that stabilized the bridal headstall,
beautifully decorated and often imbued with family, political, or social symbols-are “roadmaps of
America,” spanning the last 200 years and reminding us of the major contribution of the horse to
the development of the country. Over 10,000 different varieties were produced between 1850 and
1930. In over 800 vivid color photos many of these varieties are show. This is a truly fascinating
book for not only the collector, but the historian as well. Those who are interested in collecting
American Civil War and Western equine artifacts will find this book to be very informative and a
helpful reference book. Bridal Rosettes: Two Centuries of Equine Adornment has a “WOW!
+” Rating.
The Ring Bit: History, Form, and Function by Donald Minzenmayer, 410 color and b/w
images, 208 pages, Size: 8 ½ x 11”, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3887-8, hard cover, $49.99
A definitive reference on the ring bit, considered by some as the most human and effective bits for
a horse bridle. From as far back as the fourteenth century cavalry units of European, Middle
Eastern, and Asian empires through the Spanish Colonial Period to today, this book offers insights
into the history, function, and uses of the ring bit. In addition to the story of the ring bit, examples
of early Moorish and Arab ring bits, as well as 16th-century Spanish bits are beautifully portrayed in
detail. While no longer the bit of favor, the book documents modern uses of the ring bit in many
parts of the world today. This is an ideal resource for collectors, horse riders and trainers, loriners,
smiths of all kinds, and historians.
I would like to make clear to the reader that the ring on the end of the bit goes around the
lower jaw of the horse and acts as a replacement for the harsher curb chain used on more
modern horse bits. There are even photographs in the book showing U.S. cavalry ring bits used
during our American Civil War. With the change in style of bits used by the cowboys after the
American Civil War; the ring bit has become an antique in today’s world and only collected by those
who are interested in antique equine equipment. The Ring Bit: History, Form, and Function is
a beautiful and very interesting book that will be of interest to collectors, historians,
horse riders, and has a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Crimean Memories: Artifacts of the Crimean War Hutchison, Vice, & Small, 11 ¾ x 9”,
420 color images, 272 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3228-9, hard cover, $89.99
This book is a broad comprehensive photographic essay regarding surviving artifacts in national
museums, regimental museums, and private collections throughout Great Britain. Each artifact is
presented as a highly detailed color photograph, shot from various angles with the researcher in
mind, coming alive from the page to the reader.
I know that some of you might be wondering why this book on Crimean War artifacts being
reviewed. Well, some of the Crimean War military surplus was sold to the Confederacy and would
be used in the War Between the States. This book has clear detailed photographs that the collector
can use to identify the blockade run military artifacts from Great Britain. This book will be of great
benefit to the American Civil War Militaria collector who is interested in the military artifacts from
Great Britain. Crimean Memories: Artifacts of the Crimean War has received a “WOW!”
Rating.
The Whitney Navy Revolver 1857-1866: A Reference of the Models and Types
By Daniel E. Williams, Jr., 8 ½” x 11”, over 180 Color & b/w images, 112 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7643-4249-3, Hardcover, $45.00.
This is the definitive reference on the Whitney Navy revolvers. The full company history and details
on all models and types is given in this excellent book. The 180 images give full views and up close
detail. This book is the primary reference for the most famous revolver manufactured by Eli
Whitney during the late 1850s and through the American Civil War. There are photos of Union and
Confederate cavalry troopers with the Whitney Navy Revolver. Confederate Cavalry General J.E.B.
Stuart even carried a Whitney Navy Revolver. The book even covers some other revolvers that
were copies of the Whitney Navy like the Confederate Spiller & Burr revolver. This book is a ‘must
have’ for the collector of American Civil War Revolvers. The Whitney Navy Revolver 18571866: A Reference of the Models and Types has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Webley Solid-Frame Revolvers: Nos. 1, 1 ½ , 2, Bull Dogs, and Pugs by Black, Ficken, &
Michaels, 9 x 12”, 814 color photos, 320 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3152-7, hard cover,
$99.99
Popular from the late 19th through the early 20th centuries, the British Webley Pug and Bull Dog
revolvers, manufactured by P. Webley & Son of Birmingham, provided security for many at home or
concealed in coat pockets.
This is an excellent book on the Webley Solid–Frame Revolvers and will be highly treasured by
firearms collectors. The photographs show all of the minute details those firearm collectors like in a
detailed reference book. Webley Solid-Frame Revolvers: Nos. 1, 1 ½, 2, Bull Dogs, and
Pugs has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
One Hundred Years of Winchester Cartridge Boxes 1856-1956 by Ray T. Giles & Daniel
L. Shuey, 8 ½ x 11”, 1400 color photos, 312 pages, ISBN: 0-7643-2541-8, hard cover,
$69.95
Covering the 100 years that Winchester and its predecessor companies – Volcanic Repeating Arms
Co., and New Haven Arms Co., which produced cartridges in New Haven – this is the first detailed
study done on cartridge boxes from the era of the modern gun. Coverage includes all the calibers
for which Winchester, including Volcanic and New Haven Arms, catalogued every rifle model (other
than .22 rim fire), from 1856-1956.
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This is an excellent reference book for the Winchester ammunition collector. The 1400 color photos
greatly aid the collector of Winchester cartridge boxes. One Hundred Years of Winchester
Cartridge Boxes 1856-1956 has received a “WOW” Rating.
Modern Knives in Combat by Pohl with Schulze, 7 x 10”, 120 color images, 192 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7643-3766-6, hard cover, $39,99
This book documents for the first time the knives, bayonets and tools actually carried in action by
the soldiers – U.S. Marines and troops from other countries – in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans.
Pohl provides a detailed description of each of the eighty knives along with technical specs and
background information. Modern Knives in Combat is an excellent reference book for the
military knife collector and has earned a “WOW” Rating.
Antique Swords & Daggers by Mircea Veleanu, 8 ½ x 11”, 890 color photos, 288 pages,
ISBN: 0-7643-2506-X, hard cover, $79.95
This noteworthy and exceptionally comprehensive book features edged weapons dating from the
Neolithic period to the early 20th century. These fascinating antiques come from all over the globe,
including Europe, America, the Middle East, Asia, Japan, and Africa. Among the items showcased
are tribal, ceremonial, and presentation edged weapons, Indonesian krises, and Borneo
“headhunter” swords.
This excellent book will make a very nice addition to the edged weapons collector’s library. I am
very impressed by the different types of edged weapons that have been made around the world and
through the ages.
The photographs are excellent and will greatly help the edged weapons
collector. Antique Swords & Daggers has received a “WOW!” Rating.
Weapons of Warriors: Famous Antique Swords of the near East by Vic Diehl & Hermann
Hampe with Helmut Foll & Gozde Yasar, Size: 11.75” X 9”, over 300 color photos, 352
pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-4116-8, hard cover, $99.99.
Weapons of Warriors is a photographic study containing many of the most renowned prestigious,
and historical Arabic and Turkish swords from the 12th through the 19th century. Every sword is
professionally studio photographed in the highest resolution and correct color. Each weapon is
presented in multiple angles, many in life size across two pages to provide the reader with the most
detailed appreciation of the skill, craftsmanship, and artistry involved in the hand crafting of these
famous Shamshirs, Kilics, Nimchas, Yatagans, and Saifs. This beautiful book is for everyone who
loves the lore and lure of edged weapons, whether they are beginning students, historians,
collectors, or connoisseurs of these most artistic and deadly weapons of warriors.
This is one fantastic book that belongs in the library of everyone that likes edged weapons. These
beautifully strange and unusual edged weapons from the near East are truly works of art.
Weapons of Warriors: Famous Antique Swords of the near East has been awarded a
“WOW! +” Rating.
Collectible Lanterns: A Price Guide Trade Paperback, Pages 144, 503 b/w illus, price
index, ISBN: 978-0-8953-8081-4, Softcover, Size: 8 ½” x 11”, $19.95
This is an excellent book for the 19th Century and early 20th Century coal oil lantern collector, the
antique seller or buyer, the historian, and the re-enactor. This book covers a lot of different styles
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of lanterns as well as manufactures. Collectible Lanterns: A Price Guide has received an
“EXCELLENT!” Rating.
Quilts of the Oregon Trail by Mary Bywater Cross, Trade Paperback, Pages 184, Photos:
138 color & 40 b/w, ISBN: 978-0-7643-2316-4, Size: 8 ½” x 11”, index, $29.95
This is a very interesting book covering the quilts that the pioneers used in their covered wagons on
the Oregon Trail. This is an excellent book for the quilter, the historian, the collector, and the
western re-enactor. Quilts of the Oregon Trail has received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
Quilts of the Civil War by Pam Weeks & Don Beld, Trade Paperback, Pages 192,
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3936-3, Size: 8 ½” x 11”, Photos: 162 color & 59 b/w,
$39.99
This is an excellent book covering quilts used by both civilians and soldiers during the American Civil
War. This is a real nice reference book for the quilter, the historian, the Civil War collector, and the
Civil War re-enactor. Quilts of the Civil War has received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
CRIMSON BOOKS
440 Thomas Avenue, Forest Park IL 60130
Or Order From
Keith Rocco web site.
Gettysburg in Art and Artifacts by Artist Keith Rocco, Trade Paperback, $29.95
Art by Keith Rocco that depicts Gettysburg artifacts as they were during the battle. This is a ‘must
have book’ for American Civil War artifact collectors, historians, and Gettysburg book collectors.
This is a beautiful book with the art of Keith Rocco. Gettysburg in Art and Artifacts has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
WRIGHT GALLERIES, LLC
7515 EAST MERCER LANE
SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85260
[email protected]
Randolph S. Wright phone: 480-391-9446
Loading and Shooting Paper Patched Bullets A Beginners Guide by Randolph S. Wright,
120 Pages, and Size: 8.5” x 5.5”, Photos, Illus., $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping. If you like
the author will autograph the title page.
This book explains how to make paper cartridges for competition target rifles. The author takes
the reader on a step by step process for making paper cartridges. This process is both illustrated
and photographed to show the reader how to make the very best paper cartridge to ensure that the
bullet is lubricated and the powder contained for safe competition shooting. The author uses an
easy going conversational type of explanation all through the book. I highly recommend this book
to the serious shooter as this book will greatly improve your knowledge and accuracy in competition
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shooting. Loading and Shooting Paper Patched Bullets A Beginners Guide has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
Loading and Shooting Traditional Scheutzen Rifles A Beginners Guide by Randolph S.
Wright, 240 Pages, Size: 8.5” x 5.5”, Photos, Illus., $32.00 plus $5.00 shipping. If you
like the author will autograph the title page.
This is an easy to understand book as the author explains each operation in loading and shooting
the Scheutzen Rifle.
Every question the beginner could ask is thoroughly explained in the
conversational type of instruction by the author.
Even the occasional problems are covered in this
excellent book.
When the reader is finished with the book they will have a very through
understanding of how to load and shoot the traditional Scheutzen rifle. The Scheutzen rifle is the
19th centuries premiere black powder competition target rifle. If you are interested in owning and
shooting the Scheutzen rifle this is the book that will help the beginner all the way from procuring
the rifle to shooting for competition.
Even the parts and shooting supplies are covered in this
outstanding book. Loading and Shooting Traditional Scheutzen Rifles A Beginners Guide
has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
MOWBRAY PUBLISHING
54 EAST SCHOOL STREET
WOONSOCKET, RI 02895
Phone: 1-800-999-4697 Web: www.gunandswordcollector.com
CONFEDERATE BOWIE KNIVES
Confederate Bowie Knives by Jack Melton, Josh Phillips, and John Sexton with a
foreword by Norm Flayderman, 288 pages, packed full from cover to cover with 856
full-color photos, more than 350 of the finest Southern Bowies in existence, Perhaps the
largest album of historic Confederate soldiers holding Bowie knives ever assembled.
These photos are a truly amazing and beautiful resource for the Bowie knife collector.
ISBN: 978-1-931464-52-9, Intro. , Table of Contents, 11 Chapters, Endnotes,
Bibliography, Index, $69.99
At this time there is nothing better in book form on the singular subject of Confederate Bowie
knives, Confederate D-guard Bowie knives, Confederate side knives, and Confederate Arkansas
toothpicks that were used by the southern soldier in the War Between the States. This is a very
detailed comprehensive study on just Confederate Bowie knives that will be the
recognized reference book for many years to come.
Norm Flayderman (1-800-999-4697) has written an over all comprehensive book on the Bowie knife
through American history entitled The Bowie Knife: Unsheathing an American Legend which
was reviewed on The Lone Star Book Review a few years back when published.
Both of these two books are the very best reference books in their subject areas and I highly
recommend both books for the collector, the historian, and the re-enactor. My advice is that both
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of these two books are very sought after and if you want a copy you need to act quickly before they
are sold out.
Confederate Bowie Knives is going to sell out quickly, because it is that good and a fantastic
knife collector reference book!
Confederate Bowie Knives is 100% total quality from cover to
cover. Confederate Bowie Knives is a totally awesome book and has received a “WOW!
+” Rating.
Great Western Arms Company: Revolvers & Derringers Manufactured from 1954 to 1964
by John C. Dougan & Jim Hoobler, 128 pages, Great Western Arms Company
advertisements, company documents, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-931464-51-2,
drawings, color photos & b/w, $39.99
In 1940, after nearly seven decades, Colt suspended production of the famous Peacemaker
revolver. And in late 1953, Sturm, Ruger & Co., a fledgling gun maker in Southport CT stepped
forth to fill the void with the Single-Six. Great Western Arms Co. began operations in Los Angles at
the same time and was right on their heels with the introduction of the Frontier Model. Of course,
every single action shooter knows that Colt came back into the market in 1956.
It is essential to the study of mid-twentieth-century single action revolver-making in America that
we explore the operations and history of the Great Western Arms Co., a firm that offered the only
competitive presence to Ruger in the single action market before Colt resumed production of the
Model P.
Great Western Arms Company: Revolvers & Derringers Manufactured from 1854 to 1964 is a must
have book for the revolver and derringer collector. The Colt collector and Ruger collector will want
this book to study what the competition was doing during this time period. The collectors of Great
Western Arms Company revolvers and derringers will definitely want a copy of this excellent book.
Great Western Arms Company: Revolvers & Derringers Manufactured from 1954 to 1964
has received a “WOW!” Rating.
The Evolution of Military Automatic Pistols by Gordon Bruce, 164 pages, size: 8.5” x 11”,
Softcover, ISBN: 1-931464-53-7, Price: $29.99 plus $4.50 domestic shipping. Call for
international shipping info.
This book covers self-loading pistol designs of 2 World Wars and the men who invented them.
This is a ‘must have’ book for the firearms collectors, history students, historians, researchers, and
re-enactors. The Evolution of Military Automatic Pistols has received a “WOW!” Rating.
Niles’ Guide to “Affordable” Double Barrel Shotguns in America 1875-1945. By Nicholas
Niles, Jr., 509 pages; 373 illustrations; Hardcover, ISBN: 1-931464-32-4, size: 9” X 11”,
Price: $69.95 plus $4.50 domestic shipping. Please call for international shipping info.
This book shows how the first truly affordable double barrel shotguns were adapted about 1875
from the excellent, but expensive, hammer and hammerless guns that had evolved in England and
the United States. The book has excellent binding and will give the collector many years of service
out in the field and in the library.
This is a great book for firearms collectors, students, historians, researchers, and re-enactors.
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Niles’ Guide to “Affordable” Double Barrel Shotguns in America 1875-1945 has received
a “WOW!” Rating.
MPS PALGRAVE
16365 James Madison Highway
Gordonsville, Virginia 22942
Nautical Antiques & Collectables by Jon Baddeley, ISBN-13: 978-0-85667-394-8, ISBN:
0-85667-394-3, Hardcover w d/j, Color Photos, Price: $73.00.
This is one really nice book that covers the very popular nautical antiques and collectables that are
used to decorate collectors homes, offices, and fine seafood restaurants. Some of these items are
truly beautiful works of art crafted by some very talented craftsmen. You will enjoy this book!
This is a ‘must have’ book for the collector, students, historian, researchers, re-enactors and anyone
who hears the crash of the waves, the call of the sea, and the cry of the sea gulls. Nautical
Antiques & Collectables has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
D K PUBLISHING
375 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10014
Tel. (646) 674-4000 ~ Fax (646) 674-4020
WWW.US.DK.COM
GUN, 360 pages, 8 ¼ X 6 ¾, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-7566-9573-6, $15.95.
This is a fascinating book filled with full color pictures of long arms and hand guns down through
the ages. This book is a full color Trade Paperback at a very reasonable price for our younger
readers on limited finances. This is the perfect book for the student or beginner in collecting
historic firearms as it has such a broad coverage. The firearm collector will want to add this
excellent book to their firearms library. Gun has received a “WOW!” Rating.
Knives and Swords: A Visual History, 360 pages, 8 ¼ X 6 ¾, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-07566-9574-3, $15.95.
This is a fascinating book filled with full color pictures of knives and swords from around the world
and down through the ages. You can’t beat the price for a hardcover book filled with full color
pictures. This is the perfect book for the younger reader on limited finances. This is an excellent
book for person that is interested in edged weapons as it has such a broad coverage of different
types down through the ages. Knives and Swords: A Visual History has received a “WOW!”
Rating.
SCS PUBLICATIONS
P.O. Box 11
Oakpark, Virginia 22730
www.scspublications.net/index.html
www.howardcrouchrelicsandbooks.com
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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ARTIFACT BOOKS
Relic Hunter: The Field Account of Civil War Sites, Artifacts and Hunting; 5th Printing
with Supplement by Howard R. Crouch, Trade Paperback, Pages 220, Published 1978,
Photos, ASIN:B002105640, Size: 7.8” X 5.1” X 1” $25.95
This is a very interesting account of a master Civil War relic hunter and his exploits across the
Virginia countryside. This book will be of great interest to anyone who wants to purchase a metal
detector and look for historic relics.
Relic Hunter: The Field Account of Civil War Sites,
Artifacts and Hunting; 5th Printing with Supplement has received a “WOW!” Rating.
Historic American Spurs: An Identification & Price Guide – A study of all types: Western,
U.S. Military, Confederate, Civilian, Patents, Racing by Howard Crouch, Trade
Paperback, ISBN-13: 978-0-9613-5813-0, Published: 1998 Pages 88, Examples: 160,
Size: 8.4” x 5.5” x 0.3”, Photos, $19.95
This is a first class reference book for the spur collector, the cavalry or western re-enactor, the
American Civil War or Old West collector, and the history scholar. The photos of the spur examples
show the details that the collector looks for.
Historic American Spurs: An Identification &
Price Guide – A study of all types: Western, U.S. Military, Confederate, Civilian, Patents,
Racing has earned a “WOW! +” Rating.
Horse Equipment of the Civil War by Howard Crouch, Hardback, Published 2003, ISBN13: 978-0-9670-7316-3, Photos, $39.95
This book does an excellent job covering the various types of saddles that were used by the
officers, the cavalry, and the artillery of the North and the South. This book is a valuable reference
for the Civil War collector, the artist, the re-enactor, and the history scholar.
Horse Equipment of the Civil War has earned a “WOW! +” Rating.
Civil War Sites and Scenes in Northern Virginia: A Vanishing Heritage by Howard
Crouch, Hardback, Published 2003, ISBN-13: 978-0-9670-7315-6, Photos, $29.95
This book covers some of the locations in Northern Virginia where skirmishes and small
confrontations took place between the armies of the Blue and the Gray. Now these locations are
becoming housing developments and shopping centers. This is an excellent last look at some of
these historic battle areas before they fall pray to the metal blades of the bulldozer and road grader.
The relic hunters try do a quick sweep ahead of the earth movers as this piece of historic ground
looses its pristine condition forever.
This book belongs on the book shelf of every patriotic American that cares about their country’s
history. Civil War Sites and Scenes in Northern Virginia; A Vanishing Heritage has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
General Lee’s Farewell: The Untold Story of the Lost Draft of General Order No.9 and the
Surrender at Appomattox by Howard Crouch, Trade Paperback, Published 2008,
ISBN-13: 978-1-6058-5263-8, Photos, $24.95
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This is the true story of what happened to the original draft of General Order No. 9, General Lee’s
Farewell and how it became lost until 1959. This is one of the most important documents of our
American Civil War.
This is a very important and interesting story and should be found on every loyal southerner’s book
shelf. General Lee’s Farewell: The Untold Story of the Lost Draft of General Order No.9
and the Surrender at Appomattox has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Editors Note:
I hope that all of you Civil War Militaria collectors will take full advantage of these book reviews and
invest in these very informative and affordable books.
The collector’s very best investment is in books written by experts in the area of interest of the
collector. The investment in this education always saves the novice collector from making very
costly financial mistakes and being taken advantage of by individuals who have no scruples in
selling fakes and aged reproductions for large sums of money to the less informed. This
unscrupulous type of behavior is taking place at a very alarming rate; especially in the current
economy of the last few years.
These books are authored by Howard Crouch who is a very well recognized authority in the Civil
War collector’s area. The books are very informative and the photographs show the small details
that collectors look for. The books are very well made and will take the hard use of being used out
in the field by collectors.
You will also find the retail price is very affordable in today’s book
marketplace.
I know that some of you have asked for me to find and review books on American Civil War belt
buckles and cartridge box plates and how to tell the difference between an authentic original Civil
War buckle and one that is a fake and being sold as an original. There are some of you who are
interested in books about relics and identification of what you have found. I hope that Mr. Howard
Crouch will send me some review copies of his three books in this area to share with our ever
growing number of readers and American Civil War Militaria collectors.
Policy for Review Consideration
Book reviews are not made from galleys, proofs, or (ARC’s) advanced review copies.
We only review from finished copies as we review the quality on both sides of the cover for our
readers. We review content, book construction, and overall appearance.
WE INTERRUPT THIS BOOK REVIEW WITH
A FANTASTIC BOOK FOR COLLECTORS OF
U.S. ARMY INSIGNIA AND UNIFORMS.
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UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA PRESS
2800 VENTURE DRIVE, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA 73069-8216
Tel: 1-405-325-2000 ~ Fax: 1-405-325-4000
Web: www.oupress.com
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNITED STATES ARMY INSIGNIA AND UNIFORMS by William K.
Emerson, Published: 1996, Hardcover w d/j, ISBN: 978-0-8061-2622-7, 680 Pages,
Size: 9” X 12”, Illustrations: 2,595 b&w illus., Price: $ 130.00.
William K. Emerson’s Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms is the first
comprehensive, well-illustrated, full researched and completely documented history of U.S. Army
branch insignia and the uniforms on which those insignia were worn. More than two thousand
photographs illustrate the actual branch insignia used by men and women of the U.S. Army during
war and peace from American independence to the present. This book tells the story of the major
army branches – infantry, artillery, cavalry, and engineers – as well as the service and support
branches comprising doctors and nurses, chaplains, musicians, quartermasters, military police, and
the many others whom have made up the U.S. Army.
William K. Emerson is a former U.S. Army officer and program manager for various defense
engineering firms. A recognized specialist on army material culture, Emerson is the author of
Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms.
Attention all U.S. military collectors! This is definitely a ‘must have’ reference book that will
help the collector identify what time period the U.S. Army insignia comes from.
Is this corps
insignia from the American Civil War or does it come from the early 1900’s? There is a lot of
insignia that looks like it’s from the American Civil War, but actually belongs to the late
Indian Wars, the Spanish – American War or even the early 1900’s. The same thing holds
true for the blue kepi cap as there are only slight differences in an officer’s cap from the Civil War,
the Indian Wars, and the 1890’s. Does that military insignia belong to World War II, Korean War,
or Vietnam War period?
The same thing holds true for military uniforms as to what dates a uniform style was in use. This
book will save the collector from making costly mistakes. This is an excellent reference book that
will greatly help the collector of any historical era of U.S. Army insignia and uniforms. This book
will bring you many hours of reading enjoyment. Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia
and Uniforms has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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The Telescope: A Short History Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-8448-6147-7, $17.95 US/
L 12.99 UK.
This is a very interesting little book that covers the telescope from the time it was first invented all
the way up to the big telescope in outer space. In between these two events are covered much
smaller telescopes like the spyglass, the binoculars, and home size telescopes that are used to look
at the stars and planets with. This is a very interesting book if you are interested in the telescope.
The Telescope: A Short History has received a “WOW!” Rating.
The HMS Warrior 1860: Victoria’s Ironclad Deterrent Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-84486128-6, $44.95 US/L 30.00 UK.
“WOW!” this is one fantastic ship! This book takes you on a tour of the entire ship and you get a
very close look at what it was like to serve aboard a ship during the 1860’s in her Majesties navy.
This book will give the reader a very good look at what a war ship of the 1860’s was really like.
The HMS Warrior 1860: Victoria’s Ironclad Deterrent has received the highest honor of a
“WOW! +” Rating.
Bradshaw’s Illustrated Handbook to London 1862 and it’s Environs Hardcover, ISBN:
978-1-8448-6182-8, $14.95 US/L 9.99 UK.
Let’s say that you were Confederate purchasing agent Caleb Huse and you just arrived in London to
buy firearms and war materials for the Confederacy.
How would you find your way around
London, where would you stay, where would you eat, where are the arms merchants located in
London?
These are all important questions for agent Caleb Huse don’t you think?
Since
Bradshaw’s Illustrated Handbook to London 1862 and it’s Environs was ‘the guide book’ of its day;
you can be very confident that Confederate agent Caleb Huse had a copy in his coat pocket.
The London newspaper sellers had copies of Bradshaw’s Handbook to sell to passengers as they
stepped off of the boat.
This is a ‘must have’ book for the Confederate arms and edged weapons collector, the American
Civil War historian, and the re-enactor. This book will give the reader hours of entertainment as
they learn to get around and survive in London. Bradshaw’s Illustrated Handbook to London
1862 and it’s Environs has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Whitman Publishing, LLC
~ Publishing since 1934 ~
3101 Clairmont Rd., Suite C, Atlanta, Georgia 30329
Phone: 1-404-235-5300, Fax: 1-404-235-5350
Call Center: 1-800-546-2995,
Call Center Hours: 8:00am – 5:00pm Central Time
E-mail: [email protected], Web:http://www.whitmanbooks.com
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Editors Note: I am very impressed with the overall quality of the publications that Whitman
Publishing, LLC. publishes for the person interested in coin collecting.
The books are very
informative; the photos show the fine details that the collector is looking for, the book construction
is made to last, and the retail prices for these publications is very reasonable. Whitman Publishing
LLC. Produces top quality publications and products at an affordable price for the coin collector. It’s
a good thing!
American Silver Eagles: A Guide to the U.S. Coin Bullion Program Hardcover w d/j,
$29.95, Lots of Detailed Photographs.
This is a very informative book for the collector; that has lots of detailed photographs that show all
of the specific differences in the coins that collectors look for. American Silver Eagles: A Guide
to the U.S. Coin Bullion Program has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Guide Book of Canadian Coins and Tokens Hardcover, $19.05, Lots of Detailed
Photographs.
If you are a collector of Canadian Coins and Tokens then you will find this excellent book to be your
very best guide. Chocked full of interesting facts and figures that will help you build a collection
that will bring you fun and be very profitable. Guide Book of Canadian Coins and Tokens has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
Cherry Pickers Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins 5th Ed. Vol. II
Hardcover, Packed Full of Detailed Photographs, $39.95.
Are you interested in top quality coins that will bring you a good return for your investment? Then
you will find this book to be your best guide to making sound investments. It loaded with the two
most important things that you need to be successful: fact-filled information and detailed
photographs. Cherry Pickers Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins 5th Ed.
Vol. II has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Civil War Vault Hardcover w Slip Case, $49.95, loaded w reproduction
American Civil War documents, letters, notes, maps, Confederate money etc. with
photographs and fact-filled information.
This is a very nice portfolio of reproduction documents and treasures from our American Civil War.
This is an American Civil War Sesquicentennial book that you will treasure and hand down to the
next generation in your family.
Civil War Vault has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
America’s Beautiful National Parks: A Handbook for Collectors (Quarters) $19.95,
This is a ‘must have’ book for the collector of Quarters with our beautiful national parks on the
reverse side. It just doesn’t get any better than this book for quarter collectors.
America’s
Beautiful National Parks: A Handbook for Collectors (Quarters) has received a “WOW!”
Rating.
Collecting Rare Coins for Pleasure or Profit Trade Paperback, $9.95.
This is a nice inexpensive book that will bring you a lot of pleasure; that you can carry around in
your coat pocket at the coin shows.
Collecting Rare Coins for Pleasure or Profit has received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens Hardback, $29.95, Loaded with Photographs.
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This book covers all the different medals that have been minted for various occasions as well as the
tokens. This book doesn’t cover American Civil War suttler tokens as that is an entirely different
subject.
If you are interested in the medals and tokens that have been minted for various
occasions then you will find this book to be very helpful and informative with lots of photographs
showing all the details that collectors love.
100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
The Red Book- A Guide Book of United States Coins Hardcover, $16.95, photos and
tables.
The Red Book is the recognized best yearly guide for the retail price of collector coins by grades.
Don’t go to the coin show without it! The Red Book-A Guide Book of United States Coins
has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint Hardcover, Photos, $24.95.
This is a very interesting secret history that has been covered up for a long time. You just have to
get this book and find out all of the details of this secret cover up. You do want to be the man with
the plans at the next coin collector club meeting don’t you?
The Secret History of the First
U.S. Mint has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Pierre Fricke
P.O. Box 1094
Sudbury, MA 01776
Confederate Issuers of Train and Hoer Notes by Semnez, Fricke, and Davis, Hardcover,
Photos, $50.00
This is an excellent book covering Hoer Notes which is a subject that isn’t very well understood by
most Confederate money collectors. The subject of Confederate currency with train pictures is fully
covered with all of the different variations. This is a ‘must have’ book for the Confederate collector.
Confederate Issuers of Train and Hoer Notes has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Confederate Treasury Certificates: A Collectors Guide to IDRS by Pierre Fricke,
Hardcover, Photos, $60.00
This excellent book covers Confederate Treasury Certificates which is not to be confused with
Confederate War Bonds which is an entirely different subject. The subject of Confederate Treasury
Certificates is fully explained and illustrated with pictures. This subject hasn’t been very well
covered in years past, but now the collector has full information on this subject in this fantastic
guide book. This is another ‘must have’ book to aid and enlighten the Confederate collector.
Confederate Treasury Certificates: A Collectors Guide to IDRS has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
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History of Collecting Confederate States of America Paper Money Vol.1 1865—1945 by
Pierre Fricke and Fred Reed, Hardcover, Photos, $50.00.
This is the first of a two volume history about collecting Confederate States of America Paper Money
from 1865—1945. This has a lot of interesting information for the collector.
Did you know that Thomas Edison use to buy large amounts of Confederate currency and he would
burn it and use the carbon in his early light globes. Confederate currency had high rag content in
the paper that was perfect when burned for the carbon filament that Thomas Edison required.
It’s events like the Thomas Edison story that made certain Confederate currency very rare for
today’s collector. This book is a ‘must have’ for the collector to be enlightened and fully informed
about Confederate currency. History of Collecting Confederate States of America Paper
Money Vol.1 1865—1945 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Editor’s Note: “When the second volume of the History of Collecting Confederate States of
America Paper Money is published it will be reviewed in The Lone Star Book Review. We are intouch so you will be in-touch and not miss out on any fantastic Confederate money collector books.”
“It’s what we do!”
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BLUE SKY PRESS
Arlington, Texas
Check Their Web Site
THE PAPER REPUBLIC (REPUBLIC of TEXAS PAPER MONEY) Hardcover, Illustrated,
$60.00
This is a very informative book on the paper money used in the Republic of Texas. This book is
jam-packed full of illustrations of paper currency and documents on early Republic of Texas
finances. This is a ‘must have’ book for the Texas history collector and the coin collector. This
book is a very nice example of the book crafters art. This beautiful book will provide the collector
with many years of useful and informative information on the paper finances of the Republic of
Texas. The Paper Republic has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
THE VENDOME PRESS
1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021
www.vendomepress.com Phone: 1-212-737-5297
The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany by Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen,
Nancy A. McClelland, and Lars Rachen, Principal Photography by Colin Cooke, 224
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Pages, 8 3/16” x 10 3/16”, 250 Color & b/w illustrations, Trade Paperback, October
2012, ISBN: 978-0-86565-296-5, US $35.00, Canada $40.00
The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany traces the development and manufacture of the Tiffany lamp
from freehand sketch to finished form, as well as the chief decorative themes in Tiffany’s glass
masterpieces and their relation to the work of other fin-de-sie’cle glassmakers.
Each lamp is stunningly documented through Colin Cooke’s photographs, which reveal in
extraordinary detail both Tiffany’s mastery of glassmaking and the metal work of each lamp’s base.
You have seen these beautiful lamps appraised on the Antique Road Show on TV and now you can
see the full line of Tiffany lamps in this excellent book. This book is for those who appreciate
stained glass and the stunningly beautiful lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany.
The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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IMUS GEOGRAPHICS
P.O. BOX 161
EUGENE, OR 97440
Phone: 541-344-1431, ~ Fax: 541-995-2265
E-mail: [email protected], ~ Web: www.imusgeographics.com
AWARD-WINNING 4’ X 3’ POSTER PAPER WALL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES
PRICE: $29.95, PLUS $8.05 PRIORITY MAIL & $3.00 SHIPPING CONTAINER
I know that anyone who is really interested in learning eventually turns to a map to see where an
historical event took place or where a town, monument, resource, etc. etc. is located. There are a
lot of different types of maps to choose from and they are made by a lot of different companies.
Like Pooh Bear would say, “Oh Dear, Oh Dear! What shall I do?” That is a very good question!
Do I use a highway map or a topographical map? Will the map be detailed enough to show what I
am searching for? Do I want a National Geographic Map or a Rand McNally Map? How about an
AAA Highway Map? I think Pooh Bear was correct, “Oh Dear, Oh Dear! What shall I do?” I can’t
afford to buy a box full of different maps and I only have one wall to use for a really good wall map.
My reader friends this has always been the great unanswered question until one day a bright young
cartographer named Dave Imus started thinking outside of the box or the normal confines of the
way things have always been done.
The greatest paper map of the United States you’ll ever see made by one guy in Oregon.
“The Essential Geography of the United States of America” may look like any other U.S. wall
map. It’s about 4 feet by 3 feet. It uses a standard, two-dimensional conic projection. It has place
names. Political boundaries. Lakes, rivers, highways. The Imus map uses a thick green transparent
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line to indicate all state boundaries—allowing us to more easily recognize that it’s the Ohio River
that defines those boundaries. Imus uses color shading to reflect the relative forestation level of
the area and to accurately capture its gently rolling terrain.
Imus has also taken care to ensure that his map is densely packed with useful information yet still
easy to read. Every major locale gets a list of key attractions such as universities, museums, and
neighborhoods. Every airport gets its three-letter code.
Many of today’s maps are forced to zoom-in and out on different scales to show details. The Imus
map never varies from its scale of 65 miles to the inch, and this allows a certain flavor of geographic
comprehension that comes with taking in a map all at once in a large format. Looking at Imus’ big,
richly detailed map offers a holistic sense of what America looks like—how cities spread out along
rivers, forests give way to plains, and mountains zigzag next to valleys. In Imus’ exuberant view, a
map like this might inspire enough geographic curiosity to guide our geographically uninformed
youth into taking and interest into geographic comprehension.
Finally, there’s that simple, ancient joy of paper. The joy one derives from paging through a crisp
hardcover book instead of switching on a Kindle. From doing the crossword in ink, on newsprint,
instead of typing it into an iPad app. Can we agree that one needn’t be a Luddite to recognize
these small pleasures?
This object—painstakingly sculpted by a lone, impractical fellow—is a triumph of indie over
corporate. Of analog over digital. Of quirk and caprice over templates and algorithms. It is
delightful to look at, edifying to study, and it may be the last important paper map ever to depict
our country.
The elements of basic geography portrayed in The Essential Geography of the United States
of America wall map: Highly-detailed mountain landforms, Continental Divide and Northern Divide,
Elevations of major cities, lakes, etc., Clearly drawn rivers, lakeshores, etc., Forested and urbanized
areas (land cover), Locations of States and National Parks, Cities names sized by population, 1,000
iconic landmarks, Statue of Liberty, etc., Major roadways, State high points, Latitude and longitude,
Time zones, and Realistic appearance. All of this equals a clear picture of basic U.S. geography.
The Essential Geography of the United States of America received top national honors in
ACSM/CaGSI Annual Map Design Competitions. (TOP National Honors WOW!)
Surely my reader friends that’s worth some space on the wall of you den or library? “The
Essential Geography of the United States of America” has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
This is one FANTASTIC MAP my friends!
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Back Bay Books
Little, Brown and Company
237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
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Hachette Book Group
CLEOPATRA: A LIFE (THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER) by Stacy Schiff (WINNER OF THE
PULITZER PRIZE) –Ten Best Books of 2010, New York Times Book Review, Biography/
History, ISBN: 978-0-316-00194-6, Trade Paperback, Publication Date: September 6,
2011, Price: $16.99
This biography sizzles with passion and gives a fascinating portrait of an enchanting woman who
was in command of an empire. This is a book that is very hard to put down. A wonderful read!
CLEOPATRA: A LIFE has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Da Capo Press
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
Eleven Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
Fax 617-252-5212, www.//.dacapopress.com
Marcus Aurelius A Life by Frank McLynn, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-306-81916-2,
September 1, 2010, Biography/History, 684 Pages, $19.95
Colonial explorer John Smith, millionaire Cecil Rhodes, and former president Bill Clinton all have in
common that they counted the meditations of Marcus Aurelius among their most influential books.
Penned by Aurelius during the northern campaigns from 170 until his death in 180 AD, this guide to
how we should live is one of the most read works of classical philosophy today. This is a very
interesting read and will cause one to ponder. This book will make a nice addition to your library.
Marcus Aurelius A Life has received a “WOW!” Rating.
The University of North Carolina Press
116 S. Boundary Street
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The Column of Marcus Aurelius: The Genesis and Meaning of a Roman Imperial
Monument by Martin Beckman, 272 Pages, 10 drawings, 59 illustrations, 1 map, notes,
bibl., index, Publication date: June 27, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-8078-3461-9, Cloth, $65.00
One of the most important monuments of Imperial Rome and at the same time one of the most
poorly understood, the Column of Marcus Aurelius has stood in the shadow of the Column of Trajan.
This book traces the creative process from decision to build all the way through the 700-foot-long
frieze. Martin Beckmann has come up with numerous paths of analysis not only to the Column of
Marcus Aurelius but to Roman imperial art and architecture in general. I found this book to be very
interesting and enlightening as to the Roman military in the late second century A.D. The Column
of Marcus Aurelius has earned an “Excellent +”Rating!
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS / U.S.A.
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Constantine: The Emperor Hardcover w d/j, $34.95, Illustrations. This is the story of the
Roman Emperor who recognized Christianity as a religion and moved the Roman seat of
government to Constantinople. Constantine: The Emperor has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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ARMIES OF HEAVEN: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse by Jay Rubenstein,
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For four long, blood-soaked years, from 1096 through the fall of Jerusalem in 1099, tens of
thousands of European Christian warriors banded together on a quest to regain their holy city from
the Muslim invaders. An eclectic group of all backgrounds and social stations marched 2000 miles
across Europe and Asia to claim the city where Christ died—and, in doing so, to advance God’s plan
for the universe’s salvation. They were on a quest for Apocalypse, and would destroy everyone in
their path.
By the time the Crusades reached Jerusalem, their quest—and their violence—had become distinctly
otherworldly. The First Crusade was not an outgrowth of normal medieval piety, but the product of
a heightened apocalyptic sensibility. For half a century after Jerusalem had fallen, Westerners
believed that they were still actively participating in a drama that would determine the outcome of
human history. This military adventure is full of mystery and dark magic as the events of 10961099 deserve, laying witness to spectacular portrayals of slaughter and cannibalism, painfully
imaginative means of torture, and scenes where the blood in Jerusalem literally runs shin-deep
through the streets.
By the twelfth century, Western European Christians believed themselves not just to be witnessing
history but to be remaking it: working in concert with the divine plan, serving as instruments of
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God’s will rather than suffering through life as objects of His wrath. This is a cautionary tale of the
madness unleashed when an army sees itself as the righteous hammer of God.
This book is filled with blood and sadness, but it is fascinating storytelling that is a real page turner.
ARMIES OF HEAVEN: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse has received a
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THE CRUSADES tells the story of the brutal struggle for possession of the Holy Land between the
European Christians and the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean. Nine hundred years ago
the European Christians were summoned to Holy War by the Pope. Thousands of people formed
the Christian army that rampaged through the Muslim world capturing Jerusalem, a city venerated
by both religions. In the two centuries that followed the First Crusade, a brutal struggle raged
between Islam and the West, leaving the stain of ethnic hatred upon both cultures.
This is the story of that brutal struggle for dominion of the Holy Land, revealing the full horror,
passion and barbaric grandeur of the Crusades. Thomas Asbridge answers the most fundamental
question about the Crusades and that is how did two of the world’s great religions come to advocate
violence in the name of God? Who, in the end, won the war for the Holy Land and why? And why
do these ancient struggles still seem to cast a shadow over the world to this day?
The Crusades gives a complete history of the long struggle between the Christians and the
Muslims for the Holy Land. The long struggle is still being felt by our own society today. War
doesn’t always end with a clear victory as both sides struggle to define just what that war meant.
As we explore the struggles of the past, we often come full circle, to face very similar struggles in
our own time period. The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy
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The History of the Knights Templars: The Temple Church and the Temple By Charles G.
Addison, Introduction by David Hatcher Childress, 395 pages, 6 X 9 Paperback,
Illustrated, $16.95 Code: HKT
The history of the mysterious Knights Templars as told in 1842 by “a member of the Inner Temple.”
This book includes chapters on the Origin of the Templars, their popularity in Europe and their
rivalry with the Knights of St. John, later to be known as the Knights of Malta. The author gives us
detailed information on the activities of the Templars in the Holy Land, the 1312 A.D. suppression of
the Templars in France and other countries of Europe, culminating in the execution of Jacques de
Molay. Also includes information on the continuation of the Knights Templars in England and
Scotland and the formation of the society of Knights Templars in London and the rebuilding of the
Temple in 1816, plenty more. This book includes a lengthy introduction on the Templars, the lost
Templar Fleet and their connections to the ancient North American sea routes by Lost Cities author
David Hatcher Childress.
The individual Knights Templar had a vow of poverty and didn’t have two coins to rub together, but
the Order of the Knights Templar was the richest group around. They loaned money to the people,
kings and countries and charged them interest. The Templars were the first bankers and they
were very good at the job. The Order of the Knights Templar gave large sums of money to finance
and build the huge cathedrals of Europe.
King Phillip the Fair of France had borrowed a large sum of money from the Knights Templar
Organization. Instead of paying back the money to the Knights Templar the King had them
arrested on trumped up charges. The greedy King Phillip didn’t have to pay back the debt and he
stole a fortune in gold from the Knights Templars.
King Phillip talked to the Pope and greased his palm with a very sizeable amount of gold. The Pope
then turned his back on his warrior monks that had given so much already to the Catholic Church.
Still as of old, men by their price are sold, for thirty pieces of silver; Judas sold himself, not Christ.
Phillip the Fair, was call that name, because he was so fair skinned and not because he was fair to
anyone. King Phillip had the Knights Templars tortured and broken on the rack until they would
sign anything just to have the torture stop.
Then King Phillip had the Knights Templars old Grand Master Jacques de Molay and several of his
Knights Templar Officers burned at the stake on an island in the middle of the river Seine on Friday
the 13th, 1312. Not all of the Knight Templars were captured and held in the dungeons of France.
A lot of the treasury of the Knights Templar also survived. The remainder of the Knights Templar
escaped and eventually settled in Scotland.
If you are interested in the Crusades of the Holy Land and the Knights Templar this is a very
interesting book to read. The History of the Knights Templars: The Temple Church and the
Temple has received a “WOW!” Rating.
Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet: The Secret Naval War Between the Templars and the
Vatican by David Hatcher Childress, 320 pages, 6 X 9 Paperback, Illustrated,
Bibliography, $16.95 code: PLTF
Discover the fascinating world of maverick sea captains who were Knights Templar (and later
Scottish Rite Free Masons) who battled the Vatican, and the Spanish and Italian ships that sailed for
the Pope. The lost Templar fleet was originally based at La Rochelle in France, but fled to the deep
fiords of Scotland upon the dissolution by King Philippe. This banned fleet of ships was later
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commanded by the St. Clair family of Rosslyn Chapel. St. Clair and his Templars made a voyage to
Canada in the year 1298 AD, nearly 100 years before Columbus! Later, this fleet of ships and the
new ones to come flew the Skull and Cross Bones, the symbol of the Knights Templar. They preyed
on the ships of the Vatican coming from the rich ports of the Americas and were ultimately known
as the Pirates of the Caribbean. Chapters include: 10,000 Years of Seafaring; The Knights Templar
and the Crusades; The Templars and the Assassins; The Lost Templar Fleet and the Jolly Rodger;
Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings; Pirates, Templars and the New World; Christopher Columbus—
Secret Templar Pirate?; Later Day Pirates and the War with the Vatican; Pirate Utopias and the New
Jerusalem; and more.
This book makes sense of some of the things that are history. Jacques de Molay was burned at the
stake on Friday the 13th. This is where the superstition of Friday the 13th being unlucky comes
from. Several days later after the execution; all that a couple of Knights Templars found was the
skull and a couple of leg bones of Grand Master Jacques De Molay. This is where the Skull and
Cross Bones flag comes from. Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet: the Secret Naval War
between the Templars and the Vatican has earned a “WOW! +” Rating.
Editors Note: In order to fully understand these warrior monks known as the Knights Templar we
need to look at their story from all sides. In order to do this we need to read what the Catholic
Church has to say about the Knights Templar. The Lone Star Book Review believes in total
fairness to all parties involved.
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The Templars: Knights of Christ by Re’gine Pernoud, Foreword by Piers Paul Read,
157 Pages, Sewn Softcover, $14.95, Code: T-P
As an antidote to recent sensationalism, Re’gine Pernoud draws a new portrait of these Christian
warrior monks. From their origins as defenders of pilgrims to the Holy Land to their dramatic finish
as heretics burned at the stake, Pernoud offers a concise but thorough account of the Templars’
contribution to Christendom.
In this book I think the Catholic Church has clearly stated their case. It is up to the reader to
carefully examine the historical facts from all view points. The Templars: Knights of Christ has
received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
EDITOR’S NOTE: My reader friends, I don’t intend to get caught in a religious controversy
between the Catholic Church and the modern day Knights Templar/ Masons over history that took
place some nine hundred years ago. I don’t belong to either organization. I just try to fairly
present both sides and let the reader make up their own minds as to who was right and who was
wrong in a conflict.
“To study history we need to look at the arguments of all sides; so that
we can learn and not repeat history all over again in the future.”
(Mr. Norman Bigham, History Teacher, Robert Lee Osborne High School, Marietta, Georgia, 1969)
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Inner Traditions, Bear and Company
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Temple of Solomon Trade Paperback, Photographs, Maps, Illustrations $29.95.
This is an excellent book that covers the entire history of the Temple of Solomon. This covers the
building of the temple, its operation by the priests, and its destruction by the Roman Legions. This
covers the Knights Templers, the Crusades, and the Dome of the Rock and explains the modern day
conflict between the Jews and the Muslims. This book makes everything clear to the reader. This
is an excellent book that you should add to your religious library.
Temple of Solomon has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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FORGING A NATION: The American History Collection at Gilcrease Museum
Contributions by Kimberly Robin, Amanda Let, Eric Singleton, and Randy Ramer,
Foreword by Duane H. King, 250 Pages, 300 B&W and COLOR ILLUS., 9.5 X 13.5,
September 2011, $39.95 CLOTH 978-0-9725657-9-0 ~ $24.95 TRADE PAPERBACK 9780-9725657-8-3 ~ Art & Photography, Distributed for Gilcrease Museum
When the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence and created a
new nation—the United States of America—few colonists—turned—citizens could foresee the great
struggles that lay before it in the centuries to come. Forging a Nation explores those struggles—the
history of the U.S.—as told through art, artifacts, and archival materials that illuminate some three
hundred years of a shared cultural experience.
This is one really nice book! The art is awe inspiring and just makes the reader feel proud to be an
American. This is a book that belongs in every American’s library, because it makes your heart feel
good about your American heritage. Forging A Nation: The American History Collection at
Gilcrease Museum has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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THE GLORIOUS CAUSE: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff,
736 Pages, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-19-531588-2, maps, paintings, U.S. $24.95.
This book was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It is very well written and easy to understand. The
entire Revolutionary War is covered from the first shot to the final surrender of the British Army at
Yorktown Virginia.
This book is for the reader in search of a wide-ranging overview of the
Revolution. THE GLORIOUS CAUSE: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 has received a
“WOW!” RATING.
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The Suppressed History of America: The Murder of Meriwether Lewis and the Mysterious
Discoveries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Xaviant Haze and Paul Schrage, 196
Pages, 6 X 9 Trade Paperback, Illustrated, Bibliography, Index, $15.00 Code: SHOA
Meriwether Lewis discovered far more than the history books tell—ancient civilizations, strange
monuments, “nearly white, blue-eyed” Indians, and evidence that the American continent was
visited long before the first European Settlers arrived. And he was murdered to keep it all secret!
Investigating the discoveries of Spanish conquistadors and Olmec stories of contact with Europeanlike natives, the author’s uncovered evidence of explorers from Europe and Asia prior to Columbus,
sophisticated ancient civilizations in North America and the Caribbean, the fountain of youth, and a
long-extinct race of giants. Verifying stories from Louis’s journals with modern archaeological finds,
geological studies, 18th and 19th-century newspapers and accounts of the world in the days of
Columbus, the authors reveal how Lewis and Clark’s finds infuriated powerful interests in
Washington—including the Smithsonian Institution—culminating in the murder of Meriwether Lewis.
I just don’t know what to think about this fascinating story. This book also covers some findings in
the southern part of the country that Meriwether Lewis discovered before the expedition west with
Clark and the Corps of Discovery. A lot of this story sounds true, but I take this story with a grain
of salt. The whole story is exciting wither you believe it all or not. The Suppressed History of
America: The Murder of Meriwether Lewis and the Mysterious Discoveries of the Lewis
and Clark Expedition has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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The Secrets of Masonic Washington: A Guidebook to Signs, Symbols, and Ceremonies at
the Origin of America’s Capital by James Wasserman, 191 Pages, 6 X 9, Trade
Paperback, , Illustrated, References, $16.95 Code: SOMW
In this guide to the Masonic underpinnings of America’s capital, Wasserman reveals the esoteric
symbols and the spiritual and visionary ideas that lie hidden in the buildings, monuments and
physical layout of Washington D.C.
Each location includes descriptions, interpretations and
explanations of the Masonic symbols and ritualistic meanings hidden within its structure all
illustrated with contemporary color and historic black-and-white photographs. He explains the
purpose behind putting these symbols and Masonic designs into the capital and how all these
monuments fit into the spiritual vision held by the founding fathers.
This is a very interesting book and shows that a great amount of thought went into the planning of
Washington D.C. This is a book to be read by all Americans, so that we can understand the truly
magnificence design and heritage that is shared by all citizens of this great nation. The Secrets of
Masonic Washington: A Guidebook to Signs, Symbols, and Ceremonies at the Origin of
America’s Capital has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Caesar’s Silver: A Story of Historical Fact and Fiction by Mark Stonecipher, 346 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-9854403-7-4, Trade Paperback, $19.95.
Caesar was an escaped slave from Virginia who made his way to the Ohio country and was adopted
by the Shawnee. Caesar’s life was intertwined with the Shawnee, a proud scattered people, noted
for their beautiful silver ornaments, whose wanderings had brought them to the Ohio Valley. In
order to remain a strong Indian Nation they had to go to war with the “Longknives” as they
encroached upon Shawnee land.
In 2012, an old letter was found that gave detailed directions to an underground cavern that holds
a cache of silver that the Shawnee had hidden. What was found in that cavern will astound you for
there was much more than the lost treasure of the Shawnee.
There are end notes at the back of the book that will guide the reader through the actual events of
history that inspired Mark Stonecipher to write this wonderful story. Caesar’s Silver: A Story of
Historical Fact and Fiction has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Editor’s Note:
Badgley Publishing Company specializes in excellent books about America’s early frontier. We have
just received a real treasure trove of excellent books from Badgley Publishing Company that will be
reviewed over future issues of The Lone Star Book Review.
“The bitterest tears that are shed over graves are from words unsaid and
deeds undone.” ~ Harriet Beacher Stowe
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(1812 ~ A Bicentennial Celebration ~ 2012)
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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IN FULL GLORY REFLECTED: Discovering the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake by Ralph E.
Eshelman and Burton K. Kummerow, ISBN: 978-0-9842135-4-2, Trade Paperback, July
15, 2012, Price: $24.95
This is my favorite book out of all of the War of 1812 books, because of the paintings, drawings,
and maps. If you are familiar with the American Heritage Civil War Book by the late Bruce Catton;
then you are familiar with all of the aerial view maps of the battles with the drawings of the troops,
cannon, cavalry, etc... IN Full GLORY REFLECTED there are two aerial battle maps that are just
outstanding with the American and British Redcoats in combat. There are even the British Congreve
Rockets flying through the air, exploding, and being launched by the Redcoat troops. This is a very
colorful book through the various forms of illustrations and art work. This is a very nice book and
will bring you many hours of enjoyment and reading pleasure. IN FULL GLORY REFLECTED:
Discovering the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
187 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE WAR OF 1812: An Easy Question-andAnswer Guide by Donald R. Hickey, ISBN: 978-0-9842135-2-8, Trade Paperback, July
31, 2012, Price: $15.00.
This book is sort of the “Dummy’s Guide to the War of 1812” as it helps the student to understand
just what this war is all about and what happened.
The book is illustrated with paintings,
drawings, and maps to aid the student in understanding what events and battles took place and
their significance towards ending the conflict. 187 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE
WAR OF 1812: An Easy Question-and-Answer Guide has received a “WOW!” Rating.
The Dawn’s Early Light by Walter Lord, With a New Foreword by Scott S. Sheads, 384
pages, ISBN 13: 978-1-4214-0547-6, Trade Paperback, Maps, Paintings, Illustrations,
Chapter Notes, Index, Price: $24.95
In the summer of 1814, British naval and ground forces made a coordinated assault on Washington,
DC, capital of the new republic, and then set their sights on Baltimore, home port to some of the
most rapacious American privateers on the high seas. In The Dawn’s Early Light, Walter Lord
captures these events of the War of 1812.
A native Baltimorean, Lord wrote with great force and feeling of the subsequent defense of Fort
McHenry, the circumstances of Francis Scott Key’s writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and the
rebirth of a young country. Students consider this book to be one of the best short narratives of the
Chesapeake campaign.
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This reissue of The Dawn’s Early Light celebrates the bicentennial of the Battle of Baltimore. Scott
S. Sheads, a National Park Service ranger and specialist on the event, introduces the book, which
will remain a popular favorite for years to come.
Walter Lord (1917-2002) was an American author best known for his documentary-style
nonfiction account A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Scott S. Sheads is
a National Park Service Ranger/Historian at Fort McHenry. The Dawn’s Early Light has received
a “WOW! +”Rating.
The Rockets’ Red Glare: An Illustrated History of the War of 1812 by Donald R. Hickey
and Connie D. Clark, 264 pages, 8.5 X 10, ISBN: 978-1-42144-0155-3, Hardcover, Oct.
1, 2011, Price: $39.95.
The Rockets’ Red Glare recaptures in vivid detail not only the military history of the war but also its
domestic and diplomatic history. Authors Donald R. Hickey and Connie D. Clark show why the
fragile young republic, which was still a second-rate power, declared war against Great Britain, an
established global power. They also explain why Americans remember the conflict as an unalloyed
success, even though by the war’s end, the United States faced military uncertainty, financial stress,
a punishing British naval blockade and the intractable opposition of Federalists in New England.
This is an excellent book filled with thrilling stories and stunning illustrations of The Rockets’ Red
Glare sure to capture the imagination of anyone interested in the fascinating history of the War of
1812. The Rockets’ Red Glare: An Illustrated History of the War of 1812 has received a
“WOW!” Rating.
UNIVERSITY of ILLINOIS PRESS
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www.press.uillinois.edu
The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict: Bicentennial Edition Donald R. Hickey, 480
pages, 47 photographs, ISBN: 978-0-252-07837-8, Trade Paperback, February 6, 2012,
Price: $24.95
Winner of a Best Book Award from the American Military Institute
(FIRST EDITION)
The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict, Bicentennial Edition explains how the war promoted
American nationalism and manifest destiny, stimulated peacetime defense spending, and enhanced
America’s reputation abroad. Hickey also concludes that the war sparked bloody conflicts between
pro-war Republican and anti-war Federalist neighbors, dealt a crippling blow to American Indians,
and solidified the United State’s antipathy toward the British.
This is a very easy to understand book and holds the attention of the reader through out. The
War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict: Bicentennial Edition has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
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Illinois in the War of 1812 by Gillum Ferguson, 368 pages, 12 photographs, Feb. 27,
2012, ISBN: 978-0-252-03674-3, Cloth w d/j, Price: $34.95.
Endorsed by the Illinois
Society of the War of 1812 and the Illinois War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission.
On the eve of the War of 1812, the Illinois Territory was a land of bright promise, but attacks and
massacres from the Indian tribes greatly slowed immigrant farmers as they looked out over the
prairies with longing and trepidation.
Six years later, a populous Illinois was confident enough to seek and receive admission as a state in
the Union. What had intervened was the War of 1812, which ultimately broke the power and moral
of the Indian tribes and deprived them of the support of their ally, Great Britain. Until the war was
concluded by the Treaty of Ghent in 1817, there were massacres by both sides, setting a tone for
later betrayal of friendly tribes and continued attacks against Indians throughout the territory.
Gillum Ferguson underlines the crucial importance of the War of 1812 in the development of Illinois
as a state. The history of Illinois in the War of 1812 has never before been told with as much
attention to the personalities who fought it, the vents that defined it, and its lasting consequences.
Illinois in the War of 1812 is a comprehensive pioneering work in the history of the great state
of Illinois and will be sought after by scholars, historians, and interested readers. Illinois in the
War of 1812 has received a WOW! Rating.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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The Weight of Vengeance: The United States, the British Empire, and the War of 1812
by Troy Bickham, 352 pages, ISBN: 978-0-1953-9178-7, Cloth w d/j, June 14th, 2012,
Price: $34.95.
Troy Bickham provides a provocative new account of this “forgotten war,” underscoring its true
significance – for both sides – by placing it in a global context. The Napoleonic Wars, devastating
the countries of Europe would severely disrupt the global order of power in the Atlantic world.
There were many Americans, who were opposed to the War of 1812 and justifiably so – outmanned
and under funded, the Americans were outmatched by the enormous British military and navy in
every way; still, America’s leaders believed that by waging war, the young country could confirm its
hard-won independence and assert its right to be recognized among the world’s great powers.
Troy Bickham’s account of this turning point for both America and Great Britain would mark a critical
moment of self-definition for both nations in this pivotal moment in Western history. This is an
excellent book to add to your library. The Weight of Vengeance: The United States, the
British Empire, and the War of 1812 throws light on one of the most complex wars in
America’s history and has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger, September 15, 2012, Hardcover w d/j,
$27.50, 364 Pages, Biography/History, and ISBN: 978-0-306-82129-5
Who was John Quincy Adams and why should I read about him? That my reader friends is a very
good question that I shall attempt to enlighten you. John Quincy Adams was the son of Founding
Father John Adams, handpicked by President George Washington to serve American interest
abroad, and voted to the presidency; John Quincy Adams shaped and guided the United States
throughout his life.
He served as the minister to six European countries, a Congressman for
sixteen years, and the sixth President of the United States. As a champion of human rights, he led
the anti-slavery movement, saved free speech and the right to political dissent in Congress, and
ended the War of 1812.
John Quincy Adams led the life of an astounding man, from his childhood amidst the chaos of the
revolution and British occupation to his death during Congressional debate, defending the integrity
of the country he loved. John Quincy developed a passion for fighting injustice while in Europe
serving as a secretary to Francis Dana, a Continental Congress delegate and signer of the Articles of
Confederation. Only a teenager at the time, John observed slavery in Poland and the autocratic rule
in Russia that denied its citizens freedom. Later in life, he would fight against these injustices at
home, defending self-liberated slaves from prosecution due to their mutiny aboard the slave ship
the Amistad.
One of John Quincy Adams’s great struggles for law and liberty was his fight against the so-called
Gag Rule, which prevented the discussion of slavery in Congress.
He was charged with high
treason for his abolitionist views. Always a patriot, he successfully defended himself using the
Declaration of Independence itself.
It was John Quincy Adams’s courage, determination, and strong moral compass, which we today
recognize as one of early America’s greatest heroes. It was John’s willingness to put aside all
personal ambitions to serve his country which makes him stand out as one of the few truly virtuous,
selfless men among the nation’s early leaders.
Few Presidents in American history match John Quincy Adams for such integrity and virtues as a
man who always placed the nation’s interests ahead of his own and those of his political allies and
political party. John Quincy Adams ranks today with President George Washington, Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Marshall, and Presidents James Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, and Dwight D.
Eisenhower as the only truly virtuous and selfless leaders in American history.
That my many reader friends is the reason that we need to read about John Quincy Adams. We
haven’t had a president like John Quincy Adams since the 1950’s. If we want to have a better
America then we need to read about John Quincy Adams and look for a leader who puts the
nation’s interest first all of the time. John Quincy Adams is the standard by which we should judge
all others seeking to fill the highest office of the President of the United States of America. That’s
the reason why we need to read about John Quincy Adams as we strive for excellence in our
national leaders. John Quincy Adams has received a “WOW! +” Rating. It just doesn’t
get any higher or better than this my friends! This is complete and total customer
satisfaction.
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ATTENTION ALL TEXANS!
These next three books are an investment in
Texas Pride and they deserve to be passed down to
your grandchildren as family heirlooms.
Grady McWhiney Research Foundation
State House Press
P.O. Box 818, Buffalo Gap, Texas 79508
Phone: (325) 572-3974 ~ Fax: (325) 572-3991
The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector’s Journey by Phil Collins, Essays by Donald S.
Frazier, Stephen L. Hardin, and Richard Bruce Winders, 1st Print: 5,000, Pages: 416,
3/1/12, Trim: 11” X 8 ½”, ISBN: 978-1-9333-3750-0, Cloth w d/j, 159 Artifacts, 150
Documents, 25 Illustrations, 2 Maps, 10 Photos, Price: $120.00.
I have reviewed a lot of books over the last few years and the vast majority of them have been very
nice books that are truly an enjoyment to read. Then there are a very few books that just stand
out above all of the rest of the books. These very few outstanding books are truly exceptional and
they are the pride of the book crafters art. We are talking about a book that just takes the readers
breath away. The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector’s Journey is one of those very rare exceptional
books.
Here, for the first time in history, are the artifacts, relics, and documents that compose the Phil
Collins collection available in a beautifully designed color book shot-through with stunning
photography and crisply rendered illustrations. Collins’s prose takes the reader through the joys of
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being a collector as he lovingly describes each piece in this impressive assemblage and what it
means to him. Photographer Ben Powell of Austin brought these items to vivid relief and artist Gary
Zaboly’s masterful pen-and-ink drawings breathe new life into these historic items. Essays by Texas
historians Bruce Winders, Don Frazier, and Stephen Hardin provide the historical background to the
collection and help make this outstanding book into a true work of art that also serves handily as a
serious research tool.
PHIL COLLINS, drummer, actor, singer, producer and now author, has been constantly active in
all manner of contradictory and unlikely projects. His history with Genesis is well documented from
their art-house beginnings to multiplatinum status as the band grew up. Collins launched his solo
career twenty-nine years ago, picking up numerous awards that include eight Grammys, three Oscar
nominations, and two Golden Globes.
Collins has written songs for Disney’s Tarzan and Brother Bear. “You’ll Be in My Heart” from Tarzan
won a Golden Globe Award for “Best Song Written for a Film.” This song, in addition to the
soundtrack, was also nominated for Grammys and won for “Best Original Song in a Movie.” Collins
also won an Oscar for the same song in March 2000.
An avid student of the Battle of the Alamo since his boyhood, Collins has now turned his gifted pen
to writing history. His first book, The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector’s Journey, takes this passion
and tells the story of the Texas Revolution through artifacts and documents from his private
collection. Phil Collins lives in Fe’chy, Switzerland
My fellow Texans, The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector’s Journey, is a very impressive book and
covers the subject that every native born Texan holds dear in their heart. The book has artifacts
that belonged to the brave men on either side of the Alamo’s adobe walls. This outstanding book
will bring the reader many enjoyable hours of reading. This is a ‘Top Shelf” book that you will be
proud to own and show to those you hold dear in your life. The Alamo and Beyond: A
Collector’s Journey has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
State House Press is a Proud Member of the
Texas A&M University Press Consortium
An Altar for Their Sons: The Alamo and the Texas Revolution in Contemporary
Newspaper Accounts by Gary S, Zaboly, 1ST PRINT: 1,000, 11/8/11, Pages: 480, 35 B&W
pen and ink drawings; 13 color drawings; 8 B&W photographs, Trim: 6” X 9” ,
hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-9333-3746-3, Price: $79.95
An Alter For Their Sons: The Alamo and the Texas Revolution in Contemporary Newspaper Accounts
is a collection of rare documentary materials, the great majority of them not seen or referenced
since their dates of original publication in 1835 and 1836.
This book has been designed to serve several audiences, among them the scholar, serious student,
casual buff, and general reader, all of whom will find much that is “new” here in terms of the history
of the Alamo siege and battle, of the Texas Revolution in general, and of the lives of the people
involved, not to mention the events that both preceded and followed the conflict.
Aside from the book’s primary focus, the battle of the Alamo, this collection includes on-the-spot
accounts of most of the other engagements, skirmishes and massacres, descriptions of the forts,
towns, geography, and information concerning the armies, weapons and clothing involved. There
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are also word sketches of the appearances of such important figures as David Crockett, James
Bowie, and Santa Anna that have apparently eluded modern biographers. Included, too, are many
anecdotes of their lives, both in and out of Texas, and descriptions of pieces of their personal
property handed down in the postwar years. Newspaper accounts from later decades present
interviews with survivors, or their obituaries, and descriptions of the Alamo itself as it evolved from
a weed-chocked ruin into an iconic shrine.
The book contains several dozen original illustrations by the author, each one explained in-depth
with a footnoted, essay-long “caption.” There is also a newly created pictorial representation of the
entire Alamo compound as it looked in February and March 1836, accompanied by a lengthy
analysis of the fortifications based on a re-examination of the old evidence and a dissection of newly
found information.
Included in the book are photographs of selected Alamo- and Texas Revolution-related relics from
the extraordinary collection of singer Phil Collins.
GARY S. ZABOLY is a historical illustrator and writer. He is the author of A True Ranger; The
American Colonial Ranger; co-author and illustrator of The Annotated and Illustrated Journals of
Major Robert Rogers; illustration and written contributions to Blood of Nobel Men; and is the author
of numerous articles on various aspects of American military history. Gary S. Zaboly lives in
Riverdale, New York.
My fellow Texans this is a ‘must have’ book for your Texas library. When you have accounts from
the actual newspapers of the day; you just can’t get any closer to the actual events of the Texas
Revolution. You will love the original illustrations of Gary S. Zaboly, as he is a very talented
illustrator. I highly recommend this exceptionally fine book for your reading enjoyment and
enlightenment. An Alter for Their Sons: The Alamo and the Texas Revolution in
Contemporary Newspaper Accounts has received the very highest review award of a
“WOW! +” Rating. It just doesn’t get any better than this my reader friends.
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
237 Park Avenue, New York NY 10017
Tel. 1-212-364-1100 ~ Fax. 1-212-364-0940
www.hachettebookgroup.com
The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo—and the Sacrifice That Forged
a Nation by James Donovan, May 15, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-316-05374-7, hardcover, 512
pages, 6” X 9 ¼”, 2 maps, 16-page b/w photo insert, Price: $ 29.99.
James Donovan meticulously researched and utilizing fresh primary sources in U.S. and Mexican
archives, The Blood of Heroes is an authoritative and revelatory account of the epic battle and its
controversies. James Donovan puts the reader in the middle of the action, from The Sandbar Fight,
a duel that nearly killed James Bowie, to the final, brutal victory at San Jacinto. But The Blood of
Heroes isn’t merely a play-by-play of historical events.
The book illuminates important
contemporary cultural trends from the time, conflicts with local Native American tribes, and the
enactment (and cancellation) of democratic federalist reforms in Mexico, and attitudes about land
ownership in the young United States.
I personally enjoyed reading The Blood of Heroes as James Donovan scraped the myths and
legends off this story. Donovan’s extensive research even draws upon previously neglected Mexican
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primary sources. Donovan employed a Mexico City researcher to photograph hundreds of pages of
old handwritten personnel records of a dozen Mexican officers who participated in the battle. In
archives here and there Donovan found a previously unknown statement from and a long-forgotten
interview with, one of the few noncombatants’ survivors of the battle, Susannah Dickinson.
Donovan also found penciled notes of an interview with another Alamo survivor, Enrique Esparza,
who was a ten-year-old boy at the time. With all of this primary information The Blood of Heroes is
a fresh take on the Alamo by telling both sides of the conflict. This is a book that should be in
every Texan’s library. This book has more action than a burlap bag full of bobcats!
James Donovan is the author of the national bestseller A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little
Bighorn—the Last Great Battle of the American West. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
The Blood of Heroes has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
“What happened in the past that is painful has a lot to do
with what we are today.” ~ William Glasser
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS (USA)
www.oup.com
SICK FROM FREEDOM: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and
Reconstruction by Jim Downs, 280 Pages, ISBN-13: 978-0-1997-5872-2, Hardback,
April 2012, Price: $ 29.95
Bonds people who fled from slavery during the Civil War and after did not expect their flight
towards freedom would lead to sickness, disease, suffering and death. But the war produced the
largest biological crisis of the nineteenth century which had deadly consequences for hundreds of
thousands of freed people.
The author Jim Downs draws on the medical records of the Medical Division of the Freedmen’s
Bureau that cared for more than one million freed slaves. The collapse of the plantation system
released a plague of lethal diseases as people moved and migrating as never before. But in their
journey to freedom, they also encountered yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, dysentery, malnutrition,
and exposure.
The Freedmen’s Bureau responded to this problem by hiring more than 120
physicians and establishing forty under funded and under staffed hospitals throughout the South.
The goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to supply a healthy work force.
This often excluded
women, the elderly, the crippled, and children. Jim Downs noted that this Reconstruction Policy
was practiced in the American West, where it was disastrously applied to the Native Americans.
Jim Down’s research into the records of the Medical Division of the Freedmen’s Bureau has greatly
added to our understanding of the Reconstruction era. This is all newly discovered history as this
information hasn’t been seen in almost 150 years. This information has been locked away in the
dusty archives and not seeing daylight since the day it was boxed-up three lifetimes ago.
This newly discovered information on the Reconstruction Era is a ‘must have’ for the historian,
scholar, and those interested in African-American history. Sick From Freedom: African(Continued on page 38)
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American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction has earned a
“WOW! +” Rating.
Diary of Antera Duke: An Eighteenth Century Slave Trader Trade Paperback, Maps,
Illustrations, $24.95
Antera Duke was a black African Slave Trader who made a small fortune selling captured people
from different tribes. This book has been translated from the original diary that Antera Duke kept
describing his lucrative trade in the misery of his own race. Another prime example of a despicable
excuse for a human being. Diary of Antera Duke: An Eighteenth Century Slave Trader has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of
Reconstruction Trade Paperback, Illustrations, $15.95.
This is the true story of the Colfax Massacre in South Carolina at the end of the Reconstruction
Period between a group of freed black men and a Ku Klux Klan type of group known as Hampton’s
Red Shirts. The black men were hold up in a house and before the conflict was over it had reverted
to a battle like the Civil War with a cannon and bayonet charges. The Colfax Massacre: The
Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction has
received an “EXCELLENT” Rating.
20,000 Ghosts
By John Newton
“At night in my sleep I can hear the cries of 20,000 slaves with beautiful
African names. Torn from their homes, transported in filthy slave ships
to the sugar cane fields of the Caribbean.
They are worked in the
sugarcane fields until they die. I took them from Africa to their deaths in
the slave ships and the sugar cane fields. I have 20,000 ghosts that
haunt me in my dreams.” ~ John Newton former English captain of a
slave ship, later a priest, composer of the most popular Christian hymn,
‘Amazing Grace.’
THE UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
116 S. BOUNDRY St., CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA 27514-3808
http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/11722.html
Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery by
Heather Andrea Williams, 264 pages, 7 halftones, ISBN: 978-0-8078-3554-8, Cloth w d/
j, notes, bibl., index, June 1, 2012, Price: $30.00.
After the Civil War, African Americans placed poignant “information wanted” advertisement in
newspapers, searching for missing family members. Inspired by the power of these ads, Heather
Andrea Williams uses slave narratives, letters, interviews, public records, and diaries to guide
readers back to devastating moments of family separation during slavery when people were sold
away from parents, siblings, spouses, and children. Williams explores the heartbreaking stories of
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separation and the long, usually unsuccessful journeys toward reunification. Examining the interior
lives of the enslaved and freed people as they tried to come to terms with great loss, Williams
grounds their grief, fear, anger, longing, frustration, and hope in the history of American slavery
and the domestic slave trade.
Williams follows those who separated, chronicles their searches, and documents the rare experience
of reunion. She also explores the sympathy, indifference, hostility, or empathy expressed by whites
about sundered black families. Williams shows how searches for family members in the post-Civil
War era continue to reverberate in African American culture in the ongoing search for family history
and across generations.
Heather Andrea Williams is associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and author of Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom.
This is an excellent book that covers the saddest part of slavery and that’s the sundered black
families. To separate a husband and wife, children from their families, elderly parents from their
children and grandchildren is just cruel and thoughtless.
No one should have to experience an
event like this. Sadly this took place during slavery in America and the Nazi’s did this to the Jews
during the Holocaust.
This book should be added to everyone’s library in the hope that these sad events will act as a
constant reminder that we need to be kind and thoughtful to everyone as we are all Americans now.
Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
The Slave Ship Madagascar
“Ladies and Gentlemen my name is William Wilberforce and the
Madagascar is a slave trade ship. The Madagascar left Africa two months
ago with 600 healthy slaves and arrived in Haiti with 200 slaves. Along
the way 400 slaves died of disease from the filth of their own excrement
over the 28 day passage. The very sick slaves were thrown overboard to
drown along the way. That putrid smell is from death and the filth below
deck. Take a good whiff, as this is the sickening smell of the British
Slave Trade.”
WILLIAM MORROW
An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022
www.harpercollins.com
The Secrets of Mary Bowser A Novel by Lois Leveen, Trade Paperback, May 15, 2012,
ISBN: 978-0-0621-0790-9, $15.99.
“I spy with my little eye…” a mother’s riddle, a daughter’s only chance to learn. From the mansions
of Richmond…to the abolitionist underground of Philadelphia…and back into the dangerous heart of
enemy territory. Could you leave your family to claim your freedom? Would you give up your
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liberty to save all that you hold dear? “Mama, your little girl is all grown up and still playing our
best game.” “Mama, I am a spy.” The Secrets of Mary Bowser is an inspiring tale of injustice,
bravery, friendship, and war. This is a thrilling debut novel drawn from history and written with
immense heart. Mary Bowser was a spy and house servant in the home of Confederate President
Jefferson Davis.
The Secrets of Mary Bowser is masterfully written…taking the reader from hatred to courage and
finally to love during the darkest history of America. The Secrets of Mary Bowser has received
a “WOW! +” Rating.
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE
British Prime Minister William Wilberforce waged a campaign for many
years to end the British Slave Trade. William Wilberforce was finally
successful and slavery was ended in the United Kingdom forever.
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THE HYPO: THE MELANCHOLIC YOUNG ABE LINCOLN Hardcover, a Graphics
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This is an interesting look at young Abe Lincoln and his melancholic behavior. This is a side of Abe
Lincoln that is often overlooked to the more important history of his Civil War presidency.
THE HYPO: THE MELANCHOLIC YOUNG ABE LINCOLN has received an “EXCELLENT!”
Rating.
The Human Spirit is more powerful than drugs; it needs to be nourished
with love, kindness, and a sense of worth.
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ATLANTA’S OAKLAND CEMETERY: An Illustrated History and Guide Ren and Helen Davis
with an introduction by Timothy J. Crimmins, June 25, 2012, Paper with flaps, ISBN:
978-0-8203-4313-6, 8x10, 224pp., 280 color photos, 10 maps, $24.95.
My friends this is a ‘must have book’ if you are interested in the Civil War and Atlanta history. This
beautiful book has the who is who of Atlanta’s founders, Confederate Generals and soldiers, the
mover’s and shaker’s of Civil War Atlanta, the later years, Margaret Mitchell the author of Gone With
The Wind , the Rich brother’s who were the founders of Rich’s Department Stores that were so
famous in Atlanta’s history. This is a beautiful cemetery and one of Atlanta’s Pride Spots on the
map. This is a ‘Top Shelf book’ that you will be very proud to own and show off to your friends.
ATLANTA’S OAKLAND CEMETERY: An Illustrated History and Guide came in as the First
Place Winner in the competition for The Lone Star Book of the Year 2012 Title.
Although the award title went to another book; ATLANTA’S OAKLAND CEMETERY; An
Illustrated History and Guide has received our highest and most coveted book rating
award of a “WOW! +” Rating.
It just doesn’t get any better than this my friends. You will really enjoy this book!
Ann Arrundell County Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 385 — Linthicum, MD 21090-0385
1-410-768-9518, www.aachs.org
A Low Dirty Place – The Parole Camps of Annapolis, MD 1862 – 1865 by R. Rebecca
Morris, Trade Paperback, 101 pp., ISBN-13: 978-0-9702-3552-7, $15.00 + postage.
I have been an American Civil War buff for fifty-one years and I still learn something new all the
time. I have always taken a keen interest in the prisons and POW’s of this war and I never heard
of the Confederate prisoner parole camps in Annapolis, Maryland.
These camps were for Confederate prisoners who had signed an oath of allegiance to the United
States Government and were awaiting a formal prisoner exchange between military officials of the
Union and Confederate Governments. Since these southern prisoners of war had signed an ‘oath
of allegiance’ they were taken out of the main Confederate prisoner of war population and placed in
‘parole camps’ as a holding station before a formal prisoner exchange between governments.
These small prison parole (holding) camps were nothing to write home about as they weren’t any
better than the main prison and nothing improved for the lives of Confederate POW’s. This book on
the parole camps in Annapolis, Maryland is a ‘first on information about these camps.’ I am sure
that compatriots of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will be very interested in this book especially
if their ancestor was a POW in a Maryland based Confederate prisoner holding facility like Point
Lookout.
A Low Dirty Place – The Parole Camps of Annapolis, MD 1862—1865 has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
~ FROM THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS ~
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO AUTHOR/HISTORIAN
Ms. R. REBECCA MORRIS
The author/historian Ms. R. Rebecca Morris is to be commended on writing and informing the
American Civil War community of history enthusiasts and the Sons of Confederate Veterans about
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the Union Parole Camps of Annapolis, Maryland. You have done a very great service in helping
southerners learn more about the confinement of their Confederate ancestors as Prisoners of War
held at Annapolis, Maryland from 1862—1865.
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New Jersey at Gettysburg Guide Book, Trade Paperback, Photos, $15.00 + $5.00 S&H.
This is a ‘must have’ book for the Battle of Gettysburg enthusiasts as well as a great book about
New Jersey’s contribution to our American Civil War. This is a ‘Top Shelf’ book that you will be
proud to own and show to your friends. New Jersey at Gettysburg Guide Book has received
a “WOW! +” Rating.
Editors Note: For all who have requested the review of more books about New Jersey and its part
in the American Civil War.
I keep requesting review copies from the New Jersey Civil War
Sesquicentennial Committee, but I receive nothing. May be the nice people at Longstreet House
can help us with your review requests. We will just have to wait and see what happens.
THE ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHING GROUP
P.O. Box 62193, Baltimore, MD 21264-2193
Phone: 1-800-462-6420 ~ Fax: 1-717-794-3804
THE HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
by William L. Richter, HARDCOVER, $99.99 ISBN: 978-0-8108-7817-4, Pages 1032,
6 ¾” x 9 ½”, December 2011, and Library Reference Book.
This is an excellent library reference book and will also help the American Civil War historian or
scholar who is into a lot of research work on this time period. THE HISTORICAL DICTIONARY
OF THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION has received a “WOW! +” Rating
THE UNIVERSITY of MISSOURI PRESS
2910 Le Mone Blvd.
Columbia, MO. 65201
1-(573)-882-8735
The Missouri State Penitentiary: 170 years inside “The Walls” by Jamie Pamela
Rasmussen, Trade Paperback, 136 pages, 6 x 9, 29 illustrations, bibliography, index,
ISBN: 978-0-8262-1987-9, $16.95.
How is the Missouri State Penitentiary compared to other famous prisons, a historian and former
prison administrator replied, “It’s older and meaner.” For 168 years, it was everything other prisons
were and more.
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The founding of the penitentiary helped to solidify Jefferson City’s position as the state capital. A
highlight in the chapter on the Civil War years is the story of George Thompson, who was
imprisoned for attempting to help a number of slaves to freedom.
The prison has had its share of prominent prisoners, including Pretty Boy Floyd, Sonny Liston,
Firebug Johnson, and James Earl Ray. The prison labor system to make the prison self-supporting
eventually caused punishment to be driven by factory needs which led to the riot of 1854. This inturn led to some reforms in the wake of that catastrophe. The affect of inmate lawsuits during the
1980s and 1990s had on prison life eventually led to the decision to close the prison.
This book is a fitting account of an institution that was a part of Missouri’s history for 168 years. The
account of the prison during the American Civil War years is interesting. This book will make a very
fine addition to your book collection about Missouri and its wild history as a borderland state. The
Missouri State Penitentiary: 170 years inside “The Walls” has received a “WOW!”
Rating.
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STRANGER IN DIXIE: The Odyssey of James Fearn Francis, Second Lieutenant, C.S.A.
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C.S.A. Hardcover, $29.99
Nightingales Are Singing; The Odyssey of James Fearn Francis, Second Lieutenant,
C.S.A. Hardcover, $29.99
This Confederate trilogy covers the odyssey of James Fearn Francis, Second Lieutenant, C.S.A. who
was a citizen of Australia, but fought for the Confederacy. This trilogy is written by compatriot
James Fearn of Doncaster Victoria, Australia. James Fearn is an active member of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans of Australia and New Zealand.
This Confederate trilogy is about the
Confederate war service of James Fearn’s great grandfather; James Fearn Francis, Second
Lieutenant, C.S.A.. This is a very interesting and exciting story that is a real page turner. This is
your chance to add too your Confederate library the service of a soldier from Australia. The land
down under supplied a platoon size amount of men to the service of the Confederate cause. This
Confederate trilogy makes a very nice addition to your library and understanding of the volunteer
soldiers from Australia. This Confederate trilogy on the Odyssey of James Fearn Francis,
Second Lieutenant, C.S.A. has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Civil War Adventure Volume I Trade Paperback, $14.95
Civil War Adventure Volume II Trade Paperback, $14.95
These two graphic Civil War Adventure books have some very interesting stories that will entertain
and inform you. The artwork is just outstanding! You will really enjoy these two books. These
two books are a ‘must have’ for your Confederate library.
Civil War Adventures Vol. 1 & 2 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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989 GOVERNOR DR STE 102
EL DORADO HILLS CA 95762
Check Their Web Site
Gettysburg’s Forgotten Calvary Actions Trade Paperback, Maps, Photographs, $17.95.
This book covers the ill-fated Union cavalry charge by Farnsworth’s unit under the command of
General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. This was a very stupid waste of young men’s lives and Colonel
Farnsworth would loose his life. Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
The Maps of Antietam: The Antietam and South Mountain Campaign Hardcover w d/j,
color maps, photos, $39.95
Totally awesome! A beautiful book that will totally amaze the reader. This is a ‘Top Shelf’ book that
you will be proud to own and show to your friends. The Maps of Antietam: The Antietam and
South Mountain Campaign has received a “WOW +” Rating.
The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 Vol. 2 Hardcover w d/j, maps, photos,
illustrations, $37.50.
They did it again with another totally awesome book! Savas Beatie Publishing is really going all out
on publishing top quality books. I like the way that they make their publications look like they are
from the Civil War period. This is an excellent addition to the Antietam and South Mountain
Campaign and is a ‘must have’ for your ‘Top Shelf’ collection of prized books.
The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 Vol. 2 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KANSAS
2502 WESTBROOKE CIRCLE
LAWRENCE KS 66045-4444
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Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation Hardcover w d/j, $39.95, Photos, Maps,
Illustrations. This book will stand as the premier book about the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi in
1862. This is a ‘must have’ book for your American Civil War battles bookshelf. Corinth 1862:
Siege, Battle, Occupation has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
EAGLE EDITIONS LTD.
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AFTER GETTYSBURG: Cavalry Operations in the Eastern Theater July 14, 1863 to
December 31, 1863 Hardcover, Maps, Photos, Illustrations, $26.00
The book is made to look like a very old war journal on the outside. On the inside is the history of
the cavalry operations and engagements between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of
Northern Virginia from after Gettysburg to the end of the year 1863. The subject is very well
covered and this book will be a nice addition to your American Civil War Battles library shelf or
Cavalry book shelf. AFTER GETTYSBURG: Cavalry Operations in the Eastern Theater July
14, 1863 to December 31, 1863 has received a “WOW!” Rating.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 Vol. 1 Hardback, Maps,
Photographs, Illustrations, $49.95.
This is the first volume of a two volume set dealing with the Maryland Campaign of September
1862. This first volume deals with the Battle of South Mountain an the second volume to be
published in 2013 deals with the Battle of Antietam Creek.
Their have been several very good books published in past years on the Battle of Antietam Creek
like The Gleam of Bayonets, Landscape Turned Red, and others. The first volume of this two
volume set is so very well written and all-inclusive on the detailed facts of this Maryland Campaign
that it looks like this two volume set just might be the very best ever written on this campaign and
battle. We will just have to wait and see how the second volume turns out next year before we
can make the final judgment. So far this first volume is a very good indicator that the completed
set will be a top book award winner. To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of
September 1862 Vol. 1 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Stackpole Books
In the Lion’s Mouth, Trade Paperback, Maps, Photographs, $21.95
This is the very tragic story of Confederate General John B. Hood’s 1864 campaign in Tennessee.
This is campaign is destruction of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. This is a very well told story
of this great tragedy and the devastating destruction of human life. In the Lion’s Mouth has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310 USA
Phone: (610) 593-1777 ~ Fax: (610) 593-2002
Order hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Web Site: www.schiffermilitary.com E-mail: [email protected]
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Famous Leaders and Battles of the Civil War, Size: 11.75” X
16”, 740 b/w illustrations, 544 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3996-7, Hardcover, $99.99.
This oversized facsimile edition of Frank Leslie’s nineteenth century Civil War history is richly
illustrated with 740 period engravings. The Subjects illustrated include portraits of political and
military leaders, famous forts, pivotal battles and naval engagements, military encampments, and
major events, arranged chronologically to follow the course of the war. These images are created
by a corps of war artists employed by Frank Leslie for his illustrated newspapers. Years later these
prints from 1861 to 1865 were recovered and assembled in this volume. Along with the fascinating
illustrations and concise history is a range of official data taken from the nation’s war records,
including the numbers for troops who entered the Union army by state, the war’s principle battles,
their generals, and numbers killed and wounded. Indexes to Civil War history and this book’s
illustrations are included. This book is a historical treasure for all who are fascinated with the Civil
War.
My reader friends this book is the same size as the actual Frank Leslie’s American Civil War
newspaper and with that comes twelve pounds of weight when all of the ‘newspapers’ are
presented in book form. In short, this is a book that needs to be laid flat on a table to look at and
read as it is as heavy as a 12 Lb. solid shot cannon ball to hold up and read; besides the large
pages turn better when laid flat on a table. Now that we have the only downside covered, but it
really isn’t a downside when you consider that you are seeing the newspaper just like the people did
during the American Civil War with the drawings at their original size.
Now for the “WOW!” factor and it was a real surprise to me. Schiffer Publishing just states that the
book has a hardcover. I guess understating things is the new way of marketing things nowadays.
That way when you receive the book you are totally amazed to find out that the hardcover is
covered in fine dark brown Corinthian leather with the pressed leaf work along the spine with the
corners of the book trimmed out with the same pressed leaves design. Oh, and the 19th century
lettering is embossed in gold leaf print. My friends that’s some ‘hardcover’! I never ceased to
be totally amazed by the excellent quality of the books from Schiffer Publishing.
On the inside of the book cover they use 19th century light green leaf design paper. This is an
excellent facsimile of a 19th century book and is very pleasing to the eye of the beholder. This is a
‘must have’ book for the American Civil War enthusiast, the American history enthusiast, and
anyone who fully appreciates a top quality masterpiece of the book craftsman’s art. All of these
words of description can be boiled down to just one word, WOW! That is the first word that you
will say when you take this totally excellent book out of its shipping box. “WOW!” Just say’s it all
and you will be totally amazed by the top quality that Schiffer Publishing places in the construction
of their books.
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I guess understating things is a good marketing tool, as it leaves the complete and total
joy of satisfaction to the customer’s enjoyment.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Famous Leaders and Battles of the Civil War has received the
much sought after and coveted “WOW! +” Rating.
(Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Famous Leaders and Battles of the Civil War)
This book is totally awesome! It’s like when you see the Grand Canyon
for the first time. It’s very hard to describe and it totally blows your
mind!
History Press
Check Their Web Site
~ HISTORY PRESS ~
The American Civil War Sesquicentennial Series
on Campaigns, Battles and Skirmishes
EDITOR’S NOTE: I would like to draw the reader’s attention to the fact that History Press is
publishing for the American Civil War Sesquicentennial an entire series of trade paperback books
covering the campaigns, major and minor battles, and skirmishes that took place each year of our
four year national struggle often referred to as the War Between the States.
History Press deserves congratulations and all the accolades of the historic community
for producing such a fine series of historical books for the celebration of the
sesquicentennial. Each book is written by a different historian who is very knowledgeable about
the particular campaign, battle, or skirmish that occurred during each year of the conflict. The
books are published as they are finished and are not in any historical sequence.
Each book has maps, photos, drawings, and paintings of each engagement and is very well covered
and explained to the reader. The quality of each book in this sesquicentennial series is excellent
and you will be proud to own this top quality series. I haven’t found a book yet in the series that I
haven’t liked.
The American Civil War Sesquicentennial Series on Campaigns, Battles and Skirmishes
has received a “WOW!” Rating for the second year of its publishing.
“In eighteen hundred and sixty two
both sides were falling true …”
“All BOOKS ARE WOW!” RATED
Battle of Piedmont--$21.99, Battle of Westport--$19.99, Civil War in
Baton Rouge--$19.99, Battle of Pea Ridge--$19.99, Civil War
Springfield--$19.99, Battle of South Mountain--$21.99, Atlanta in the
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Civil War--$19.99, Northern Virginia 1861--$19.99, Battle of Mine
Creek--$19.99, Battle of New Market Heights --$19.99, West Virginia in
the Civil War--$21.99, Holly Springs--$19.99, Stone River Campaign—
$17.99, Big Bethel--$19.99, Battle of Antietam--$19.99, Winchester in
the Civil War--$21.99, Michigan in the Civil War--$21.99, Washington
County Virginia--$19.99, Guerillas in Civil War Missouri--$19.99,
Murfreesboro in the Civil War--$19.99, Civil War in Kansas--$19.99,
Rebuilding Perryville--$19.99, Brooklyn in the Civil War--$16.99, North
Carolina in the Civil War--$19.99, Battle of Brices Crossroads--$21.99,
Hidden History of Civil War Oregon--$19.99
MONUMENTS TO OUR AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
History and the Granite Monuments of Shiloh--$19.99, Stone Mountain Georgia--$19.99
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HISTORY PRESS
Check Their Web Site
THE CSS VIRGINIA: SINK BEFORE SURRENDER! Hardcover w d/j, Map, Illustrations.
$24.99.
This is one really nice ‘Top Shelf ’ book that you are just going to love my friends. This book covers
the entire history of the CSS Virginia. It is very well written and the story line is easy to follow. The
dust jacket art is exquisite as it shows the CSS Virginia sailing by the sinking USS Cumberland. The
gun crew of the USS Cumberland is still manning one of the large Dahlgren deck swivel cannons
trying to get off a last parting shot while the rest of the ships crew is in the process of abandoning
ship. The dust jacket is the true work of a very talented artist. Just some of the quality that history
press places in all of their excellent books.
THE CSS VIRGINIA: SINK BEFORE SURRENDER! has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS
JOHN H. LINDSEY BUILDING, LEWIS STREET
4354 TAMU
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The Civil War Adventures of a Blockade Runner Trade Paperback, $17.95
This is the true adventure of a Confederate Blockade Runner with all of the action and nail biting
adventure as they work to sail through the Federal Blockade Squadron during the dark of the moon.
This is a great book with a lot of action that will make an excellent addition to your Confederate
Navy bookshelf. The Civil War Adventures of a Blockade Runner has received a “WOW!”
Rating.
USS Monitor: A Historic Ship Completes Its Final Voyage Hardcover w d/j, Color & b/w
Photographs, Maps, Art and Illustrations, $39.95.
This is one really nice book! This covers the complete history of the USS MONITOR from day one
up to the present salvage operation of the turret and two cannon. This includes the preservation
operation of the items found inside the turret. This book will be the standard for the history of the
USS MONITOR. USS Monitor: A Historic Ship Completes Its Final Voyage has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine Iron Guns and Pearls Hardcover, Map, Color &
b/w Photos, Illustrations, Drawings, $34.95.
This is the story of a submarine that was built at the close of the American Civil War. The war
ended before the submarine could ever be used. The submarine was sold to some businessmen
who tried to use it down in South America for pearl diving operations. The submarine sunk in low
water and was eventually was washed up on shore in a small cove. The exposure to the air and
the salt water has greatly deteriorated what is left of the old submarine to the point that it is no
longer salvageable for preservation. It is just too far gone at this point in time. The author took
some photos so that will be what remains as the sea will claim the submarine wreckage in the next
few years. Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine Iron Guns and Pearls has received a
“WOW!” Rating.
UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies 1861—1865 by James
McPherson PhD, Maps, b/w photos, Illustrations, Hardcover w d/j, $35.00.
Dr. James McPherson won the Pulitzer Prize probably 25+ years ago for his American Civil War
history book Battle Cry of Freedom. Anything that James McPherson writes or talks about now
days we continue to hear about him winning the Pulitzer Prize so long ago. Dr. McPherson, get over
it, all glory is fleeting. What have you done that is really good reading lately?
Now Dr. James McPherson turns out this book about the Civil War at Sea and we get all of the
‘Madison Avenue Bally Who’ about this book being so great. I was really expecting a great book
along the lines of a Battle Cry of Freedom only dealing with the Civil War at sea.
This book is what is called ‘bottom line’ history. Telling the story with the least amount of details
possible. This book just lists one naval event after another without any details. If you like history
that has had all of the life sucked out of it, then this is the book for you.
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This book was written by Dr. James McPherson with the least amount of effort possible, hoping to
receive the maximum amount of financial return based on his past reputation and glory. The
bottom line is ‘it didn’t work!’ Dr. James McPherson.
Today’s American Civil War readers are highly educated people that can tell when events are not
told correctly. You should be ashamed of yourself Dr. James McPherson for trying to pass off a
pathetic book like this. The dust jacket is the only thing that is nice about this boring list of naval
events. I could write this book by just writing down one naval event after another and I am not a
book writer.
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies 1861—1865
Receives the
ANCHOR AWARD as this history book needs to be thrown overboard as it is just a boring
list of naval events and no talented writing displayed what so ever.
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Archives and History Section
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0300
Phone: (304) 558-0230 or www.wvcullture.org
From a “whirlpool of death…to victory”: Civil War Remembrances of Jesse Tyler Sturm
14th West Virginia Infantry A publication of West Virginia History, Soft Cover, 175
pages, illustrations and index, ISBN 0-9717372-1-5, Retail price: $12.95
Jesse Tyler Sturm was just 17 when the American Civil War started. In 1862 after spending a year
in a local militia company Jesse enlisted in Company H of the 14th West Virginia Infantry and spent
much of the next two years guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The 14th saw its first important action at Cloyds Mountain in southwestern Virginia on May 9, 1864.
Over the next six months, the regiment fought at several places in the Shenandoah Valley, including
Carter’s Farm, Fisher’s Hill, Winchester (Opequon) and Cedar Creek. Sturm saw his last action
during a March 1865 skirmish near Patterson’s Creek in West Virginia.
More than 40 years later, Sturm, by then a longtime resident of Kansas, wrote a series of articles
that focus primarily on 1864-1865, the most active period of his wartime service, but also a look at
Confederate General William Jones’s 1863 raid. Originally published over the course of a decade in
several newspapers, most of his stories have been assembled in From a “whirlpool of death…to
victory.” Sometimes humorous, other times poignant, Sturm’s detailed account of the Civil War will
entertain and inform the serious war buff and the casual reader alike. This book will be a nice
addition to your library and give you a better understanding of the war in West Virginia. From a
“Whirlpool of death…to victory”: Civil War Remembrances of Jesse Tyler Sturm 14th
West Virginia Infantry has received an “Excellent” Rating.
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LEONARD PRESS
PO Box 752, Bolivar, MO 65613-0752
Stephen Trobisch, David Trobisch Tel.: 1-(417)-429-1395
E-mail: [email protected] ~ Web: www.leonardpress.com
A CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGN THROUGH MISSOURI: Recollections of a German Soldier
Softcover, ISBN: 978-1-931475-59-4, Price: $18.00
Including the Original German Transcript. Compiled by Dennis Hood. Translated and introduced by
Dr. Stephen Trobisch. Edited by Cynthia Johnson. Based on the original journal kept by an
unidentified soldier, this book presents a succinctly German perspective on a military campaign
through Missouri in early 1862 in the wake of the momentous Battle of Wilson’s Creek in August,
1861. From between the lines emerges a passion for describing not only the events of the
campaign, but also personal interpretations and insights endowed with philosophical and even
poetic facets. The author of the Recollections displays skill and versatility in his writing, and most
importantly, a compelling need for verbal expression of a momentous experience in his life.
Transcribed in German, translated into English, with a critical introduction, illustrations, photographs
and bibliography.
This unidentified German soldier was involved in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek which was a sizeable
fight between the armies of the North and the South. For many a young soldier this was when
they saw “the elephant” referring to their very first battle. For some young soldiers this frightening
first experience of cannon fire, shell explosions, the thunderous volleys of rifles, the screams of the
wounded, and the warm splatters of their blood flying through the air as they are killed, would be
their last experience on earth.
But for other surviving young soldiers this same nightmare of light, sound and death would haunt
them to the end of their days on earth (Civil War P.T.S.D.) This traumatic experience of war and
death was unlike anything that this German soldier had ever experienced in his young life.
He
tried to describe in words the frightening experience of war.
This is an excellent book to add to your home library on the Department of the Trans-Mississippi
and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. “The real war will never get into the books,” but this is an
excellent attempt at describing a man made hell on earth that is called the American Civil War.
A Civil War Campaign Through Missouri: Recollections of a German Soldier has received
a “WOW! +” Rating.
HIGH PLAINS PRESS
Fine Books on the West
P.O. BOX 123
403 CASSA ROAD
GLENDO, WY 82213
Phone: 1-800-552-7819 Web: www.highplainspress.com
The Boys of Company K: Ohio Cavalry Soldiers in the West During the Civil War by Lee
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This is the true story of The Boys of Company K who hailed from Hillsboro, Dayton, Cincinnati and
other Ohio, Kansas and Nebraska towns to Fort Laramie, Fort Halleck, the Powder River, and other
frontier locations.
These men will experience the life of the common soldier station on the
dangerous western prairies. The Boys of Company K is packed with detail on the daily life and
difficult times of the 1860s frontier soldier. These accounts are taken from first-hand sources such
as newspaper articles, personal journals, and military records.
This book gives us an excellent look at what the 1860s frontier soldier was experiencing while the
rest of America was being torn apart in a Civil War.
The Boys of Company K: Ohio Cavalry Soldiers in the West During the Civil War has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
In Tar and Paint and Stone: the Inscriptions at Independence Rock and Devil’s Gate by
Levida Hileman, 352 pages, ISBN: 0-931271-61-4, Trade Paperback, index, photos,
bibliography, $19.95
While some people were busy fighting a Civil War others were headed West to Oregon and
California. It was at Independence Rock that the travelers headed west had an opportunity to make
a lasting mark. They wrote their names on Independence Rock in tar and paint and stone. Levida
Hileman presents a comprehensive history of Independence Rock and an alphabetical listing of
more than 2,000 names she and other surveyors have found inscribed on the rock “in tar and paint
and stone.” Levida Hileman went one step further by searching diaries, histories, cemeteries, and
census records for traces of information on the inscribers. That biographical information plus
historic photographs supplement the inscription list.
This is a must have book for anyone who had ancestors who traveled west by covered wagons. In
this book you can check and see if your ancestors inscribed their names on Independence Rock or
at Devils Gate. In Tar and Paint and Stone: The Inscriptions at Independence Rock and
Devil’s Gate has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
~ High Plains Press ~
This is the first time that we have reviewed books from High Plains Press and I hope that our many
readers will let me know how you like their publications. High Plains Press has some more very
interesting book titles that I think you will like learning about: Butch Cassidy, My Uncle: A
Family Portrait, Drybone: A History of Fort Fetterman, Wyoming, Slade! The True
Story of the Notorious Badman, and I See By Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Gear of the
Northern Plains. These are just a few of the exciting western titles that High Plains Press has to
offer. From the two books that I have just reviewed I can report that the book quality on both
sides of the book cover looks very good and the book prices are reasonable. I hope that they will
send the four titles mentioned above for review.
We will just have to wait and see what High
Plains Press will send.
LIBRARY OF AMERICA
LITERARY CLASSICS OF THE US
14 EAST 60th STREET
11th FLOOR
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Phone: 1-(212) - 308-3360 ~ Fax: 1-(212)-750-8352
www.loa.org
The Civil War: The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It (November 1860 to January
1862) by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, editors, 2011,
840 pages, ISBN: 978-1-59853-088-9, Cloth w d/j, LOA#212, 202277, available as an
e-book, $37.50.
The Civil War: The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It is the first volume in an unprecedented
four-volume series chronicling our most devastating conflict. Drawing from letters, diaries,
speeches, newspaper accounts, poems, songs, military reports, and memoirs, The First Year weaves
over 120 pieces by more than 60 participants into a unique firsthand record of events—as seen from
North and South, in the heat of battle and at the home front—from November 1860 to January
1862.
This is a very informative series that the American Civil War enthusiasts will definitely want to add
to their library. The reader has an excellent look at the first year of the war and how the people
both North and South were affected by the events as they took place that year. The Civil War:
The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It (November 1860 to January 1862) has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
The Civil War: The Second Year Told by Those Who Lived It (January 1862 to January
1863) by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, editors, 912
pages, ISBN: 978-1-59853-144-2, Hardback w d/j, $40.00, LOA#221, 202368, available
as an e-book.
Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, newspaper accounts, poems, songs, military reports, and
memoirs, The Civil War weaves hundreds of pieces by scores of participants into a unique first-hand
record of events—as seen from North and South, in the heat of battle and at the home front—
January 1862 to January 1863. This is the second book in the four-volume series that covers this
devastating conflict. The volumes covering The Third Year and The Final Year will be published
in 2013 and 2014 respectively. The Civil War: The Second Year Told by Those Who Lived It
(January 1862 to January 1863) has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
AMBROSE BIERCE: The Devil’s Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirs edited by S.T. Joshi, 880
pages, $35.00 cloth hardcover, on sale September 1, 2011, volume #219 in The Library
of America.
Amid the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, and in anticipation of the centennial of his
mysterious disappearance in 1914, The Library of America announces a deluxe and authoritative
edition of the essential writings of Ambrose Bierce. A veteran of some of the bloodiest battles of
the American Civil War, Bierce went on to become the literary scourge of San Francisco, one of the
darkest and most death-haunted of American writers and the blackest of black humorists. This
volume gathers the most celebrated and significant of his writings in one volume for the first time.
“In the Midst of Life” (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), his collection of short fiction about the
American Civil War, which includes the masterpieces “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and
“Chickamauga.” is suffused with a fiercely ironic sense of the horror and randomness of war. Can
Such Things Be? brings together “The Death of Halpin Frayser,” “The Damned Thing,” “The Moonlit
Road,” and other tales of terror that make Bierce the genre’s most significant American practitioner
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between Poe and Lovecraft. The Devil’s Dictionary, the brilliant lexicon of subversively cynical
definitions on which Bierce worked for decades, displays to the full his corrosive wit. In Bits of
Autobiography, the series of memoirs that includes the memorable “What I Saw of Shiloh,” he
recreates his experiences in the war and its aftermath. The volume is rounded out with a selection
of the best stories not gathered in the two major collections. Acclaimed Bierce scholar S.T. Joshi
provides detailed notes and a newly researched chronology of Bierce’s life and career.
Ambrose Bierce was a Union Veteran who suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D.).
These traumatic nightmares of combat in the American Civil War would inspire the writings of
Ambrose Bierce. The Devils Dictionary gives the reader insight into the mind of a person suffering
from P.T.S.D. from the American Civil War.
The reader interested in psychology, writing, and
history will all benefit from this excellent book.
Ambrose Bierce: The Devil’s Dictionary,
Tales, & Memoirs has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
The Truth About War
“Old men talk about the glory of war,
Politicians talk about the need for war,
But the young men who have to go and fight the wars,
The ones who have to do all the fighting, killing and dying,
They just want to go home; they just want to go home!”
(Movie Shenandoah ~ Jimmy Stewart ~ 1967)
McFARLAND & COMPANY PUBLISHERS, INC.
P.O. BOX 611
JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA 28640
www.mcfarlandpub.com , ORDERS 1-800-253-2187
The CSS Albemarle and William Cushing by Jim Stempel, 246 pages, $35.00, Softcover,
(6 x 9), 16 photos, notes, bibliography, index, ISBN: 978-0-7864-6529-3, E-book ISBN:
978-0-7864-8873-5, Pub: 2011.
On October 27, 1864, two marvels of the Civil War collided on the Roanoke River near Plymouth,
North Carolina. The first was the formidable Confederate ironclad Albemarle, a 376-ton behemoth
that had for months roamed the nearby rivers and waters of Albemarle Sound, defeating in turn
everything the Federal Navy could throw at it. The second was William B. Cushing, a 21-year-old
Federal naval lieutenant who had been selected to lead a virtual suicide mission to destroy the
ironclad in her berth. This chronicle of the young officer’s “David vs. Goliath” victory over the
daunting ironclad presents a tale of courage and accomplishment.
This is a very exciting naval story and will hold the reader’s attention through-out the entire story.
This book will make an excellent addition to your American Civil War library. The CSS Albemarle
and William Cushing has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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The 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War by Dennis W. Belcher, 348 pages,
$39.95, Softcover, (7 x 10), 91 photos, 14 maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index,
ISBN: 978-0-7864-4882-1, E-book ISBN: 978-0-7864-8622-9, 2011.
The 11th Missouri Infantry distinguished itself as just the type of regiment the Union needed in the
Civil War. Hard as nails and loyal to a fault, the men of the “Eagle Brigade” would follow their
commanders “into hell if they were ordered.” They battled two Confederate regiments at Iuka,
turned the tide at Battery Robinett at Corinth, assaulted the impossible Stockade Redan at
Vicksburg as whole ranks of soldiers were cut down, and broke Hood’s line at Nashville. Although
the 11th Missouri ranks among the 300 top regiments of the Civil War, little of its history has been
formally recorded. This study provides a detailed account of the regiment’s four-and-a-half years of
outstanding service and a roster.
This is one tough bunch of Yankees from the “Show Me!” state of Missouri, and you will definitely
want to add this excellent book to your Union library shelf. This will make a great addition to your
collection of Civil War regimentals. The 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Under the Maltese Cross: Antietam to Appomattox: The Loyal Uprising in Western
Pennsylvania 1861-1865 Campaigns, 155th Pennsylvania Regiment
Narrated by the
Rank and File, 1910 (Reprint) pub. by the Rank and File, Cat. #4014*, 817 Pages, Size:
8 ½ X 11, Hardback………$69.95 on sale for $59.95.
The Maltese Cross was the insignia for the 5th Corps Army of the Potomac to which the 155th
Pennsylvania Regiment was assigned. This is a very nice book and just loaded with photographs of
the officers and men of the 155th Pennsylvania Regiment. The book has all of the lovely flourishes
of various Militaria decorating the borders of pages containing photographs. The original 1910
issue of this book is a real work of art in the way books were illustrated with photos, paintings,
drawings, and maps. Mechling Book Bindery has made an exact reprint of the original 1910 issue.
Mechling Book Bindery is known for producing top quality work on a consistent basis.
The artists really knew how to illustrate a book one hundred and two years ago. It’s a different
style than the way books are illustrated today. The books of yesteryear had ‘a certain touch of
19th century class in the way that they were presented. I guess its best described as a Victorian
style of presentation.
Under the Maltese Cross has that ‘Victorian air’ of a book published just a
few short years after the American Civil War by printers who were actual veterans. This is a book
that will bring the historian, scholar, and the American Civil War enthusiasts a lot of enjoyment and
reading pleasure. This is a book that you will be very proud to own and show to your friends.
Under the Maltese Cross: Antietam to Appomattox: The Loyal Uprising in Western
Pennsylvania 1861-1865 Campaigns, 155th Pennsylvania Regiment has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
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Sketch of the Battle of Gettysburg, Friday Morning, July 3rd, 1863 (Reprint) Sketch by
Edwin Forbes, found in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of
the Civil War, 1896. This is the illustrated study of the struggle that occurred on that
fateful day. This battle sketch is printed on heavy 70# paper, suitable for framing.
#7756, 16 ½ x 11 ½ ……. $ 1.50 each.
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PITTSBURGH, PA 15222
412-321-6016
[email protected]
A Soldier’s Story: The 145th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War
by Kathleen E. Harris and Paul L. Harris, ISBN: 978-1-4507-6468-1, Trade Paperback,
206 pages, Foreword, Introduction, Map, 26 Chapters, Epilogue, Selected Sources.
Price: $10.00
The War Service Record of
Sergeant James J. Harris, 145th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, Co. E,
II Corps, First Division, Fourth Brigade, Army of the Potomac
A SOLDIER’S STORY recounts the movement of the Army of the Potomac from Antietam in
September 1862 until the end of the war at Appomattox in April 1865 through the eyes of a regular
soldier in the 145th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment. James J. Harris was married just ten days
before he observed the results of the Battle of Antietam. He fought with his regiment in four of the
bloodiest and most critical battles of the war: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness and
Spotsylvania. James survived two serious illnesses and a wound received at Sailor’s Creek three
days before the war’s end. He had relatives living at Gettysburg whose farm was destroyed during
the third day of the battle. James fought under some of the best and worst generals of the war.
He experienced and survived one of the most harrowing times in American history. When the war
was over Sergeant James J. Harris went home to Erie County in Pennsylvania to raise a family and
live a farmer’s life. This is the story of one American youth answering the call of his country in its
hour of peril. This is an old story, the story of a prolonged conflict that almost nobody wanted. As
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you read A Soldier’s Story, the war service of James J. Harris, you will realize that it is hard to
explore the corridors of the past with coming face to face with ourselves. This is a must have book
for your American Civil War library. This is a book that you will be proud to own. This book is well
made and the colors in the cover art are easy on the eyes and make this book stand out. A
Soldier’s Story: he 145th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War has
received a “WOW! +” Rating. It doesn’t get any better than this my friends.
JANE MARIE BOOKS
PHONE: 607-898-4008 FAX: 607-253-0367
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Dear Friend Amelia, the Civil War Letters of Private John Tidd by Mary Jordan and Joyce
Hatch, with Ronald E. Ostman and Harry Littell, 2011, Pages: 176, Size: 9.25” X 7”,
ISBN: 978-0-615-39520-3, Hardcover with image of John & Amelia, 120 photos with full
page image of John & Amelia (separate images), one map, some copies of John’s actual
letters, and the inside covers also in John’s handwriting. (Book has sidebars with
relevant battle information.) Price: $34.95 for book, $1.85 for copies of extra letters
discovered after book was published, plus tax. Packing and Shipping: $3.99.
This is a whole series of letters that young private John Tidd wrote to his dear friend Amelia. The
book tells of John Tidd’s experiences in the army from basic training, life in camp, and finally the
fighting on the battlefield. John Tidd experiences the great boredom between battles. John Tidd
writes to his friend Amelia and at times he sounds even poetic in his writings. This is an excellent
group of letters that let us experience the thoughts and emotions of a young person in the Union
Army.
After the book was completed a few stray letters were found at a later date. The authors have
printed these letters and they are sold separately. The letters come with the page numbers where
they fit into the book. I carefully used a ruler and a piece of paper and glue stick and allowed a
quarter of an inch border and carefully placed the extra letters inside the book where they should
go. This procedure is called tipping in the book binder’s trade. This can be done neatly if you don’t
rush and take time for the glue to dry. If you try to rush the process you will make a royal mess.
Dear Friend Amelia the Civil War Letters of Private John Tidd has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
EDITORS NOTE: How books are evaluated for the book review.
The book: Dear Friend Amelia the Civil War Letters of Private John Tidd has already won
some awards; the authors insisted I tell this fact. Many of the books that are reviewed in The Lone
Star Book Review win various book awards. When I review the book, the awards haven’t been
given. I don’t look at other reviewers comments. I don’t really care what they have to say and I
don’t want to know. I read the books and form my own opinions. It is nice to see later on after I
have reviewed the book that it wins some awards in various categories. It just means that others
agree with me that the book is exceptional.
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I don’t keep up with the various book awards and I don’t really care. Awards might stroke the
writer’s ego, but for this book reviewer they get in the way of me forming my opinion. I have a
check list that I go through for every book. If the book doesn’t meet the list of specifications then
it doesn’t get reviewed.
The reason why I don’t pay attention to book awards. A famous person can write a book, with a lot
of publicity, and some Madison Avenue ballyhoo they can sell a large number of books. What all of
this publicity and ballyhoo covers up is that the author is packed full of prunes on the history. The
author doesn’t know what he/she is talking about as far as U.S. history.
I don’t care if the author is famous or not, that doesn’t mean much to me. I don’t listen to all of
their publicity. I read the book and start in with my check list and when it doesn’t pass my check
list it doesn’t get reviewed. We deal with only the very best books and I don’t have time for the
books that don’t make the review.
I put my good name on the line when I recommend a book.
That’s why I don’t get wrapped up with awards, publicity, and ballyhoo. I make up my mind
without all of these distractions. ~ Editor Ed Porter
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Joshua L. Chamberlain: A Life in Letters Edited by Thomas Desjardin, Foreword by
James McPherson, Introduction from The National Civil War Museum, May 2012, L17.99
U.K., $25.95 U.S.A., ISBN: 978-1-84908-559-5, Hardcover.
The largest collection of never-before published letters from and to Civil War hero
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain provides a foundation for a new look at the life of one of the
American Civil War’s most enduring legends.
From an insecure young man with a considerable stuttering problem who grew up in a small town in
Maine, New England, Joshua Chamberlain rose to become a Major General, recipient of the Medal of
Honor, Governor of Maine and President of Bowdoin College. His writings are among the most oftquoted of all American Civil War memoirs and he has since become a legendary, even mythical
historical figure. In 1995, The National Civil War Museum, Pennsylvania, acquired a collection of
approximately three hundred letters written by or sent to Chamberlain from his college years in
1852 to his death in 1914. These letters—never before seen or cited by scholars—provide a
remarkably revealing and personal look into Chamberlain’s life, his relationships and his personal
views.
Chamberlain’s life is a remarkable story of perseverance, tragedy and triumph as told through the
intimate letters collected in this volume. Readers will find this unique portrait to be entertaining,
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moving and inspiring as this is a great contribution to the literature of the American Civil War. My
reader friends, this is a ‘must have’ book for your Civil War library.
Joshua L. Chamberlain: A Life in Letters has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KANSAS
2502 WESTBROOKE CIRCLE
LAWRENCE KS 66045-4444
George Henry Thomas: As True as Steel by Brian Wills, 600 Pages, 17 Photographs, and
19 Maps, April 18, 2012, Hardcover w d/j, ISBN: 978-0-7006-1841-5, $39.95.
This is truly the most definitive biography of George Henry Thomas published as to date. This book
is much more deeply researched than the other biographies of General Thomas. Brian Wills has
fully covered the life of George Henry Thomas in more new details than any other biographer. Brian
Wills is the Director of the Center for the Study of the Civil War Era at Kennesaw State University
where he is professor of history. George Henry Thomas was one of the very best Generals of the
Union Army. General Thomas completely destroyed the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the
Battle of Knoxville and that is something that no other Union General had ever accomplished.
George Henry Thomas: As True as Steel has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Quayside Publishing
MOTOR BOOKS
C/O RRD P&F
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APPLETON WI 54915
The Greatest Brigade (The Irish Brigade) Trade Paperback, Photos, Maps, Illustrations,
$19.99.
This is an excellent book covering the famous Irish Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. This is a
very nice book for your library and is reasonably priced. The Greatest Brigade has received a
“WOW!” Rating.
Historical Atlas of the Civil War (Special Collector’s Edition) Hardcover w d/j, $29.99.
This is a nice Civil War atlas and is reasonably priced. This atlas is very good for the younger
reader, the new reader of Civil War history, and the person who isn’t into the finite details of a
much more expensive Civil War atlas. Historical Atlas of the Civil War has received a
“WOW!” Rating.
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NEWS FLASH!
We interrupt this book review with some very important news
about the Confederate defense industry! News from Alabama
is a second printing of the very informative and much sought
after book: TANNEHILL and the Growth of the Alabama Iron
Industry: Including the Civil War in West Alabama.
Tannehill Ironworks
C/O Book Order
12632 Confederate Parkway
McCalla, AL 35111
TANNEHILL and the Growth of the Alabama Iron Industry: Including the Civil War in
West Alabama by James R. Bennett, ISBN: 978-0-9674-4550-2, ISBN: 0-9674455-0-7
Cloth w d/j, bibliography, references, index, 8 ½ X 11, 488 pages, 260 photographs and
maps which can be ordered in Trade Paperback $30.00 or Hardcover $45.00. Please
add $4.00 postage and handling fee for the first book and $2.00 for each additional
book ordered. U.S. only. Checks, money orders, VISA and Master Card are accepted.
For more information or to order by phone with a credit card call 1-(205) 477-5711.
Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing and shipping.
When President Andrew Jackson was in office a few iron mongers and investors in Alabama started
to unlock the state’s vast mineral resources with the Cedar Creek Furnace in 1815. From this first
humble beginning, the state of Alabama would grow with additional furnaces and factories.
By the time of our American Civil War (1861-1865) the state of Alabama would be known as the
“Arsenal of the Confederacy.” Iron for warships, cannon, ammunition, and firearms.
A whole myriad of different war materials were being manufactured in western Alabama.
April of 1865 would see the surrender of the Confederate army of Northern Virginia and the Army of
Tennessee to the victorious Union armies; but not before Wilson’s Raiders had burned a dozen war
time furnaces and left them in ruins. These consuming fires would ignite a major resurgence of the
iron and steel industry at a place called Birmingham in the 1880s.
One of these war time iron furnaces that were destroyed was known as the Tannehill Ironworks.
Today the restored Tannehill Ironworks is part of a Historical State Park. During the United States
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Bicentennial Celebration the Tannehill Ironworks was recharged and put back into blast. It was the
first time that an iron furnace had been put back into blast in over one hundred years.
Today Tannehill Ironworks serves as a museum to the Alabama Iron and Steel Industry.
Tannehill and the Growth of the Alabama Iron Industry: Including the Civil War in West
Alabama is a ‘must have’ book not only for your Confederate library, but also ties in for your
firearms library as it was from these ironworks in Alabama that the metal for Confederate arms and
edged weapons would come. This fantastic book covers all the iron works that melted metal for
the Confederacy, but also covers the rebirth of the iron works industry after it had been brought to
ruin by Wilson’s Raiders during the war.
This fantastic book comes in Trade Paperback and Cloth w d/j and I would like to suggest that you
pay the few dollars more and get the cloth edition as the book does have some weight to it. I think
you will enjoy the cloth edition just a little bit more.
Tannehill and the Growth of the Alabama Iron Industry: Including the Civil War in West
Alabama has received the coveted and much sought after rating of “WOW! +”. It
doesn’t get any higher than this on the rating scale.
JUDITH RIKER DUNCAN
4725 BROOKWOOD DRIVE
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 24018
A GENTEEL SPY: the Inspiring Odyssey of Martha Broyles Royce and her family during
the Civil War edited and illustrated by Judith Riker Duncan. Two Peas Publishing,
$14.95.
Author Judith Riker Duncan has an unusual Confederate ancestor who was a spy. Martha Broyles
Royce was a genteel little lady that you would never suspect to be a Confederate spy. Not every
spy for the Confederacy is written up and listed in some master work on Southern Spies. While
looking through old letters and family paper Judith Riker Duncan discovered that her Confederate
ancestor and family had done a little more that just support the Confederate cause. Judith Riker
Duncan has done a beautiful job illustrating this book. This is a ‘must have’ book for the person
interested in the very dangerous side of supporting the Confederacy. If caught, spies get to do the
rope dance at the end of a hangman’s noose. This book is an exciting walk on the “wild side” of
patriotism.
A GENTEEL SPY: the Inspiring Odyssey of Martha Broyles Royce and her
family during the Civil War has received a “WOW! +” Rating. It doesn’t get any better
than this my friends.
GATEHOUSE PRESS
P.O. BOX 1311
DAYTON, OH 45401
The Confederate Ordnance Manual 1862 Hardcover, Drawings, Illustrations, $25.00.
This book is a great aid to the Civil War Artillery re-enactor as it gives sizes and dimensions of items
to be replicated. This book is also very helpful to the historian. This book is a ‘must have’ for the
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person who is interested in Confederate artillery. The Confederate Ordnance Manual 1862
has received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
Gettysburg (Confederate) Death Roster Trade Paperback, $42.50
This is a list of all the Confederate dead at Gettysburg and is as accurate as humanly possible.
This information is very helpful for southerners to find out what happened to their Confederate
ancestor at Gettysburg. This book is a ‘must have’ for your Gettysburg or Confederate library.
Gettysburg (Confederate) Death Roster has received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
Pelican Publishing Company
1000 Burmaster St. Gretna, LA 70053-2246
Phone: 1-504-368-1175 Fax: 1-504-368-1195
E-Mail Address: [email protected]
WWW Address: http://www.pelicanpub.com
Editor’s Note: Pelican Publishing Company has always been a favorite with our Lone Star Book
Review readers. Pelican Publishing Company has always produced top quality books that are a real
pleasure to review. Pelican Publishing Company has always encouraged southern authors to write
about the history of the region.
We due send our deepest sympathies to the family and employees of Pelican Publishing Company
on the loss of Dr. Milburn Calhoun. Rest in peace Dr. Calhoun and thank you for touching our lives.
They Rode With Forrest Hardback, Photos, Appendix, $19.95
This is a very important book as it lists every Confederate regiment and artillery battery that ever
rode with General Forrest and how long the unit served. This is a ‘must have’ book for your
Confederate cavalry bookshelf. They Rode With Forrest has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Clash at Kennesaw June & July 1864 Hardback w d/j, Map, Photos, $21.95
This is a very good explanation of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in late June and early July of
1864. The fighting along the Kennesaw line is fully explained from the Battle of Cheatam Hill to the
truce the Confederates gave during the battle so the Union troops could retrieve their wounded and
dead before a ground fire consumed them.
The Confederates won the Battle of Kennesaw
Mountain, but they were finally outflanked and had to fall back to their Chattahoochee River line.
This is a ‘must have’ book for your Atlanta Campaign book shelf.
Clash at Kennesaw June & July 1864 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Richard Taylor and the Red River Campaign of 1864 Hardback w d/j, Map, Photos,
$26.95.
This is an excellent book covering the American Civil War in Louisiana. Confederate General Richard
Taylor would lour the Union warships up the Red River knowing that the river had a dry season
starting. The Union warships soon became trapped as the Red River started drying up.
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It was only by the quick thinking of a Union officer that a coffer dam was built thus trapping the
water of the river and floating the warships. When enough water had been raised the coffer dam
was opened up in a section and the warships floated down the river on the flood tide. The Red
River Campaign of 1864 proved to be a total victory for the Confederacy as the Union troops left
demoralized and defeated.
Richard Taylor and the Red River Campaign of 1864 has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
HERITAGE BOOKS INC.
Check Their Web Site
Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama, Trade Paperback, $24.95
A compendium lists all of the state regiments and batteries for a certain state. This is a good book
to have if your Confederate ancestor fought for the state of Alabama. This book has an
“EXCELLENT!” Rating.
Regimental History of the 35th Alabama Infantry 1862-1865, Trade Paperback, $18.00
This regiment was formed from the citizens of Molten, Alabama and Lawrence County in
Northeastern Alabama. This regiment fought in the Confederate Army of Tennessee until
surrendered at the end of the American Civil War. (My great grandfather Charles Miles Patterson
Hampton fought in this regiment until the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg. Then he joined the
5th Alabama Cavalry.) Regimental History of the 35th Alabama Infantry 1862-1865 has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Southern Boots and Saddles: The Fifteenth Confederate Cavalry C.S.A. First Regiment
Alabama and Florida Cavalry, 1863—1865, Hardback, $40.00
This book is interesting and covers the battle action that this Confederate cavalry group saw in the
Confederate Army of Tennessee. Southern Boots and Saddles: The Fifteenth Confederate
Cavalry C.S.A. First Regiment Alabama and Florida Cavalry, 1863—1865 has received a
“WOW!” Rating.
Heartbreak of a Civil War Widows Life of Sarah Harper McWhorter 1825—1883. 1st
Alabama Cavalry, U. S. V. , Hardcover, $30.00
The sad thing about war is that people die. This is the story of the heartbreak of Sarah Harper
McWhorter whose husband was killed in action in the service of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, United
States Volunteers, Union Army. A war time widow’s life wasn’t easy, but this is the story of Sarah’s
heartbreak. Heartbreak of a Civil War Widows Life of Sarah Harper McWhorter 1825—
1883. 1st Alabama Cavalry, U. S. V. has received a “WOW!” Rating.
TWO TRAILS PUBLISHING
Check Their Web Site
A REUNION IN DEATH: Gravesites of the Quantrill Men and the James Gang Volume 1
$26.95 and Volume 2 $22.95. Trade Paperbacks, Photos
The Confederate troopers that road with William Clark Quantrill and Bloody Bill Anderson were
deemed as outlaws by the U.S. Army Commanders in Missouri/Kansas theater of war and were to
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be hung by the neck until dead if captured. At the end of the American Civil War many of these
men changed their names and even moved to other states to avoid capture. Some of them like the
James brothers and the Younger brothers became train and bank robbers at the end of the war.
One of these Confederate troopers moved to Arizona and ran a stage stop at what is now Avondale,
Arizona which is part of the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. This Confederate’s name was Billy
Moore. Each year the city of Avondale, Arizona celebrates their founder with Billy Moore Days.
Compatriot Ed Porter supplied the information about Billy Moore and the late compatriot Robert
Perkins supplied the photograph of Bill Moore’s grave.
All of the known men who were members of Quantrill’s Raiders have their final resting places now
shown in these two outstanding books including Avondale’s Billy Moore. These two books will make
a very nice addition to your Confederate library.
These were the Confederates who were never allowed to surrender and live the rest of their lives in
peace.
This is where the Hollywood movie The Outlaw Josey Wales story comes from. A
REUNION IN DEATH: Gravesites of the Quantrill Men and the James Gang has received a
“WOW!” Rating.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
1312 BASEHART SE
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106-4363
JOSEY WALES: Two Westerns Trade Paperback, $19.95
This is the book that the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales was taken from. This is a very exciting
book and should be added to your Confederate library. This is a back issue from the University of
New Mexico Press and you need to make sure that they still have copies in stock before you place
your order. The early orders get the stock remainders. JOSEY WALES: Two Westerns has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
The UNIVERSITY PRESS of KENTUCKY
A PUBLISHER OF QUALITY BOOKS
663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40508-4008
www.kentuckypress.com
(The following books are Confederate back issues
in short supply; check stock supply before ordering.)
(Thank You to the University of Kentucky Press for supplying these Review Copies.)
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Rebel Raider: The Life of John Hunt Morgan, The Thunderbolt of the Confederacy Trade
Paperback, Photos, Map, $19.95
This is an excellent biography of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. This is an excellent
addition to your Confederate book shelf. Rebel Raider: The Life of John Hunt Morgan, The
Thunderbolt of the Confederacy has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
John Hunt Morgan and His Raiders Hardcover w d/j, Photos, Map, $20.00.
This excellent book covers Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, his command, and his cavalry
raids. This excellent book is a ‘must have’ book for your Confederate Cavalry bookshelf.
John Hunt Morgan and His Raiders has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Basil Wilson Duke CSA: The Right Man in the Right Place Hardcover w d/j, Photos, Map,
$35.00
Brigadier General Basil Wilson Duke was second in command of Major General John Hunt Morgan’s
Confederate Raiders. This book is the very best biography of General Duke’s life and service to the
Confederate cause. This book is a great addition to your Confederate library dealing with
Confederate Cavalry Raiders. Basil Wilson Duke CSA: The Right Man in the Right Place has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
Brigadier General John D. Imboden: Confederate Commander in the Shenandoah
Hardcover w d/j, Photos, Illustrations, Map, $35.00
Brigadier General John D. Imboden: Confederate Commander in the Shenandoah Valley was given
an almost impossible job of dealing with the Union army that was larger, well supplied, and very
well armed.
General Imboden and his Confederate soldiers fought against overwhelming odds.
This book is a ‘must have’ for your book collection on the war in the Shenandoah Valley.
Brigadier General John D. Imboden: Confederate Commander in the Shenandoah has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
CIVIL WAR SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
EMERALD BOOK COMPANY
P.O. Box: 91869
Austin, Texas 78709
Phone: 512-891-6100 ~ Web: www.EmeraldBookCompany.com
SAVANNAH: BROKERS, BANKERS, AND BAY LANE — INSIDE THE SLAVE TRADE Vol. 2
by Barry Sheehy and Cindy Wallace with Vaughnette Goode-Walker, 262 pages, Cloth w
d/j, ISBN: 978-0-934572-69-6, 16 Chapters, Photos, Drawings, Maps, Appendices A&B,
Sources, Bibliography, Notes, Index. Price: $34.95 + $10.85 Priority Mail USPS
This is the second book in this four part series about the city of Savannah, Georgia during our
American Civil War. I can’t tell you when volume three and four will be finished. This second
book gives the reader a very good look at the slave trade in Savannah. The book has many
illustrations of original documents of the time. We get to see the slave trade through original
photographs, documents of the time, and artifacts such as handcuffs, chains and shackles. It’s not
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a very pretty picture when you enslave people against their will, but it did happen and it is a part of
American history.
We can’t wish away this terrible part of history, but we can learn from it.
Savannah: Brokers, Bankers, and Baylane—Inside the Slave Trade Vol. 2 have received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
McFARLAND & COMPANY, INC. PUBLISHERS
P.O. BOX 611
JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA 28640
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Louisianans in the Western Confederacy by Stuart Salling, 270 pages, $39.95, Softcover,
(7 x 10), 63 photos, 43 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0-7864-4218-8, Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7864-5683-3, Pub. 2010.
The Louisiana Brigade served the Confederacy in the Army of Tennessee, battling on the western
frontier. Commanded by Daniel W. Adams and Randall L. Gibson, the brigade fought from the
Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 to the surrender at Meridian in May 1865. This volume follows the
formation and history of the individual units, the politics of command, and the war’s end and
aftermath.
If you like reading about the Confederate Army of Tennessee then this is a ‘must have’ book about
the famous Louisiana Brigade and its part in the army of the heartland. A book about the famous
Louisiana Brigade doesn’t come down the pike very often, so this is a very important book for your
Confederate library. Louisianans in the Western Confederacy has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
The Boys of Diamond Hill by J. Keith Jones, 192 pages, $45.00, Softcover, Appendices,
notes, bibliography, index, ISBN: 978-0-7864-6333-6, E-book ISBN: 978-0-7864-85864, 2011.
In April 1861, brothers Daniel and Pressley Boyd left their farm in Abbeville County, South Carolina,
to join the Confederate army. The Civil War soon swept their older brothers, William, Thomas and
Andrew, as well as brother-in-law Fenton Hall into service. By the war’s end, only Daniel survived.
The extensive collection of letters the Boyd’s left behind, assembled for the first time, details their
experiences across almost every theater of the war and offers commentary on many aspects of
soldier life—from illness, death, and religion to friendly fire, desertion, and politics. Few families
sacrificed so much to the Confederate cause as the Boyd’s.
The sad part about war is that families are torn apart and members fall to rise no more. The Boys
of Diamond Hill is such a story. It’s a sad story and causes us to really ponder the cost demanded
for the results that were achieved. This individual question can only be answered by the reader at
the end of the book.
What we today should always remember; is there were those who fought and lived, those who
fought and died, those who gave much, and those who gave all to give us a better future.
The Boys of Diamond Hill has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI PRESS
Check Their Web Site
LOST MANSIONS of MISSISSIPPI VOL. 1 Hardcover, b/w Photographs, $37.00
LOST MANSIONS of MISSISSIPPI VOL. 2 Hardcover, b/w Photographs, $35.00
These two books cover the antebellum mansions of Mississippi that were either destroyed during
the American Civil War, or fell into great disrepair by being abandoned by the owners or total lack of
attention by the owner due to the grinding poverty of reconstruction and post reconstruction period.
The reader can still see in the ruins of these lost mansions the former beauty that they once had in
a time so long ago. These are the true ghosts of Mississippi, see them while you can as one day
they will be gone forever. Lost Mansions of Mississippi Volume 1 & 2 has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
GREG MANNING
Author E-Mail: [email protected]
Unwavering Duty by Greg Manning, Hardcover $30.00, Softcover $20.00, 384 Pages,
Size: 9” X 6”
“Unwavering Duty” provides the reader with the final days of the Confederate government as
Jefferson Davis and his cabinet members are forced to retreat from Richmond. It then follows the
Confederate President through the surrender of the armies of General Lee and Johnson, the federal
pursuit culminating in his capture and incarceration at Fortress Monroe. At this point, the book
provides the ‘what if’’ of history when the federal government, instead of pardoning Davis under the
auspices of the 14th Amendment, decides to place him on trial for treason against the United States.
H.G. Manning was born at a time when the country was just preparing for the centennial celebration
of the ‘Civil War’. Perhaps it was these events that piqued his interest in the period for as long as
he can remember he has studied the battles of the war. However over time he became more
interested in the reason(s) the South decided that secession was the best remedy for their
grievances against the Union. Upon retiring from the United States Army he devoted more effort in
the study of the antebellum politics culminating in writing “Unwavering Duty.” This excellent book
will make a very nice addition to your Confederate library.
Unwavering Duty has received a “WOW! +”Rating.
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UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA PRESS
The University of Oklahoma Press has published award-winning books
about the American West for more than eighty years.
2800 VENTURE DRIVE, NORMAN, OK 73069-8216
OUPRESS.COM, OUPRESSBLOG.COM
The Arthur H. Clark Company (an imprint of OU Press)
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Search for the Native American Purebloods Third Edition by Charles Banks Wilson,
$24.95s, Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8061-3285-3, 64 pages.
This book has seventy-seven remarkable pencil drawings of the last Native American Purebloods of
tribes living on reservations in Oklahoma. Some of these people are the last pureblood members of
their tribe that exist. These drawings cover a time period of sixty years. They are beautiful faces
that have character and pride.
There is double old grandmother Comanche who has a smile on
her time worn face as she teases her husband while his portrait is being drawn. These beautiful
pureblood faces are all gone now. But this excellent book is a record that says, “once we were
here.”
This is a must have book for anyone who loves the Old West and our Native Americans.
Search for the Native American Purebloods Third Edition has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
“EXCELLENT!” Rating- a book that meets all of the current expectations
of the reader.
The Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory by James N. Leiker and Ramon
Powers, $34.95s Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4221-0, 272 pages.
This is the true story of the exodus of Northern Cheyenne’s in 1878-79 and their attempt to flee
from Indian Territory to their Montana homeland. The Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History
and Memory has received an “EXCELLENT +” Rating.
The Jar of Severed Hands: The Spanish Deportation of Apache Prisoners of War, 17701810 by Mark Santiago, $29.95s Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4177-0, 264 pages.
This is a true account of the Spanish efforts to subdue the Apache raiders in the late 1770’s. Some
Apache’s were taken prisoner and the dead raiders had a hand chopped off and placed in a jar so
that the Spaniards could show their leaders that they had killed more Apaches besides the live
prisoners that they had taken.
The Jar of Severed Hands: The Spanish Deportation of
Apache Prisoners of War 1770-1810 has received an “EXCELLENT! +” Rating.
The James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection Selected Works With essays by
Christina E. Burke, W. Jackson Rushing III, Rennard Strickland, Christy Vezolles, Edwin
L. Wade, and Mark Andrew White, $60.00 Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4299-9, $29.95
Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4304-0, 240 pages. Published in cooperation with
the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma.
This is a beautiful collection of Native American Art work. There are nearly four thousand items in
this collection, including sculptures, prints, drawings, ceramics, baskets, jewelry, kachinas, rattles,
and even textiles. If you like Native American Art then you will love this beautiful book. The
James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection Selected Works has received a “WOW!”
Rating.
Bob Kuhn, Drawing on Instinct by Adam Duncan Harris, $49.95 Cloth, ISBN: 978-08061-4300-2, $29.95 Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4301-9, 352 pages.
If you like animals, then you will love this book; as artist Bob Kuhn covers animals from Africa as
well as North America. Bob Kuhn was a very talented artist and you will have many hours of
enjoyment looking at these beautiful drawings. Bob Kuhn, Drawing on Instinct has received a
“WOW +”Rating.
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Plains Indian Art: The Pioneering Work of John C. Ewers Edited by Jane Ewers
Robinson, $39.95 Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-3061-3, 224 pages.
The late John C. Ewers was an expert on Plains Indian Art. This excellent book contains his
beautiful collection of Plains Indian Art and several essays that Ewers wrote for the magazine:
American Indian Art and other periodicals between 1968 and 1992. This book will make a very nice
addition to your bookshelf on Indian art.
Plains Indian Art: The Pioneering Work of John C. Ewers has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
Scenery, Curiosities, and Stupendous Rocks: William Queensbury’s Overland Sketches,
1850-1851 by David Royce Murphy, with contributions by Michael L. Tate and Michael
Farrell, $45.00s Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4219-7, 304 pages.
These beautiful sketches were drawn by William Queensbury on his overland trip out west through
Nebraska Territory.
These sketches were drawn sometime between 1850 and 1851. These
sketches make a very nice addition to your western library. Scenery, Curiosities, and
Stupendous Rocks: William Queensbury’s Overland Sketches, 1850-1851 has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
GENERATIONS: The Helen Cox Kersting Collection of Southwestern Cultural Arts by
James H. Nottage, Edited by James H. Nottage, $75.00 Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-9798495-10, 460 pages, Distributed for Eiteljorg Museum.
This is one B E A U T I F U L collection of Southwestern Indian Art with 800 pieces of artwork on
display. There is jewelry, baskets, weavings, katsinas, and paintings from the late 1800’s to present
day.
These are the works of Navajo, Pueblo, and other American Native Artists across the
generations. Oh, you are going to really like this top of the shelf book! GENERATIONS: The
Helen Cox Kersting Collection of Southwestern Cultural Arts has received a “WOW!
+”Rating.
Old Spanish custom to place the most valuable items
on the top shelf to show off as prized possessions and
to give a little security. If you place a book on the top shelf
then it is a real prized possession. A book that you think
very highly of and wish to show off and also keep secure
from little artist’s with crayons.
Peace Medals: Negotiating Power in Early America Edited by Robert B. Pickering,
Contributions by John W. Adams, Bruce W. Arnold, George J. Fuld, Frank H. Goodyear
III, Duane H. King, Skyler Liechty, Tony Lopez, F. Kent Reilly III, and Barry D. Tayman,
$19.95s Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-9819799-4-6, 128 pages, Distributed for Gilcrease Museum.
This is the largest collection of Peace Medals that I have ever seen. This is a book that the historian
as well as the coin collector will both enjoy. Peace Medals: Negotiating Power in Early
America has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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When Law Was in the Holster: The Frontier Life of Bob Paul by John Boessenecker,
$34.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4285-2, 464 pages.
Bob Paul (1830-1901) was one of the great lawmen of the Old West. He was important in the
history of California and Arizona Territory for a period of fifty years. Bob Paul most remembered
involvement was the gun fight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. This is a great book for
those who are interested in lawmen of the Old West. When Law Was in the Holster: The
Frontier Life of Bob Paul has received a “WOW! Rating.
C. C. Slaughter: Rancher, Banker, Baptist by David J. Murrah, $19.95s, Trade Paperback,
ISBN: 978-0-8061-4293-7, 198 pages.
C. C. Slaughter (1837-1919) was born during the infant years of the Texas Republic and participated
in the development of the cattle industry. He was a trail driver, Texas Ranger, banker,
philanthropist, cattlemen, and one of America’s most famous ranchers. This biography is a great
addition to Texas history, Ranger history, and the Old West. C.C. Slaughter: Rancher, Banker,
Baptist has received an “EXCELLENT +” Rating.
That Fiend in Hell: Soapy Smith in Legend by Catherine Holder Spude, $29.95s, Cloth,
ISBN: 978-0-8061-4280-7, 304 pages.
Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith was a card shark and a petty criminal. Catherine Holder Spude
debunks Smith’s elevation to western hero. “That Fiend in Hell” Soapy Smith in Legend has
received an “EXCELLENT” Rating.
Deliverance From the Little Big Horn: Doctor Henry Porter and Custer’s Seventh Cavalry
by Joan Nabseth Stevenson, $24.95, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4266-1, 232 pages.
This is the experiences of Doctor Henry Porter who was with Reno’s command and survived the
Little Big Horn campaign. Of the three doctors that were with Custer’s Seventh Cavalry, it was
twenty eight year old Doctor Henry Porter who survived the Little Big Horn Campaign. This is the
story of Doctor Henry Porter’s experiences during the campaign. This book is a great addition to
the Custer/Little Big Horn book collection. Deliverance From the Little Big Horn: Doctor
Henry Porter and Custer’s Seventh Cavalry has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road From Sand Creek by Louis Kraft, $34.95s, Cloth,
ISBN: 978-0-8061-4226-5, 336 pages.
When the book “Soldier Blue” was written they must have had Ned Wynkoop in mind for Soldier
Blue. Ned Wynkoop was at the Battle of Sand Creek, but he was trying to save lives.
Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road From Sand Creek has received a “WOW!+” Rating.
Deep Trails in the Old West: A Frontier Memoir by Frank Clifford, Edited by Frederick
Nolan, $29.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4186-2, 336 pages.
This frontier memoir was written in 1940 and is one of the last eyewitness histories of the Old West
to ever be discovered. It is the memoir of cowboy and drifter Frank Clifford’s restless spirit during
the 1870s and 1880s when his path crossed with Clay Allison and Billy the Kid. Frank’s Wild West
adventures are very entertaining while he also gives the reader a good picture of the lives of
ranchers and ordinary citizens in how they worked, lived, and stayed alive during those wild
tumultuous years in the west. This is a very good book for the person interested in the American
Wild West. Deep Trails in the Old West: A Frontier Memoir has a “WOW!” Rating.
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Jedediah Smith: No Ordinary Mountain Man by Barton H. Barbour, $26.95 Cloth, ISBN:
978-0-8061-4011-7, $19.95 Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4196-1, 304 pages.
Jedediah Smith was a mountain man and fur trader who was the first Anglo-American to travel
overland to California through the southwest. Smith roamed over more of the West than anyone of
his era. Jedediah Smith’s adventures in the west became the stuff of legend. If you like reading
about the free spirited mountain men of the old west then this book is for you as it just doesn’t get
any better that Jedediah Smith. Jedediah Smith: No Ordinary Mountain Man has a “WOW!
+”Rating.
PI’O PICO: The Last Governor of Mexican California by Carlos Manuel Salomon, $24.95s
Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4090-2, $19.95s Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4237-1,
248 pages.
Pi’o de Jesus Pico was the two-time governor of Alta, California and a prominent businessman after
the U.S. annexation. Pi’o Pico was a very savvy Californian in both the Mexican and the American
periods. This is the first biography of Pico who was liked by both Mexican and American citizens of
California. This is a very nice addition to your knowledge of early California history. Pi’o Pico:
The Last Governor of Mexican California has received a “WOW!” Rating.
So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848 by
Will Bagley, $45.00s Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4103-9, 480 pages. Vol. 1
Over the course of three decades almost a million people would make the long and perilous journey
to Oregon and California. These pioneers and visionaries would transform the face of America and
displace the previous inhabitants. Will Bagley tells why and how this massive emigration began. If
your ancestors were pioneers that journeyed to Oregon and California then this book is a ‘must
have’ for your library. So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and
California, 1812-1848 has received a “WOW! +”Rating.
With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, 1849-1852 by Will
Bagley, $45.00s Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4284-5, $150.00s Leather, ISBN: 978-087062-418-6, 480 pages. Vol. 2
During the mid-nineteenth century, a quarter of a million travelers would travel across the plains to
the gold rush California. Will Bagley tells of the danger, excitement, and heartbreak of America’s
first great rush for riches. With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining
West, 1849-1852 has received a “WOW! +”Rating.
Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley: Making the Modern Old West by Thomas J.
Harvey, $34.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4190-9, 304 pages.
The late western novelist Zane Grey called this stunning desert landscape “the storehouse of unlived
years.” The Twentieth-century popular culture made these places icons of the American West.
Movie director John Ford would film Stagecoach and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon in Monument
Valley. The Navajos and Anglo-Americans would turn this rugged desert area into a place where
more authentic life would forever beckon. Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley: Making the
Modern Old West has received an “EXCELLENT +” Rating.
An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party’s Alder Creek Camp Edited
by Kelly J. Dixon, Julie M. Schablitsky, and Shannon A. Novak, With Contributions by
Will Bagley, Kelsey Gray, Donald L. Hardesty, Kristin Johnson, Sean McMurry, Jo Ann
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Nevers, Gwen Robbins, Penny Rucks, and G. Richard Scott, $34.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-08061-4210-4, 384 pages.
This is the sad, but true story of the Donner Party’s last camp up in the mountains. Through the
use of archaeology we can see the desperation of the members as they slowly starve to death.
Then they turned to cannibalism of the dead for their starvation. This is a very sad story, one that
served as a great lesson for all who headed west to get through the mountains before the snow
falls. This is a ‘must have’ book for those readers who are interested in the pioneers covered
wagons headed west. An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party’s Alder
Creek Camp has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country by Paul L. Hedren, $24.95s,
Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4216-6, 272 pages.
This is the sad, but true story of Sioux Country being gobbled up by the steady stream of pioneers.
The Sioux made their big statement at the Little Big Horn, but everything went downhill after that
event. This is the story of Sioux Country being taken away from the tribe once again in what is
called “manifest destiny.”
After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country has
earned an “EXCELLENT +” Rating.
Alaska: A History by Claus M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick, $34.95, Cloth, ISBN: 9780-8061-4040-7, 420 pages.
This is an excellent book about our very beautiful 50th state in the Union. Photos of tall trees, snow
capped mountains and beautiful lakes filled with fish. This book also gives the reader the history of
this beautiful state called Alaska. I see that I used the word beautiful now four times in describing
Alaska. Well, it is, what it is, and their just isn’t any other word to best describe it. This is a book
for anyone who likes beautiful country. Alaska: A History has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Assault on the Deadwood Stage: Road Agents and Shotgun Messengers by Robert K.
DeArment, $24.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4182-4, 272 pages.
The town of Deadwood was a wild and lawless boomtown in the Dakota Territory of the 1870’s.
Robert K. DeArment tells the story of the “good guys and the bad guys” behind the violent crimes,
the road agents who wrecked havoc on the roadway to Deadwood. The stagecoach robberies and
the shotgun guards who battled to protect the stagecoach passengers and their valuable
possessions. This book is a great addition to your western library. Assault on the Deadwood
Stage: Road Agents and Shotgun Messengers has a “WOW!” Rating.
The Bronco Bill Gang by Karen Holliday Tanner and John D. Tanner, Jr., $29.95s Cloth,
ISBN: 978-0-8061-4165-7, 280 pages.
It was 1898 the same year as the Spanish-American War that outlaw “Bronco Bill” Walters and his
gang with their devil-may-care violence of the Wild West would have a short bloody career. This
book covers the gang’s crime spree in territorial New Mexico and Arizona. This is a gunshot by
gunshot account of this gang’s crime during the year of 1898.
The Bronco Bill Gang has received a “WOW!” Rating.
Violent Encounters: Interviews on Western Massacres by Deborah Lawrence and Jon
Lawrence, $34.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4126-8, 336 pages.
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Deborah and Jon Lawrence get down to the basics in why the violence of The Battle of Little Big
Horn, the Sand Creek Massacre, the Battle of the Washita, and the Mountain Meadows Massacre
took place. The Lawrence’s use a wide range of approaches and perspectives and challenge both
the traditional views of western expansion and the politically correct ideologies. The practice of
history revealed in these interviews is challenged and questioned. I like this book as it causes one
to ponder the traditional views manifest destiny. Violent Encounters: Interviews on Western
Massacres has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Western Heritage: A Selection of Wrangler Award-Winning Articles, Edited by Paul A.
Hutton, $19.95s Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4206-7, 292 pages.
This is a collection of award winning essays about the American West by distinguished historians,
investigative reporters, a novelist, and a celebrated screenwriter. Each of these essays has won
Wrangler Awards which are the western equivalent of the Oscars—presented annually by the
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. These award winning essays will
give the reader something to ponder. Western Heritage: A Selection of Wrangler AwardWinning Articles has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Terrible Justice: Sioux Chiefs and U.S. Soldiers on the Upper Missouri, 1854-1868 by
Doreen Chaky, $39.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-87062-414-8, 400 pages.
The U.S. Army quickly adapted to the challenges of fighting an unconventional war and was better
led and equipped than is customarily believed. While the U.S. Army lost at Powder River and at the
Little Big Horn, it did not lose the Great Sioux War. Terrible Justice: Sioux Chiefs and U.S.
Soldiers on the Upper Missouri, 1854-1869 has received a “WOW” Rating.
Weapons of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Jim Garry, $32.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-087062-412-4, 208 pages.
This is a very interesting look at what The Corps of Discovery used to protect themselves while on
their journey west. The historians, the re-enactors, and the firearms and edged weapons collectors
will greatly enjoy this very interesting book. Weapons of the Lewis and Clark Expedition has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Custer, The Seventh Cavalry, and the Little Big Horn: A Bibliography by Michael O’
Keefe, $125.00s, Cloth/2 Volume Set, ISBN: 978-0-87062-404-9, 720 pages.
This is a must have book for the Custer collector. Every book and magazine article about Custer
and the Seventh Cavalry is listed in this two volume bibliography set.
Custer, The Seventh
Cavalry, and the Little Big Horn: A Bibliography has received a “WOW! +”Rating.
Contest For California: From Spanish Colonization to the American Conquest by Stephen
G. Hyslop, $39.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-87062-411-7, 448 pages.
Stephen G. Hyslop covers California’s early turbulent and colorful history as he draws on a wide
array of primary sources. He weaves an elegant narrative of the struggle for control of the territory
which many see as a beautiful and sprawling land of promise. Contest For California: From
Spanish Colonization to the American Conquest has received an “EXCELLENT!+” Rating.
Valentine T. McGillycuddy: Army Surgeon, Agent to the Sioux, By Candy Moulton,
$34.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-87062-389-9, 288 pages.
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Valentine T. McGillycuddy’s life encapsulated a lot of events in American History that changed the
lives of Native people forever. He had encounters with Calamity Jane, Red Cloud, and he saw
Crazy Horse fade away into death at Camp Robinson.
Candy Moulton explores McGillycuddy’s
fascinating experiences on the northern plains. Valentine T. McGillycuddy: Army Surgeon,
Agent to the Sioux has received a “WOW!” Rating.
New England to Gold Rush California: The Journal of Alfred and Chastina W. Rix, 18491854 Edited by Lynn A. Bonfield, $45.00s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-87062-392-9, 384 pages.
This is the story of two young schoolteachers who were married in a small town in northern
Vermont on July 29, 1849. Alfred and Chastina Rix recorded their observations in a joint journal.
This husband-and-wife account captures the turbulence of life and events during the gold rush era.
New England to Gold Rush California: The Journal of Alfred and Chastina W. Rix, 18491854 has received a “WOW!” Rating.
Great Sioux War Orders of Battle: How the United States Army Waged War on the
Northern Plains, 1876-1877 by Paul L. Hedren, $150.00s Leather Bound, ISBN: 978-087062-398-1, 240 pages, $39.95s Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-87062-397-4, 240 pages.
The Great Sioux War pitted almost one third of the U.S. Army against the Lakota Sioux and
Northern Cheyenne’s. By the time this war ended it was played out on twenty-seven different
battlefields, resulted in hundreds of casualties, cost millions of dollars and transformed the
landscape and lives of survivors on both sides. Great Sioux War Orders of Battle: How the
United States Army Waged War on the Northern Plains, 1876-1877 has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday by John Holiday and Robert
McPherson, $24.95s Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4176-3, 420 pages.
This is the true story of 90 year old Navajo John Holiday and the story of his fascinating life.
A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday has received a “WOW!” Rating.
William Clark: Indian Diplomat by Jay H. Buckley, $29.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-80613911-1, $19.95s Trade Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4145-9, 320 pages.
For three decades after The Corps of Discovery; William Clark served from 1807 to 1838 as Indian
agent, territorial governor, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis.
William Clark: Indian Diplomat has received a “WOW!” Rating.
The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People’s Perseverance by Ellen Cushman, $34.95s,
Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-4220-3, 256 pages.
Sequoyah introduced a writing system in 1821 that he developed over a decade. The Cherokee
Syllabary helped the people learn to read and write over a period of five years. Then Sequoyah
published a Cherokee newspaper. The Syllabary had extra symbols that covered Cherokee
meanings. The book has examples of the original Cherokee newspaper. The Cherokee
Syllabary: Writing the People’s Perseverance has received an “EXCELLENT! +” Rating.
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West From Salt Lake: Diaries from the Central Overland Trail Edited by Jesse G.
Peterson, $34.95s, Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-87062-407-0, 320 pages.
This book covers the settlers who traveled the Central Overland Trail from Salt Lake City to
California. The diaries of these travelers tell of the challenges encountered on the overland
crossing. West From Salt Lake: Diaries from the Central Overland Trail has received an
“EXCELLENT!+” Rating.
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VIKING
An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Web: www.penguin.com
Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts by Stacy A. Cordery,
ISBN: 978-0-670-02230-1, Price: $27.95
(Viking; on-sale February 20, 2012 ~ Timed for the official GSUSA centennial on March
12, 2012, Juliette Gordon Low is a tribute to the remarkable woman who made it all
happen.)
Juliette Gordon Low was born in Savannah, Georgia, at the tail end of the American Civil War to a
brash and independent young mother and a deeply patriotic father who was a Confederate officer.
When General William T. Sherman captured Savannah, he used the Gordon home as his general
headquarters. General Sherman even bounced young Juliette on his knee while talking to Mrs. Low
about the future of the captured city of Savannah.
Juliette Gordon found growing up in post-war Savannah a challenge. She struggled to reconcile her
training to become a proper Southern belle with her independent spirit. Partially deafened by an
accident, Daisy married a dashing British aristocratic, William Low, and moved to England. Their
unhappy marriage ultimately ended in divorce. Betrayed by her husband and dissatisfied with the
aimlessness of privileged life, Daisy searched the world for a sense of greater purpose.
As Cordery reveals in her lively, probing and sympathetic biography, Daisy drew on her innate
fortitude and began to pursue her own interests. The real discovery came when she met Robert
Baden-Powell, war hero, adventurer and founder of an upstart organization called the Boy Scouts.
It wasn’t long until “Crazy Daisy” as her family called Juliette started the Girl Guides which soon was
renamed Girl Scouts to America.
From her living room in Savannah, Daisy began recruiting and forming troops for the organization
that would eventually become a national movement. From first aid to volleyball, Daisy’s Savannah
Girl Scouts learned invaluable lessons in a loving, light-hearted atmosphere. The First World War
allowed the Girl Scouts to broaden their scope and put their skills to use as they aided the Red
Cross, sold liberty bonds, were trained in canning and food preservation by the Department of
Agriculture, knitted scarves for soldiers—and were recognized for these efforts all over the world.
Today, the Girl Scouts of the USA is one of the largest and most beloved organizations in America.
More than 50 million young women have participated at some point in their lives.
Through her tireless work, Low touched the lives of millions of girls and women.
This is the
amazing story how one person’s efforts still continues to today in touching the lives of America’s
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young ladies. This is an amazing story of the power of one. This is a book that should be added
to the library of every young lady and grown woman who were in the Girl Scouts USA.
Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts has received a “WOW!
+Rating.
REGNERY HISTORY
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Bully!: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt by Rick Marschall, 440 pages,
Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-59698-154-6, Price: $ 32.00.
What America is missing is the unwavering leadership, decisive action, and true patriotism of
Theodore Roosevelt. In his new Theodore Roosevelt political cartoon biography, Bully!: The Life
and Times of Theodore Roosevelt, author Rick Marschall argues that few people have impacted
American history the way TR did. A cowboy, a soldier, and a prolific author, he vaulted to the top
of American politics. His physical energy, great intelligence, and larger-than life personality made
him not only a beloved leader, but also the subject of countless political cartoons—the art form of
the day.
In a spectacular combination of riveting text and 250+ political cartoons, Marschall tells TR’s story
like never before. Many of these remarkable cartoons have never been seen by a modern audience.
Bully! Describes more than the political affairs of the time—it shows readers the manners, morals,
fads, challenges, and fears of TR’s era.
This book gives us an example of the type of leadership that we need in our government today. TR
was known for quickly identifying problems and battling them before they became crises. We sure
could use a lot of TR’s today on Capital Hill. This is an excellent book that will bring you enjoyment
and put a smile on your face. Bully!: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt has
received a “WOW!” Rating.
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Author - Thomas Dixon was a devout racist at the turn of the 20th century. He wrote
about the American Civil War and the Ku Klux Klan during reconstruction in his book
The Clansman (1905) which was made into a motion picture The Birth of A Nation by
D.W. Griffith in 1915. This film inspired a re-birth of the Ku Klux Klan. This re-birth of
the Ku Klux Klan would lead to over a thousand black men being lynched at the hands
of white mobs inspired and agitated by the Klansmen.
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Eventually Thomas Dixon would turn his back on the Ku Klux Klan and its violence
during the 1920’s and 1930’s. All of this terrible hate and violence stems from the racist
thoughts of one man, Thomas Dixon.
One hundred and seven years after Thomas Dixon published The Clansman we are still
receiving the fallout from one man’s actions and thoughts. The “Power of One” can be
used for doing good or evil in this old world.
You are just one person, but you control great power. The “Power of One” can change
the world and the lives and fortunes of millions of people. Use your power to help
others and make our world a better place for all.
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American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon by Anthony Slide, September 10,
2004, ISBN: 978-0-8131-2328-3, Cloth, $35.00.
To the modern audience, Thomas Dixon Jr. is an anathema in conversations about race, feminism,
or economic policy. In the early part of the twentieth century, however, he had the distinction of
being one of the most popular writers in America. Born in North Carolina, Dixon was the author of
twenty-eight novels including The Clansman (1905), which ultimately became the basis for D.W.
Griffith’s groundbreaking 1915 feature film The Birth of a Nation. Inspired to address inherent flaws
in society, including what he called “the Negro problem,” Dixon set out to write “accurate” sequels
to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852).
In addition to being a controversial writer, Dixon was involved in the production of eighteen films.
While most of the films failed to have the impact of Griffith’s epic, Dixon’s creations carried
dogmatic messages. In fact, few manipulated the film medium as a tool for propaganda as well as
Thomas Dixon. He saw the cinema as the ultimate means to inspire, writing that they are “class
rooms, with row on row of seats in our Theatres…already heated and lighted and provided with
ushers.”
One of the most interesting aspects of Dixon’s complex life was his varying support of the Ku Klux
Klan. The southern writer, who was an ardent supporter of the Klan in his early work, eventually
became a scathing critic of the modern Klan, denouncing them as “unprincipled marauders.” In
fact, as early as 1907, Dixon opposed any revival of the original Klan, writing in the dedication in
The Traitor: “Dedicated to the men of the South Who Suffered Exile, Imprisonment and Death for
the Daring Service They Rendered Our Country as Citizens of the Invisible Empire.”
Dixon has traditionally been classed in American history with other bigots; however, his life has
never before been fully documented. While Dixon was never a brilliant writer, he had a significant
impact as an influential figure of early American film. American Racist: The Life and Films of
Thomas Dixon has received an “EXCELLENT!+” Review.
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The Novel that Led to Birth of a Nation
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Thomas Dixon, Introduction
by Thomas D. Clark, December 31, 1970, ISBN: 978-0-8131-0126-2, Trade Paperback,
Price: $25.00.
Spanning roughly five years (1865-1870), the novel opens just as General Lee signs the treaty at
Appomattox, officially ending the American Civil War. It chronicles the relationship of two families
Reconstruction-era America: the Northern, pro-Union Stonemans and the Southern, proConfederacy Camerons. The harshness of Reconstruction and racial conflict lead Ben Cameron to
organize the Ku Klux Klan despite his romance with the Northern Elsie Stoneman. The Klan, led by
Ben Cameron, becomes the real hero of the novel as it rides to rescue the white townspeople from
oppression.
This novel “opened wider a vein of racial hatred which was to poison further an age already in social
and political upheaval. Dixon had in fact given voice in his novel to one of the most powerful latent
forces in the social and political mind of the South.” For modern readers, The Clansman probes the
roots of the racial violence that still haunts our society. The Clansman: A Historical Romance
of the Ku Klux Klan has received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South by Thomas Dixon, Introduction by
Steven Weisenburger, December 17, 2004, ISBN: 978-0-8131-9117-3, Trade Paperback,
Price: $24.95.
This book deals with interracial sex of a white father and a black woman. Dixon has a lot to say
about this subject.
The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South has received an
“EXCELLENT” Rating.
The Flaming Sword by Thomas Dixon, With an introduction and notes by John David
Smith, May 20, 2005, ISBN: 978-0-8131-9129-7, Trade Paperback, Price: $24.95.
This book deals with a war between communism and a capitalistic society and Thomas Dixon’s
thoughts about the evils of communism. The Flaming Sword has received an “EXCELLENT”
Rating.
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Phone: 1-800-462-6420 ~ Fax: 1-717-794-3804
One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the
1920’s by Thomas R. Pegram, ISBN: 978-1-5666-3711-4, Trade Paperback, Price:
$27.95.
The Ku Klux Klan was reborn because Thomas Dixon romanticized the organization in his novel The
Clansman which was later turned into the movie The Birth of a Nation. This movie would inspire
another racist who was a preacher into launching the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan. This was in the
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early 1920’s and a lot of the black veterans of World War 1 were demanding to be treated better.
They fought for America and they felt that they earned better treatment.
As in all organizations that attempt to take away the freedoms of another minority the violence got
out of hand over a period of years and over 1,000 Negroes would ultimately be lynched by the mob
rule of the Ku Klux Klan. It was through these acts of violence that Klan membership fell by the
thousands. It was still the Jim Crow era, but the violence was re-pungent to the vast majority of
people in the 1920’s. One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku
Klux Klan in the 1920’s has earned an “EXCELLENT!” Rating
UNIVERSITY of IOWA PRESS
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Stagestruck Filmmaker: D.W. Griffith and the American Theatre by David Mayer, Pages:
314, Hardcover, ISBN-13: 978-1-58729-790-8, Size: 6” X 9, Photos: 31, Price: $49.95.
D. W. Griffith was a racist that rode the popularity wave by degrading American Negroes on film. It
was D.W. Griffith who made the movie ‘Birth of A Nation’ which would launch the rebirth of the Ku
Klux Klan by others. Stagestruck Filmmaker: D.W. Griffith and the American Theatre has
received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
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HARPER DESIGN
An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022-5299
Phone: 1-212-207-7000 ~ Fax: 1-212-207-7654
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A Re-Publication of the classic 1912 edition to coincide with the
100th Anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Titanic.
WRECK AND SINKING OF THE TITANIC: The Ocean’s Greatest Disaster by Marshall
Everett, Harper Design, Hardcover, February 14, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-0620-6740-1,
$24.99.
This was the first published book in 1912 within months of the sinking of the Titanic; this is a
historic publication that is a somber yet sensational look at the contemporary accounts of the
disaster.
This book is beautifully designed to replicate the look and the feel of the original 1912 classic.
Complete with gold-foil stamped pages, a weathered and worn cloth-like cover, re-commissioned
colored and black-and-white illustrations, and historic photographs that capture the actual events of
the day, this book is a compelling look at the most tragic event in maritime history.
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Unlike any book on the Titanic today, this beautifully produced volume illuminates the disaster in
startling detail, as told by the witnesses and survivors who lived to tell the tale. This book really
looks like it was printed in 1912. This is the very best replicated book that I have ever seen. It
really does look just like the 1912 original publication. This is a book that you will really treasure!
WRECK AND SINKING OF THE TITANIC: The Ocean’s Greatest Disaster has received a
“WOW! +” Rating. This is a really great book!
ATRIA BOOKS an imprint of SIMON & SCHUSTER
ADULT DIVISION, 1230 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10020
Web: www.simonandschuster.com ~ A CBS COMPANY
SHADOW OF THE TITANIC: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived by Andrew
Wilson, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-4516-7156-8, E-Book: 978-1-4516-7158-2, Price:
$25.00, Pages: 416, March 6, 2012.
Over the last 100 years there have been books and movies describing what happened to the Titanic
but little has been written about the survivors until now. This book is a post-Titanic story about
those who lived and the lives that they led afterward—the celebrity, the notoriety, the guilt, the
struggle to move on, of in some cases failure to do so led to suicide.
This is a fascinating study in psychology, sociology, and human nature as we look at public figures
like Madeleine Astor, White Star Line chairman Bruce Ismay, and Lady Duff Gordon, to lesser known
survivors like Jack Thayer, the Navratil Brothers and silent film actress Dorothy Gibson. These
people all boarded the Titanic in hope and excitement, and who lived afterwards in the shadow of
one of the greatest sea disasters of all time.
This is a truly fascinating look at the post-Titanic lives of these survivors. I think some of the
survivors suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as they rowed away and listened to the screams
of the people going down with the Titanic or freezing to death in the ice cold water of the North
Atlantic Ocean. They ultimately couldn’t live with the fact that they survived and so many others
died as they rowed away from the sinking ship. This is an important book to add to your Titanic
book collection.
SHADOW OF THE TITANIC: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who
Survived has received a “WOW!” Rating.
Da Capo Press
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
44 Farnsworth Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
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“Unsinkable:” The Full Story of the RMS Titanic by Daniel Allen Butler, April 15,
2012, Trade Paperback Reissue, 310 Pages, 8 pages of black-&-white Photographs,
ISBN: 978-0-306-82098-4, Price: $16.00
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In honor of the Titanic centennial, Da Capo Press presents the reissue of Daniel Allen Butler’s New
York Times bestseller “Unsinkable:” The Full Story of the RMS Titanic. From her conception to her
downfall and the modern-day efforts to salvage her. Butler draws on thirty years of research to
bring the saga of the ill-fated liner to life. He explores the origins of the ship’s “unsinkability,” and
uses eyewitness accounts to recreate scenes in the crow’s nest, the bridge, and the rest of the ship
on that fateful night.
“Unsinkable” is a well written story by an internationally recognized authority on maritime subjects.
Daniel Allen Butler provides more depth to a story many think they already know and this book has
been updated to include the latest findings and theories on the ship’s sinking. “Unsinkable” will
make an excellent addition to your Titanic book collection. “Unsinkable:” The Full Story of the
RMS Titanic has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
EDITORS NOTE:
Just a reminder that each book is carefully researched before it is requested to be reviewed. Then
each book goes through a very strict inspection on each side of the book cover for writing
style, spelling, grammar, punctuation, presentation of the subject, appropriate pictures,
illustrations, maps, drawings, the binding, overall book construction for durability and
general appearance.
So if you find a lot of books that get the same rating, just know that a lot of books never
made it to the book review.
The vast amount of our readers has a budgeted amount of money that is allotted for something
special above the normal expenses of daily living. When it comes to the expenditure of money for
a book, the prospective customer wants to know exactly what they are going to receive for the
expenditure of twenty, thirty, forty or more dollars.
Today when a customer purchases a book it’s an investment in knowledge, entertainment, or
reference for something of value. When a potential customer is going to purchase a book on a
specific subject, they want to find the very best, for the funds that they have to spend. We strive
to find and present only the very best books in the international book marketplace.
We have readers of all ages and all incomes so it is just as important for the grade school reader to
have the very best books for their small income from doing chores and odd jobs as it is for the
average American wage earner.
The presentation of the book publishers is a random name pulled out of a hat. So if you have a lot
of books in a row with the same rating then it is what it is. Just know that each book had to earn
its rating or it doesn’t make the review.
The late publisher, Mr. Alfred A. Knopf, when asked about the running Russian Wolf Hound logo on
his books said, “If people learned to recognize the publisher who publishes the books that they like,
then there would be less unhappy readers in the world.” So we try to concentrate on the very best
publishers for the majority of the books presented. We do present some privately published books,
if they can meet our set standards for quality. The late Mr. Knopf said, “Life is short, read only
good books!” I would like to expound on Mr. Knopf’s very true statement and say that today in our
economy, “Life and extra money are both short, read only the very best books!”
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The Kiser of Germany was a man with a crippled hand and arm. He liked to dress up in a fancy
military uniform and strut around.
This disabled German wanted to show to others that Kiser
William and his army weren’t to be taken lightly.
The Worlds Fair held in Chicago, Illinois at the
turn of the 20th century would find Germany showing off its huge railroad artillery piece “Big
Bertha!” This was used to amaze and intimidate other countries with the military might of Imperial
Germany.
As time moved on Kiser Bill would continue to spend large sums of money on guns and less on the
German people. It finally came to a point in time when Kiser Bill wanted to use his military power
to enlarge Germany.
Kiser Bill would write letters to his cousins who were kings in Russia and
England trying to stir up trouble and cause a war.
When the Duke and Duchess of Austria were assonated the fuse was lit for World War One. The
greatest war and most costly conflict in lives that mankind has ever experienced. When the war
was finally over many millions of lives were lost. Countries were devastated and an entire
generation of young people was almost destroyed.
The power of one disabled man playing general with the lives of millions of Germany’s young
people. When the war was over Kiser Bill fled to Holland as he had a ruined country and millions of
young lives were wasted in vein. The “Power of One” disabled ruler suffering from illusions of
grandeur. The “Power of One” is totally awesome and destructive when used for evil.
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The following four books are grouped as a set by me, as they are all centered on the Sanke
Postcards that show the German aviators of WW1. The book by Charles Woolley and Lance J.
Bronnenkant’s three volumes together give the reader the best coverage of the young people who
formed the German air force during WW1.
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These young men of whom many would be honored with aviation awards would eventually be shot
down by other young men on the Allied side of the war. These young men were food for the meat
grinder of war as it constantly filled the graveyards of Europe.
Take a good look at these young
men in these photographs and realize that the majority would be killed flying among the clouds and
take a flaming crash dive to earth a few thousand feet below. Such a terrible waste of young lives
in such a violent act of war.
Each young man has his story told along with his photograph made into a postcard for his fellow
countrymen to honor, pray for, and even mourn for when shot down. These four books give the
reader a very good look at the German aviators. This four volume set of books is a ‘must have’ for
anyone who is interested in the air war of WW1. Each of these four books has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
WW1 German Aviators: The Sanke Cards by Charles Woolley, Size: 8 ½ x 11”, over 300
b/w photos, 272 pages, ISBN: 0-7643-1879-9, hard cover, $69.95, “WOW! +” Rated.
Clear, large scale copies of all known and highly collectible Sanke personality photo postcards
produced during WW1 are now available, carefully replicated, and included all under one cover in
this deluxe volume. Over 270 different cards of 132 individual aviators are included in this groundbreaking edition.
The Imperial German Eagles in WW1: Their Postcards and Pictures by Lance J.
Bronnenkant, Size: 8 ½ x 11”, over 600 b/w photos, 400 pages, ISBN: 0-7643-2440-3,
Hard cover, $69.95, “WOW! +” Rated.
Postcards featuring German WW1 aviators have been collected, traded, and reproduced in many
publications over the years, but no author until now has focused on determining when, where, why,
and by whom these pictures were taken, or when or why they were issued as postcards. This work
pursues the answers to these questions, and unfolds like a detective story that relates the
investigation and assembly of evidence from a wide variety of sources.
The Imperial German Eagles in WW1, Vol.2 by Lance J. Bronnenkant, Size: 8 ½ x 11”,
Over 600 b/w photos, 400 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-2928-9, hard cover, $69.95,
“WOW! +” Rated.
This book, the second in a planned three-part series, looks at the remainder of Sanke’s aviator cards
numbered 544-685. Sanke, Liersch and NPG postcards featuring German WW1 aviators have been
collected, traded, and reproduced in many publications over the years, but no author until now has
focused on determining when, where, why, and by whom these pictures were taken, or when and
why they were issued as post cards.
The Imperial German Eagles in WW1, Vol.3, Their Postcards and Pictures by Lance J.
Bronnenkant, Size: 8 ½ x 11”, over 800 b/w photos, 440 pages, ISBN: 978-0-76433764-2, hard cover, $79.99, “WOW! +” Rated.
Where the preceding two books of this pioneer series focused on the WW1 German aviators
featured on Sanke postcards, this final volume examines additional postcard presentations of WW1
German airman as published by Liersch, NPG, Hoffmann, Rothenberg and other more obscure
companies.
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Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in WW1 and the Men Who Earned Them: Vol. VII,
The Aviation Awards of Eight German States and the Three Free Cities by Neal W.
O’Connor, 8 ½ x 11”, 700 b/w, 528 pages, ISBN: 0-7643-1626-5, hard cover, $69.95
The last of O’Connor’s series covering the air awards and pilots of Imperial Germany. The eight
German states appear first in alphabetical order. Among the 43 biographies included in this volume
are: Althaus, Bohme, von Cossel, Dornheim, Florke, Friedewald von Grone, and Haehnelt.
This is an excellent book that covers different types of awards that were awarded to German
aviators from seven different German states. This book is a nice addition to the library of a WW1
scholar. Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in WW1 and the Men Who Earned Them:
Volume VII-The Aviation Awards of Eight German States and the Three Free Cities has
earned a “WOW!” Rating.
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Phone: (610) 593-1777 ~ Fax: (610) 593-2002
Order hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Web Site: www.schiffermilitary.com E-mail: [email protected]
Feldgrau 1915-16: The War and Peace Time Uniforms of the German Army, The Official
Regulations of 1915-1916 Edited by Charles Woolley, 11 ¾ x 9”, over 200 color images,
240 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3958-5, hard cover, $69.99
From 1907-15 the uniforms of the German Army went through dramatic changes when Prussian
blue was transformed into the new ‘feldgrau’, or field gray. The next change came in 1915 with the
introduction of the new field gray wartime and peacetime uniforms. The next change came in 1915
with the introduction of the new field gray wartime and peacetime uniforms. This volume combines
three period volumes and each is illustrated in color and refers only to the 1915 wartime uniforms.
1. Deutschland’s Armee in feldgrauer Kriegs-und-Friedens-Uniform; 2. Feldgrau in Krieg und
Frieden, Berlin 1916; 3. Die Feldgrau Friedens-und Kriegs-Bekleiding der K. Bayerischen Armee,
Munich 1916.
This is an excellent reference book that covers the changes in German uniforms from Prussian blue
to field gray in time for WW1. The uniforms are illustrated showing different views from private all
the way up to the General of the Army. The insignia of rank is also illustrated for the reader. The
beginning of pages of the book is in English and all of the rest of the book is an exact copy of the
original German army publication which is in their national language.
Feldgrau 1915-16: The War and Peace Time Uniforms of the German Army, The Official
Regulations of 1915-1916 has received an “EXCELLENT! +” Rating.
The reader finds
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exactly what they expect to find in a military uniform manual. All of the beautiful illustrations in the
book give it the plus in the rating. This book is a ‘must have’ for the WW1 collector and scholar.
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The Russian Military Air Fleet in WWI by August G. Blume, The Russian Military Air Fleet
in WWI two-volume set is a prodigious scholarly endeavor, offering for the first time in
the English language a close up view of Air Fleet operations and personnel.
Vol. 1: A Chronology, 1910-1917, Size: 8.5”x11”, 300 color/ b/w images, 336 pp. ISBN:
978-0-7643-3351-4, Hardcover, $79.99.
Vol. 2: Victories, Losses, Awards, Size: 8.5”x11”, 300 color/ b/w images, 400 pp. ISBN:
978-0-7643-3352-1, Hardcover, $79.99.
This two volume set is just outstanding! The total of 600 color/ b/w images of these two volumes
give the reader a very good look at the aircraft and the fighter squadrons of Imperial Russia. The
reader will have a very good understanding of the Russian Imperial Military Air Fleet in WWI and
how it ranked against the Axis Military Air Fleets. This is a ‘must have’ volume of the air war on the
Eastern Front of WWI. The Russian Military Air Fleet in WWI has received a “WOW!” +”
Rating.
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British Aviation Squadron Markings of WW1: RFC, RAF, RNAS by Les Rogers, 9 x12”, 800
b/w photos, profiles, 296 pages, ISBN: 0-7643-1284-7, hard cover, $69.95
Years in the making, this book covers the wide variety of markings used by British aviation units in
WW1. Organized by squadron number the book includes both textual and photographic examples
for nearly all of the RFC, RAF, and RNAS squadrons.
This is a ‘must have’ book for not only the WW1 scholar, but also the modeler. The 800 b/w
photos and the color plates give the reader and the modeler both excellent examples of the aircraft,
their markings that were used by the British during WW1.
British Aviation Squadron Markings of WW1: RFC, RAF, RNAS has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
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The Camel Drivers: The 17th Aero Squadron in WW1 by Otis Lowell Reed & George
Roland, 8 ½ x11”, over 200 b/w photos, 160 pages, ISBN: 0-7643-0071-7, hard cover,
$45.00
The 17th Aero Squadron flew Sopwith Camels under British command along the Western Front
during the summer of 1918. This definitive work on the 17th Aero Squadron in WW1 is drawn from
a wide range of official and personal sources. This is an excellent book for the library of the WW1
scholar and greatly aids in the understanding of the air war of the Western Front.
The Camel Drivers: The 17th Aero Squadron in WW1 has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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The Nieuport 28: America’s First Fighter Theodore Hamady, 8 ½ x 11” , 400 b/w &
color images, 272 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-2933-3, hard cover, $59.95
The first squadrons of American-trained fighter pilots to enter combat in April 1918 during WW1
were equipped with the Nieuport 28. Campbell, Meissner, and Rickenbacker, were among those
who cut their teeth on the Nieuport 28 fighter. This book provides an exhaustive history of the
Nieuport 28. The Nieuport 28: America’s First Fighter is a very exciting book to read and
has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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United States Naval Aviation 1910-1918 by Noel Shirley, Size: 8.5”x11”, 340 color/b/w
images, 272 pp., ISBN: 978-0-7643-1179-4, Hardcover, $59.95.
A complete history of the early development of naval aviation in the U.S., and the role that the
naval aviation service applied to the war effort during 1917-18. Detailed discussion is also provided
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regarding the role of USMC aviation during this time period. This book is an excellent presentation
of the beginning of United States Naval Aviation. This is a ‘must have’ book for your WWI aviation
bookshelf. United States Naval Aviation 1910-1918 has received a “WOW! +”Rating.
The Curtiss Hydroaeroplane: The U.S. Navy’s First Airplane 1911-16 by Woodling &
Chayka, Size: 8.5”x11”, 150 color/b/w images, 176pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3762-8,
Hardcover, $59.99.
This is the first book to detail the design and service history of the U.S. Navy’s first airplane, and
presents the formative years of naval aviation between the years of 1911-16. The Curtiss
Hydroaeroplane made history as the first airplane to serve with the U.S. Navy, the Imperial Russian
Navy and the Japanese Navy. This is a very exciting presentation of the Curtiss Hydroaeroplane as
the first plane to take off and land on water. For its day and time this was just as an exciting
accomplishment as the first jet aircraft would be some 30+ years later.
The Curtiss Hydroaeroplane: The U.S. Navy’s First Airplane 1911-16 has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
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Willing Patriots: Men of Color in the First World War by Dalessandro & Torrence, 8.5 x
11” 270 color/bw images, 256 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3233-3, hardcover, $69.99
The story of Black Americans who served in the U.S. Army in the First World War. The book
provides the reader deeply researched treatment of the organization, combat history/battle
participation of all black troops including the two infantry divisions, supporting organizations of the
Services of Supply, and the special troops. This is an important book to have in your WWI library.
Black Americans were recognized by the Germans as fierce fighters. The Harlem Hell Fighters were
feared by the German infantry soldiers. Willing Patriots: Men of Color in the First World War
has earned a “WOW!” Rating.
Organization and Markings of United States Army Armored Units 1918-41 by Charles
Lemons, 8.5” x 11” 340 b&w & color photos, 232 pp., ISBN: 0-7643-2098-X, hardcover,
$59.95 .
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This book is most likely the first published on the organization and markings of American armor
during the years prior to WWII. A subject that has long been ignored, the book reveals, through
text, drawings, and photos, the colorful markings used by American armored units during this
period. Starting with the American Expeditionary Force and the Tank Corps, it works its way
through the Infantry-Tank units, mechanized cavalry, the first four armored divisions and even the
GHQ tank battalions.
This book will appeal to military modelers as they can paint their tank models to look like the real
ones in what ever unit they take an interest in. This book will also appeal to the military historian.
This very informative reference book meets all of the expectations of the buyer.
Organization and Markings of the United States Armored Units 1918-41 has received an
“Excellent! +” Rating.
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Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All
Nations An Illustrated Directory by Norman Friedman, ISBN: 978-1-84832-100-7, 408
pages, Glossary and Abbreviations, Sources, Index of Ships, Guns, Torpedoes, Mines,
and ASW Weapons (Anti-Submarine Warfare). Price: $85.00
This is a ‘must have’ book for the WWI / WWII naval scholar, the model ship builder, and those who
are interested in naval artillery weaponry. The book is filled with photos and mechanical drawings
which show a cross section of the huge guns and gun turrets on battleships and destroyers.
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The different types of torpedoes used by the nations of the world are illustrated with photographs
and the naval mines with drawings. The anti-submarine weapons are illustrated with both drawings
and photographs. Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW
Weapons of All Nations An Illustrated Directory has received the highest and most
coveted honor of a “WOW! +” Rating.
WE INTERRUPT THIS BOOK REVIEW WITH THE MOST
IMPORTANT W.W.I. JOURNAL EVER PUBLISHED.
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HELL’S OBSERVER: The Epic Wartime Journal of Private William J. Graham, American
Expeditionary Forces
Transcribed & Edited By C. Stephen Badgley, Preface &
Contributions By Bruce A. Jarvis, 275 Pages, Published 2012, 300 unpublished WWI
Photographs, Maps, Documents, Artifacts, ISBN: 978-0-9854403-1-2, $39.95
The late author, U.S. Private William J. Graham, was a former police officer before WWI, so he was
very use to writing reports with concise wording and able to give a very detailed picture of the
events that took place. This is the way that Private Graham wrote his daily war diary. The 300
unpublished WWI photographs of trench warfare and the rear echelon get across the events that
U.S. Private William J. Graham of the MP’s was describing. This book places the reader right on the
front lines of WWI which can be very frightening. Does anyone know where I can get a gas mask?
Hell’s Observer by U.S. Private William J. Graham has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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The Guns of August is the story of the events that led to World War One the greatest and most
costly conflict in lives for the history of mankind. The Guns of August won the Pulitzer Prize for the
late Barbara W. Tuchman when first published. The Proud Tower also deals with the causes of
World War I. This is a ‘must have’ book for the WWI enthusiast to have in their library. This is
the best explanation of how the world’s most horrible conflict started. Barbara W. Tuchman: The
Guns of August and the Proud Tower has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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There are many excellent books published during the year of 2012 and it is very difficult to choose a
volume. One book just stands above all of the rest as different. There are other books that might
be a tad more elegant in looks or extra features. The Book of the Year 2012 title isn’t about being
the best looking book. This isn’t a “dog and pony show” type of award category. This award title
goes to a book that causes the reader to ponder and reflect upon what the author is trying to
convey. The 2011 Book of the Year Title was awarded to G O N E! By Nell Dickerson with the
story by the late Shelby Foote and published by Belle Books of Memphis, Tennessee. This excellent
book deals with historic preservation of southern buildings from the American Civil War in various
stages of deteration and many beyond recovery. The magnificent photography of Nell Dickerson
speaks volumes to the reader and is a very moving presentation for historic preservation.
The 2012 Book of the Year Title goes to a book that also has a very moving presentation in both the
written word and through the use of photographs. The late author, U.S. Private William J. Graham,
was a former police officer before WWI, so he was very use to writing reports with concise wording
and able to give a very detailed picture of the events that took place. This is the way that Private
Graham wrote his daily war diary. The 300 unpublished WWI photographs of trench warfare,
exploding artillery shells, and the rear echelon get across to the reader the events that U.S. Private
William J. Graham of the MP’s was describing. This book gives the reader a very clear
understanding of the total horror and futility of WWI which is still the greatest conflict of human
history.
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Germany would suffer greatly from the loss of World War One. All of the suffering that
Germany went through caused by the vindictiveness of the winning countries would
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inspire more destruction and millions of lives from another leader suffering from
illusions of grandeur named Adolph Hitler.
This time the “Power of One” will be turned to pure evil and vindictiveness against the
Jewish people of Europe. Adolph Hitler used the Jewish people as the cause of all of
Germanys suffering after World War One. Millions of innocent people would be killed in
gas chambers, worked to death, starved to death, and used for fiendish medical
experiments.
Adolph Hitler’s master plan was to destroy the people that he deemed as useless,
enslave the peoples of other countries to serve and build the future empire of the
master race. Germany and the Arian race would rule the world. This was to be the
Third Reich that would rule the world for a thousand years. Thanks to the “Greatest
Generation” the Third Reich only lasted ten years. The “Power of One” used for total
evil was destroyed by a lot of brave young men and women working as a team.
The
next time you see one of the ever decreasing group of WWII veterans take a moment
and thank them for your freedom.
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North American B-25 Mitchell – The Ultimate Look: from Drawing Board to Flying
Arsenal by William Wolf, 8 ½ x 11”, 500 b/w/color images, 480 pages, ISBN: 978-07643-2930-2, hard cover, $69.95
Wolf presents a comprehensive, meticulously researched volume describing the celebrated WWII B25 Mitchell.
The reader is given an inclusive description and appraisal of the bomber’s
development, testing, manufacture; and every aspect of the aircraft, its equipment, and crew is
described and illustrated in detail. The B-25 Mitchell was used in the legendary “Doolittle Raid on
Tokyo”, the “Air Apaches” of the 345th Bombardment Group, The Leatherneck Bombers: Marine Corps B-25/
PBJ Mitchell Squadrons, and the 9th Air Force D-day Invasion support and hammering Nazi
Germany’s industrial resources. This book places the reader inside of the B-25 Mitchell and makes
the reader feel like a member of the crew. This is a must have book if you are interested in World
WarII aviation. You are going to really like this book! North American B-25 Mitchell – The
Ultimate Look; from Drawing Board to Flying Arsenal has earned the coveted “WOW!
+”Rating.
American PT Boats in WWII by Victor Chun, 8.5” X 11”, 200 b&w photos, 240pp. ISBN:
978-0-7643-0256-5, hardcover, $59.99
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American PT Boats in WWII is an illustrated study of the development, construction, tactics, and
combat actions, of U.S. PT Boats.
This book is just loaded with information about the American PT Boats. I found this book to be
totally fascinating as it held my undivided attention from cover to cover. American PT Boats in
WWII has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
American PT Boats in WWII Vol.2 by Victor Chun, 11.75” X 9”, 700 color/b&w images,
216pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3948-6, hardcover, $69.99
This illustrated volume is the companion to Chun’s definitive history of American PT boats in WWII.
Chun presents all new information gleaned since the previous book’s publication and includes never
before published drawings of PT 809, as well as details on the use of Elcoplane as used by Elco PT
boats to increase running speed, described here for the first time.
This book is just as fascinating as the first volume. During WWII there were some design changes
made to the PT Boat that greatly increased its speed in the water. These design changes made the
PT Boat a serious contender to be reckoned with in the Pacific Theater.
American PT Boats in WWII Vol.2 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Women for Victory: American Service Women in WWII History and Uniforms SeriesVol.1 by Katy Endruschat Goebel, 9” X 12”, 1200 color/b&w images, 360pp. ISBN: 9780-7643-3959-2, hardcover, $89.99
The Women for Victory series provides a through and authoritative reference for American
servicewomen’s history and uniforms of WWII. Vol.1 examines the two oldest female military
components of the U.S. armed forces: the Army Nurse Corps, and Navy Nurse Corps. The book also
covers two lesser known groups of militarized medical female service personnel: the Army Hospital
Dietitians and Army Physical Therapists.
This is a very nice book covering women in medical service during WWII. This book is for the
historian, the Militaria collector, and those who are interested in WWII medical service.
Women for Victory: American Service Women in WWII History and Uniforms SeriesVol.1 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
U.S. Army Olympic Equestrian Competitions 1912-48 by Robert D. Thompson, 8 ½ x
11”, 120 b/w images, 208 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3096-4, hard cover, $49.99
This book tells the stories of the triumphs, the contributions, and the failures of the U.S. Army
Olympians, and also captures the humor and good times as well as the drama and disappointments
of the U.S. Army Olympians from the 1912 games in Stockholm, to the 1948 games in London. The
stories are rich in detail, and include the controversial 1936 Berlin Summer Games. I found this
book to be very interesting. If you love horses, the Olympics, and equestrian competition then this
is a book that you will enjoy and treasure. U.S. Army Olympic Equestrian Competitions 19121948 has been awarded a “WOW!” Rating.
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ONCE THEY WERE EAGLES: The Men of the Black Sheep Squadron by Frank E. Walton,
213 Pages, ISBN: 0-8131-0875-6, Trade Paperback, Published: 1986, Price: $19.95
Marine Corps Fighter Squadron 214 was hastily organized in the field during World War II to meet
the urgent need for another combat squadron in the South Pacific. The squadron, self-named the
“Black Sheep,” went on under the leadership of the swashbuckling “Pappy” Boyington to become
the most famous in Marine Corps history. This is the true story of the Black Sheep Squadron and
the men who wrote its record in the Pacific skies. The Black Sheep Squadron was not made up of
military misfits as the TV show and Hollywood writers made up.
Author, Frank E. Walton, (1909-1993) served as the intelligence officer of the Black Sheep
Squadron and helped select its name.
Frank E. Walton located thirty-four living survivors of the
fifty-one original Black Sheep.
In a unique series of interviews, former “Eagles” shared their
recollections of those days of high adventure and their experiences in the years to follow.
The key word that keeps coming up in all of the interviews is “camaraderie”: loyalty and a warm,
friendly feeling among comrades. Founded on their unique beginning, forged in the crucible of
battle, their loyalties were firm and their desire to achieve intense. Friendships formed during
those 84 days of combat, when the Black Sheep spearheaded the drive that broke the back of
Japanese aerial opposition in the Solomon’s, have remained steady for 40 years as of (1986) when
this book was written. Black Sheep memorabilia adorned the walls of most of their homes and
offices.
Some of the Black Sheep gave their lives, others their blood.
All gave something of themselves.
My late business management professor at Arizona State University, William D. “Junior” Heier PhD
was one of the twenty pilots that were in both combat tours of Boyington’s Black Sheep. Heier shot
down four Japanese Zero’s in aerial combat. He was forced to bailout when he was shot down
over the Coral Sea. William D. Heier has his WWII pilot photo, 1986 photo and interview in this
book along with the other thirty-four survivors in 1986.
“Junior” has now joined the other
members of the Black Sheep Squadron in 2010 when he passed away from Alzheimer’s, but once he
was an eagle. Good bye, Dr. Heier PhD., I will always remember you my friend and professor.
ONCE THEY WERE EAGLES: The Men of the Black Sheep Squadron has received a “WOW!
+” Rating.
The Black Sheep survivors became a part of the warp and fabric of our country. They
became a doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief, airline pilot, printer, architect, banker, artist
and business management professor. The Black Sheep Squadron members all blended
into the fabric of America after World War Two, but once they were eagles.
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To the Black Sheep
Those young eagles who forged a blazing path across the skies
Of the South Pacific, and especially to those Black Sheep
Who did not return to the fold:
Robert A. Alexander ~ George M. Ashmun ~ Harry R. Bartl
James E. Brubaker ~ Pierre Carnagey ~ J. Cameron Dustin
Robert T. Ewing ~ Bruce Ffoulkes ~ Walter R. Harris
Donald J. Moore ~ Virgil G. Ray
They shall not grow old, as we that are left, grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor do the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning—
We will remember them.
Lawrence Binyon, “For the Fallen”
Thank You Black Sheep For Our Freedom
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EISENHOWER IN WAR AND PEACE by Jean Edward Smith, 976 pages, February 21,
2012, Random House, ISBN: 978-1-4000-6693-3, 6 ¼” X 9 ¼”, Cloth w d/j, $40.00, ebook: 978-0-679-64429-3, $40.00.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the most successful general in World War II, commanding the largest
multinational army ever assembled, and the most successful president since Abraham Lincoln, with
the exception of Franklin Roosevelt. He is also the most underrated.
As Smith explains,
Eisenhower was a complete professional. Everything he did, he made look easy.
As President, Eisenhower ended a three-year, no-win war in Korea, not a single American was killed
in combat for the next eight years. Eisenhower believed that the United States should not go to
war unless national survival was at stake. He resisted calls from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to use
nuclear weapons, slashed defense spending, balanced a budget that was seriously out of kilter and
faced Khrushchev down over the defense of Berlin.
This is an important book for the baby boomer generation to read and learn from.
Ike was
President when we were children and he did an outstanding job of keeping the peace. The United
States wasn’t at war and we prospered as a nation.
This is a must have book for the baby
boomers especially during this election year. I hope when the election is over that we have a
president that will follow in Eisenhower’s footprints and give our country a chance to enjoy some
peace and prosperity. Eisenhower In War and Peace has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur
Herman, $28.00, On-Sale Date: May 8, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-4000-6964-4, Random House
Hardcover, e-Book ISBN: 978-0-6796-0463-1
This is the last great untold story of World War Two: how a team of powerful, tough-minded, and
patriotic businessmen oversaw the greatest industrial miracle in history, the arming of the United
States and its allies in World War Two
At a time when it’s rare to hear inspiring stories about CEOs and large corporations, Freedom’s
Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen—the President of General Motors
William Knudsen, and construction giant Henry Kaiser—helped corral, cajole, and inspire their fellow
businessmen around the country, including top-talent from Chrysler, Republic Steel, Boeing,
Lockheed, GE, and Frigidaire, to save the Allied war effort at a crucial juncture with an
unprecedented production of weapons, tanks, planes, guns, and ammunition: two-thirds of all the
war material made during World War Two. They turned auto plants into aircraft factories and
civilian assembly lines into fountains of munitions, giving the Allies fighting in Europe and Asia the
tools needed to defeat the Axis.
Their achievement did more than make victory over fascism possible. The surge of American
business and industry laid the foundations of postwar America, the most prosperous society in
history, and created what admirers and critics would later call the “military-industrial complex”.
Their efforts transformed the culture of America’s armed services, giving the army, navy, and air
force the tools and strategies for securing a postwar global order. Together these men changed the
face not only of American business and industry but of American society.
Freedom’s Forge was driven by American businesses, not the federal government, who
circumvented the indecisions of politicians and military generals, and developed innovative and
profitable solutions to the armament issues that plagued our country.
As defense budgets of the future shrink, America will need to find ways to get more bang from their
defense dollars; and the business principles used to arm America in WWII will offer powerful lessons
on how to do that.
This is a must have book for the World War Two enthusiasts and everyone who likes to read about
American success and pride. Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in
World War II has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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The Color of War: How One Battle Broke Japan and Another Changed America by James
Campbell, May 15, 2012, Pages: 512, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-307-46121-6, Price:
$30.00
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This is the tragic story of race during World War II. No one should ever be treated this way, but
unfortunately they were and this is a look back at history that happened. If you are black and
chose to go into the Marines you would unload 6,000 tons of essential equipment each day in
Saipan. The Japanese are trying to kill you, and you are unarmed. You pray, and as casualties
mount, a colonel hands you a rifle and sends you into battle alongside seasoned white Marines.
If you are black and chose to go into the Navy, you’re sent to the Port Chicago Naval Ammunition
Depot near San Francisco, a base that reminds you of a prison work camp or a plantation—white
officer overseers and black workers. You’re ordered to load bombs that you’ve never been trained
to handle onto ships that will pave the way for Marine assaults of the Pacific islands. “One day this
place is going to explode to Kingdom Come,” is what your fellow sailors say.
One day it does July 17, 1944—with nearly the force of an atomic bomb.
twenty men die. Another 390 are injured. Most are black sailors.
Three hundred and
Almost six thousand miles away, Admirals Ernest King and Chester Nimitz celebrated the end of the
brutal battle for Saipan, an island that would become the launching pad for U.S. bombers headed
for Japan, seizing this island was as important for the war in the Pacific as Normandy was for
victory over Germany.
Weeks later the Navy blames the Port Chicago sailors for the explosion. When the other survivors
refuse to handle ammunition again, it launches the largest mutiny trial in U.S. history. Thurgood
Marshall, chief counsel for the NAACP and future Supreme Court Justice, attends. When the Navy
court convicts and sentences 50 men for mutiny, Marshall handles your appeal and mobilizes the
black community for a struggle that will foreshadow the country’s bitter civil rights battle.
This June, in a fitting tribute, the black Marines who fought on Saipan were awarded
the Congressional Gold Medal for their WWII service.
President Obama signed legislation to create the nation’s 392nd national park, the Port
of Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial in Concord, California, to commemorate
the explosion and the men who lost their lives at Port Chicago.
The Color of War: How One Battle Broke Japan and another Changed America is an important ‘must
have’ book for the World War II enthusiasts and scholars. I think it is a sad situation when
something like this took place to begin with. The last sixty years have marked great changes in the
way people are treated. It took people with guts, determination, and fortitude to stand-up and
says this is right and this is wrong kind of behavior. No one is treated as a second class citizen in
our armed forces today. A person in the service can now become all that they want to be if they
will to put forth the time, effort, and study. It is incidents like what took place at Port Chicago
Naval Magazine that would ultimately help bring about this change in our military structure. This is
a very well written and presented true story. The Color of War: How One Battle Broke Japan
and another Changed America has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Sport and the Third Reich: History, Uniforms, Insignia, and Awards by Rob Newbrough,
9” x 12”, 2,200 Color & b/w images, Deluxe slipcase, each volume 352 pages, ISBN:
978-0-7643-4042-0, Hardcover, $150.00
This set represents the first comprehensive attempt at examining the association of sport with the
Third Reich, and contains over 2,200 images, the majority of which have never before been
published. History, uniforms, insignia, awards, and the many period photographs related to the
association of sport with the Wehrmacht and organizations of the NSDAP are presented. Vol.1
covers the DRL/NSRL, 1936 Breslau Games, the sport uniform, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine and Heer.
Vol.2 covers the political leader, SA, NSKK, NKFK, SS/Police, Hitler Youth, DAF/RAD, and
miscellaneous topics. Specific information related to each component of the sport uniform—shirt,
shorts, shoes, bathing suit, and athletic training suit—is provided.
This is one really nice set of books covering the 1936 Olympics and all of the different sports that
the Third Reich participated in. The uniforms are very interesting as well as the insignia and
awards.
There were all kinds of different insignia that are show both front and back for the
collector to see all of the fine details. This is a very nice set of books to add to your World War II
library. Once again Schiffer Publishing has published an excellent set of books that will totally
“WOW!” you as a reader, as a collector, and as a historian. This is a set of books that you will be
proud to own and to show to your family and friends.
Sport and the Third Reich: History, Uniforms, Insignia, and Awards has received a
“WOW! +” Rating. It just doesn’t get any better than this my friends.
Donitz’s Crews: Germany’s U-Boat Sailors in WWII by French L. MacLean, 8.5” x 11”,
400 Color & b/w images, 336 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3356-9, Hardcover, $69.99.
With dozens of historical documents and over 400 photographs, the author presents a
comprehensive history of the U-boat crews and the undersea war. This is a very interesting book
and will give the reader a very good look at the U-boat service of the Third Reich. This is an
excellent book to add to your World War II library. Donitz’s Crews: Germany’s U-Boat Sailors
in WWII has received a “WOW!+” Rating.
KRIEGSMARINE: History, Uniforms, Headgear, Insignia, Equipment 1935—1945 by
Enzo Berrafato & Laurent Berrafato, 9” x 12”, over 1,000 Color & b/w images, 256
pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-4274-5, Hardcover, $69.99.
The Nazi Third Reich Navy uniforms and equipment shown are all originals from the period, and
likewise from private collections. This book is a ‘must have’ for readers who are interested in the
history of the Kriegsmarine, and is a definitive reference for collectors of Third Reich-era
memorabilia. KRIEGSMARINE: History, Uniforms, Headgear, Insignia, 1935—1945 has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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German Army Shoulder Straps and Boards 1933—45 by Suter & Suter, 9” x 12”, 1,000
Color & b/w images, 264 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-4037-6, Hardcover w d/j, $89.99.
This book covers construction methods, material, types and styles of embroidery and metal devices,
as well as the identification of branch and unit. Detailed charts are used to identify unit affiliation of
Gothic letters, Latin letters, Roman numerals, Arabic numerals and Symbolic Devices. Containing
over 1,000 color photographs of straps and boards, as well as other loose cloth insignia, color tabs,
and tunics to assist the collector or historian in identifying original examples, this book is the
definitive reference. German Army Shoulder Straps and Boards 1933—45 has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
German Armored Trains 1904-45 by Wolfgang Sawodny, 9 x 12”, over 1000 b/w
images, 428 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-3523-5, hard cover, $99.99
Starting with the first German uses of military armored trains in the early-1900s, through the WWI,
Reichswehr era, to WWII, the main focus of the book. Detailed design, construction, and technical
aspects are discussed, as well as analysis of armored train operations on all war fronts. Also covered
are the use of captured trains, noted personnel, and a history of each train unit.
I found this a very interesting book in showing the great measures that the Nazi’s took to guard
their military shipments by rail.
The 1,000 original photographs give the reader a very good
understanding of the armored trains and how they were used. This book will appeal to military
historians, train enthusiasts, and military modelers. German Armored Trains 1904-45 has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Horses of the German Army in WW2 by Paul Lewis Johnson, 8 ½ x 11”, 500 b/w & color
photos, 352 pages, ISBN: 0-7643-2421-7, hard cover, $59.95
If one really means to understand the performance and tactics of the Wehrmacht in WWII, one
must understand the horse and its logistic requirements. This book presents one of the most
comprehensive photo collections of the men and equipment of the horse-mounted troops.
This book will appeal to the military historian, horse enthusiasts, and the person interested in
mounted military operations. Horses of the German Army in WW2 has received a “WOW!”
Rating.
Those They Left Behind: WW2 Photographs of German Soldiers with their Wives,
Families, and Sweethearts, Kriegsmarine, Heer, Luftwaffe, NSDAP, SS, Polizei, SA, HJ
By Holford & Radovic, 11 ¾ x 9”, 200 b/w images, 216 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-37680, hard cover, $59.99
This work includes over 299 images of soldiers in uniform, from all services, with their wives,
families and loved ones. Each photograph is captioned with a full description of what is being worn.
I look through the pages of this book and see wedding pictures, family pictures, pictures of
husbands and wives. They look just like photos that we would see of American Service men and
women with the exception that these people are Nazi German military personnel.
I see these
people acting just like military families around the world. What is hard to comprehend is how these
men can be so loving in these photos and then go out and commit such horrible and unspeakable
acts against people from other countries. Sometimes it’s just hard to comprehend the evil in the
hearts of men. Those They Left Behind: WW2 Photographs of German Soldiers with their
Wives, Families, and Sweethearts, Kriegsmarine, Heer, Luftwaffe, NSDAP, SS, Polizei,
SA, HJ has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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Blood and Honor: The History of the 12th SS Panzer Division “Hitler Youth” 1943—1945
by Craig W. H. Luther, 7” x 10”, over 160 b/w images, 288 pages, Hardcover, ISBN:
978-0-7643-4267-7, $49.99
The 12th SS Panzer Division “Hitler Youth” was formed in early 1943 following the German disaster
at Stalingrad in Russia, and was trumpeted by German propaganda as a symbol of the willingness of
German youth to make the ultimate sacrifice for Fuhrer und Vaterland. Most of the division’s
soldiers were barely eighteen years of age when they made their stand in the hedgerows of
Normandy on the 7th of June 1944. These young SS soldiers defended the vital town of Caen
against British and Canadian forces until they were finally overwhelmed a month later by the Allies’
enormous superiority in men and material.
Although the “Hitler Youth” Division was largely
annihilated in the process, it won the grudging respect of the Allied forces as the finest German
division faced in Normandy. The author’s account of its history is based largely on primary source
materials, including extensive archival holdings, published memoirs, official histories, and numerous
interviews with former division members.
This is a great look at some of the German forces that defended the Normandy area against the
Allied invasion of Normandy. Blood and Honor: The History of the 12th SS Panzer Division
“Hitler Youth” 1943—1945 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Hammer of the Gods: the Thule Society and the birth of Nazism by David Luhrssen, 316
pages, ISBN: 978-1-59797-857-6, Cloth, 6” x 9”, Notes; Bibliography; Index, February
2012, $35.00.
A Munich occult group with a political agenda, the Thule Society was led by Rudolf von
Sebottendorff, a German commoner who had been adopted by nobility during a sojourn in the
Ottoman Empire. After returning to Europe, Sebottendorff embraced a form of theosophy that
stressed the racial superiority of Aryans. The Thule Society attempted to establish an anti-Semitic,
working-class front for disseminating its esoteric ideas and founded the German Workers’ Party,
which Adolf Hitler would later transform into the National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party.
Several of the society’s members eventually assumed prestigious posts in the Third Reich.
Hammer of the Gods is the mother lode of insights into the mindset of the Third Reich, and affirms
a compelling thesis of extreme nationalism borne on the wings of international myth making.
This book is for anyone who enjoys unsolved mysteries, history, and mythology, Nazi politics by
stealth and terror, and attempts to probe the dark side of the human psyche. Hammer of the Gods
is told in a compelling style that relates a haunting narrative; the reader will find this book bone
chilling as its key ideologues set Adolf Hitler on his perversions of humanity, power, and destiny
which exploded into a worldwide conflagration. Hammer of the GODS: the Thule Society and
the Birth of Nazism has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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Shattered Genius: The Decline and Fall of the German General Staff in World War II by
David Stone, ISBN: 978-1-61200-0985, Hardback, January 2012, 424 Pages, Casemate,
6” X 9,” $34.95 .
This work describes the turbulent existence of the German general staff from its resurrection by
Hitler in 1935 to the end of World War II. It highlights the increasingly fractured relationship
between general staff officers and Hitler during this period—a deteriorating situation that
culminated in von Stauffenberg’s abortive attempt to assassinate the Fuhrer in 1944. The failure of
this plot and the unsuccessful efforts to initiate Operation Valkyrie, a plan to wrest control of
Germany from the Nazis, ultimately sealed the fate of the general staff as both Hitler and Himmler
exacted a series of savage reprisals in the final stages of the war.
The crisis of conscience that many officers faced as the articles of the Soldier’s Oath—a personal
vow of loyalty to Hitler himself—seemed increasingly irreconcilable with the actions of an
ideologically obsessed and dangerous leader.
The book dispels many prevalent myths that surround the general staff, such as its perceived
infallibility, the belief that it unquestioningly supported Hitler’s policies, and the convention that it
was primarily the general staff which persuaded Hitler to declare war in 1939. At the same time, it
identifies failings of the general staff as a whole that meant serious errors of judgment were made
in dealings with the Nazis both before and after the party’s rise to power. Yet the general staff was
still able to prosecute the war effectively up to late 1941 and to prolong the conflict to 1945, despite
overwhelming odds and diminished resources. Such feats did not satisfy the Fuhrer, however, and
ultimately the disaffected general staff’s links to the German resistance movement led to a
catastrophic fall to ruin.
This is a very enlightening look at the German general staff and that they weren’t that excited about
Hitler as a military leader. The general staff had members that were so dissatisfied with Hitler that
they tried to assassinate him and it failed and many members of the general staff were executed by
the Gestapo. I recommend this book highly to all students, historians and scholars of World War
II. Shattered Genius: The Decline and Fall of the German General Staff in World War II
has received a “WOW!” Rating.
The Last Prussian: A Biography of Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt by Charles
Messenger, 256 pages, ISBN-13:978-1-1848-8466-23, Cloth w d/j, Photos,
Bibliography, Pen & Sword, $39.95
Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt was an elderly Prussian officer that was retired and Hitler made
him come back and serve in the German General Staff. Gerd von Rundstedt didn’t think much of
the Nazi’s or Hitler, but he was smart enough to keep quiet and stay out of the way of Hitler as
much as humanly possible.
Gerd von Rundstedt could speak English as a second language very well. At the end of the war
Gerd von Rundstedt proved very valuable to the Allied officers in occupied Germany. Gerd von
Rundstedt was held for a while, but was never convicted of committing any war crimes. Gerd von
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Rundstedt was the last of the old Prussian officers that were honorable and a gentleman. He was
allowed to go back into retirement while other German Field Marshall’s were sent to prison for a few
years or executed for war crimes and hung on the gallows.
I found this book to be very interesting. I was enlightened on the conduct and code of honor that
the old Prussian General Staff represented as they were the last of the gentlemen warriors from an
earlier time. The Last Prussian: A Biography of Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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MANSTEIN: Hitler’s Greatest General by Major General Mungo Melvin, $37.50,
Hardcover, ISBN: 0-312-56312-4, June 07, 2011, 656 pages, 16-page black and white
photo insert and 16 color maps.
Field Marshal Erich von Manstein became a much-respected master of maneuver. He was the
mastermind who created the plan for the 1940 blitzkrieg that overran France in just six weeks. He
played a key role in the invasion of Russia and conquered the Crimea. He inflicted a massive defeat
on the Red Army at Kharkov, a battle that has been studied in military academies ever since.
Sentenced to eighteen years’ imprisonment for war crimes, he released after just three years then
advised the West German government in raising its new army in the 1950s.
Manstein was neither an active supporter of Hitler nor a member of the Nazi Party. Manstein’s
character was molded through his Prussian family tradition, class and military education. His
unrivalled competence in the Second World War was based on his through grounding as a young
staff officer serving in mainly staff positions on the Eastern and Western Fronts during the Great
War. He then served as a company and battalion commander during the turbulent Reichswehr
years. All these experiences helped fashion Manstein the soldier.
In Germany today, Manstein has become a symbol of the moral corruption of the Wehrmacht,
whose commanders’ actions enabled Hitler to prosecute a devastating war of conquest and
perpetrate the Holocaust. Manstein reveals the true story of Hitler’s greatest general and provides
fascinating new insights into the general’s battles and life.
This is a very interesting story of this German field marshal who served such a bad cause so very
well and shows the moral compromise of the Wehrmacht’s senior officers. This is a “must have”
book for the World War II enthusiast’s library.
Manstein: Hitler’s Greatest General has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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OSTKRIEG: HITLER’S WAR OF EXTERMINATION IN THE EAST by Stephen G. Fritz, Oct.
14, 2011, $39.95 Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8131-3416-1.
On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, with
battles characterized by unprecedented ferocity, extensive destruction, and immense loss of life.
Germany was unprepared to invade the Soviet Union, as Stalin’s ambitious industrialization plans
had turned the USSR into the largest military-industrial state in modern history. At the outset,
however, Hitler asserted that Germany faced only two choices—world domination or downfall.
Ostkrieg addresses the important question of why Hitler pushed German soldiers forward into
Russia despite an increasingly hopeless situation.
The German-Soviet war was the pivotal theater of World War II, as the campaign in the USSR was
driven by a complex set of motives: German ideology, the desire to create a “Greater Germany,”
material successes and rewards, and a fear of Communism. Hitler understood that a war against
the Soviet Union could secure Germany’s economic future and expansion, which would guarantee
the Reich’s racial future. The Eastern Front demonstrates the murderous nature of Hitler’s aims.
Only by studying the war in this area can we fully begin to grasp Hitler’s horrible plan of world
domination with Italy and the Empire of Japan as partners.
Ostkrieg was a war of total Extermination of all people of Slavic birth. The war on the Eastern
Front was a fight to the death. Total Wehrmacht casualties in World War II have been estimated at
over 11,300,000, including 5,318,000 military dead. Roughly 75% of these losses were sustained
on the Eastern Front.
Soviet military deaths are estimated to have been 11-12 million, with
another 17-24 million civilian deaths.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, historians have gained access to formerly unavailable
archived material and now the gaps in our knowledge about World War II are being filled in. I
found Ostkrieg to be one of the most informative and spellbinding reads that I have experienced in
a long time.
This is a real page turner as I felt myself cheering for the Russian people in their
struggle to just survive from day to day. The Nazi SS had a no quarter rule and they used flame
throwers to kill wounded Russian soldiers.
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I was informed by a former Russian that when the Slavic people picked out the places for their big
cities that they picked out the most miserable places they could find weather wise, as they just
wanted to be left alone by their enemies. This line of thinking worked well against Napoleon and
Hitler as the fiercely cold weather worked to destroy both invading armies.
OSTKREIG: HITLER’S WAR OF EXTERMINATION IN THE EAST has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
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The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 by Lloyd Clark, Nov. 1, 2011, 496 pages, $30.00,
Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8021-1908-7.
By 1943, Germany was in the unenviable position of facing both Allied offensives in the West and an
increasingly strong enemy in the East. Hitler’s forces were stretched thin, and, on the Eastern front,
the Soviet Union had managed to drag Germany into a frustrating war of attrition. A surging Red
Army, fresh off a victory at the battle of Stalingrad, was pushing German forces back towards the
Reich. Needing to regroup, but determined not to be defeated, Hitler’s army took a massive gamble
and set its sights on Kursk, a quiet town on the southern border of the Soviet Union.
Hitler’s army put its faith in surprise, but because the massive invasion took months to organize, the
Soviets learned of the operation, codenamed “Operation Citadel,” through their network of spies
and spend months preparing for the onslaught. In the days leading up to the battle, two million
men, supported by 6,000 tanks, 35,000 guns, and 5,000 aircrafts, convened in Kursk to meet the
German attack.
The explosive first day of battle quickly devolved into a quagmire of localized skirmishes, with the
Germans finding it increasingly difficult to make any progress. But things would change several
days later, in the small village of Prokhorovka, where a fleet of state-of the-art German Panzer
tanks collided with the Soviet Fifth Guards Tank Army Reserve, in a head-on clash between two
massive armored formations that would become the biggest tank battle in history.
By the end of the battle nearly half of the 850 tanks involved had been destroyed and tens of
thousands of men had died. The death count for the eighteen-day battle was staggering at 360,000
men in the greatest land battle in history. The Soviets won a decisive victory despite suffering
seven times more casualties than the Germans. The battle of Kursk in 1943 became a turning
point not only on the Eastern front but in the Second World War as a whole.
I found this book to be very interesting, exciting in the tank battles, and shocking in the cost of
lives. This is a must have book for the World War II scholar and for anyone who really enjoys an
exciting read. The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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LENINGRAD: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944 by Anna Reid, 496 pages,
Walker & Company, ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-7882-6, September 6, 2011, hardcover,
$30.00
On June 22, 1941 Germany attacked the Soviet Union, twelve weeks later the German and Finnish
armies cut Leningrad off from the rest of the Soviet Union, roughly half a million residents of the
city were drafted or evacuated, leaving just 2.5 million civilians, at least 400,000 of them children,
trapped within the city. Hunger set in almost immediately, and in October police began to report
the appearance of emaciated corpses on the streets. Deaths quadrupled in December, peaking in
January and February at almost 100,000 per month. By the end of what was even by Russian
standards a bitterly cold winter, cold and hunger had taken nearly half a million lives. It is on these
months of mass death—what Russian historians call the “heroic period.”
LENINGRAD is interwoven with indelible personal accounts of daily life drawn from diarists on both
sides, the Nazis’ deliberate decision to starve Leningrad into surrender and Hitler’s messianic
miscalculation, the incompetence and cruelty of the Soviet war leadership, the horrors experienced
by soldiers on the front lines, and, above all, the terrible details of life in the blocked city: the
relentless search for food; the withering of emotions and family ties; looting, murder, and even
cannibalism.
LENINGRAD, like all stories of humanity in extremis, reminds us what it is to be human, of the
depths and heights of human behavior. The siege’s most eloquent victims—the diarists whose
voices form the core of the book—are easy to relate to. They are not faceless poor-world peasants
but educated city-dwelling Europeans—people, in short, much like us. Some did turn out to be
heroes, others to be selfish and callous, most to be a mixture of both. As a memoirist puts it of the
Party representatives in her wartime military hospital, “There were good ones, bad ones, and the
usual.” Their own words are their best testimonial.
LENINGRAD tells the everyday horrors of the three-year Nazi siege. This is a good opportunity for
our readers to learn about the war on the Eastern Front where 70% of the Nazi military casualties
were incurred. LENINGRAD: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944 has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
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ZHUKOV 2nd Edition, Hardback w d/j, Maps, Photographs, $24.95.
This is the very best biography ever published about Russian General Zhukov.
General Eisenhower liked and thought very highly of Russian General Zhukov. As soon as World
War II was over Joseph Stalin had General Zhukov banished in Russia and classified as a “NONPERSON” because he was jealous of the attention that General Zhukov received.
Joseph Stalin was just as EVIL and CRAZY as Adolph Hitler. Just before the invasion of Russia by
Nazi Germany, was when Joseph Stalin felt very insecure of his position as Premier of the Soviet
Union. Stalin went through the officer corps of the Soviet Union and had the majority of the officers
executed. There was no sane reason for this massacre of the officer corps of the Soviet Union.
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When Adolph Hitler was informed of the senseless massacre of the military officer corps of the
Soviet Union was when Operation Barbarossa was launched. Millions of people would die on each
side of the Eastern Front. Horrors beyond description were meted out by the Nazi SS Killer Legions.
Where ever the Nazi SS troops went, were smoldering ruins and dead Russian soldiers and civilians.
General Zhukov rallied the Russian people and they fought courageously for every street, pile of
rubble and ruined buildings. Soviet partisans would make raids on Nazi supply lines while Russian
snipers worked on slowing up and demoralizing the Nazi SS troops as the bitter cold winters did its
part in destroying the invaders.
General Zhukov should be remembered as the general who caused the Nazi’s the heaviest casualties
of the war. General Zhukov would keep three major Nazi SS armies engaged and falling apart in
the severe Russian winter while the Allies bombed Germany day and night into the Stone Age.
If General Zhukov was left in charge, the forty-five year “Cold War” would never have taken place.
But Joseph Stalin quickly took General Zhukov out of command and banished him. It was Joseph
Stalin and his cronies that lead the Soviet Union down the forty-five year path to final destruction.
ZHUKOV 2nd Edition has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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The SS. Dirlewanger Brigade: The History of the Black Hunters by Christian Ingrao
272 Pages, ISBN-13: 9781616084042, Hardcover, photos, Bibliography, $22.95.
Hitler wanted to take over land from Russia to expand Germany’s growth, its need for resources,
and farmland to raise crops. To do this required the defeat and the total extermination of the
Slavic peoples of Russia. It would also have to destroy the partisan resistance fighters composed of
the Russian civilians.
To destroy the partisan resistance Hitler would use the convicts of German prisons. These convicts
were very mean and considered as expendable manpower that could be used to destroy the
Russians. Dirlewanger himself was a convicted rapist who would shoot on the spot anyone who
didn’t follow his orders. It was the SS. Dirlewanger Brigade that would terrorize the Russian people
that they captured. Raping women, torturing captives for locations of other partisans and executing
prisoners by firing squad or hanging was just some of the work that the SS. Dirlewanger Brigade
was famous for.
This is a book that belongs in the library of the World War II enthusiasts that want to learn about
the different Nazi fighting brigades and about the war on the eastern front in Russia.
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The Power of One Russian Man
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NOTES OF A RUSSIAN SNIPER by Vassili Zaitsev, Frontline Books, 208 pages, 8 pages of
plates, 6” x 9.5”, ISBN: 978-1-84832-565-4, Hardback, June 2010, $32.95, WWII
“As a sniper, I’ve killed more than a few Nazis. I have a passion for observing enemy behavior.
You watch a Nazi officer come out of a bunker, acting all high and mighty, ordering his soldiers
every which way, and putting on an air of authority. The officer hasn’t got the slightest idea that he
only has seconds to live.”
Vassili Zaitsev’s account of the hell that was Stalingrad is moving and harrowing. This was a battle
to the death—fighting street by street, brick by brick, living like rats in a desperate struggle to
survive. Here, the rules of war were discarded and a psychological war was being waged. In this
environment, the sniper was king—an unseen enemy who frayed the nerves of brutalized soldiers.
Zaitsev volunteered to fight in Stalingrad in 1942. His superiors recognized quickly his talent, and
made him a sniper. He adapted his hunting skills to the ruins of the city, watching his prey with
nerves of steel. In his first 10 days, Zaitsev killed 40 Germans. He achieved at least 225 kills and
the tactics he developed are still being studied.
Zaitsev was used as a symbol of Russian resistance against the Nazis. His exploits, including a
famous ‘duel’ with a Nazi sniper, remain the stuff of legend. His account is absorbing to anyone
interested in World War II and seeing how one person could survive in the most extreme of
conditions.
The reader will be amazed by the desperate struggle for Stalingrad. The Russian resistance was a
live or die situation and Vassili Zaitsev and his sniper teams made the Nazis pay dearly for every
square foot that they occupied at Stalingrad.
Notes of a Russian Sniper has received a
“WOW!” Rating.
The Evil Power of One Man to Kill Millions of Innocent People.
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HITLER: Beyond Evil and Tyranny by R.H.S. Stolfi, ISBN: 978-1-61614-474-6,
Hardcover, 520 pages, December 13, 2011, $27.00.
In this new biography of Hitler, historian R.H.S. Stolfi reinterprets the known facts about the Nazi
fuehrer to construct a convincing, realistic portrait of the man. In place of the hollow shell that
others have made into an icon of evil, Stolfi sees a complex, nuanced personality. He tells the
story of Hitler, starting with the dreamy youth who showed talent for architectural design but who
struggled academically and foundered without direction. The Hitler of later youth is then depicted
as a patriot who risked his life on the front lines during World War I, was wounded by shrapnel and
war gas, and was impressively decorated for valor. In Stolfi’s interpretation, Hitler came out of the
war a respected veteran driven by dark fury over the deaths of two million fellow soldiers and
convinced he had a calling to save the Germans from historical oblivion.
The author sees Hitler as a young man who consciously transforms himself into a self-proclaimed
messiah, a savior who would be called by providence to make new Germans capable of defending
themselves against a French-imposed punitive peace. On another level, Stolfi reinterprets Hitler as
the creator of a quasi-mystical political movement based on his revelation that the Germans were
under attack by a Jewish-inspired Marxian Socialism of global dimensions. As such Hitler would set
Germany on a course intended to achieve historical permanence for the state and personal
immortality for its providentially inspired leader.
Finally, Stolfi ranks Hitler’s successes from 1919
through 1941 as achievements so astonishing that he must be characterized, along with Alexander
the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon, as one of Hegel’s impossibly rare world historical
personalities.
I don’t agree with every interpretation of Hitler that Stolfi suggests, but the majority of what he
says I do agree with. This is a very interesting book of a leader with a criminal mind set on killing
as many Jewish people as possible even to the total extermination of the Jewish people.
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and Himmler preached to the German people. Hitler, God and the Bible has received an
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Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler by Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams, 384
pages, ISBN: 978-1-4027-8139-1, Hardcover, Oct. 4, 2011, $24.95
DID HITLER—CODE NAME “GREY WOLF”—REALLY DIE IN 1945?
GRIPPING NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS HITLER AND EVA BRAUN ESCAPED TO
ARGENTINA ON U-BOATS; GUARDED BY THE LOYAL SS.
EVA PERON TOOK A LARGE PAYMENT IN GOLD TO KEEP NAZI’S WELL
HIDDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ARGENTINA WHERE
HITLER DIED IN 1962.
THE ODESSA PROJECT HAD HITLER AND EVA BRAUN; LOOK- ALIKES DIE
IN THE FURHER BUNKER ON APRIL 30, 1945.
Military historian Simon Dunstan and investigative journalist Gerrard Williams have uncovered the
truth behind one of the greatest deceptions in history: that Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide on
April 30, 1945 but escaped from the ruins of the Third Reich—along with Eva Braun, hundreds of
millions in plundered assets, and other key Nazi figures—to a remote enclave in Patagonia, where
he lived out his life until his death in 1962. As recently as 2008, independent DNA-testing proved
that the famous “Hitler Skull” fragment recovered at the bunker was not that of Hitler or Braun. And
no other eyewitnesses or forensic evidence can prove that the Fuhrer and Braun died in the bunker.
When Churchill asked Stalin if they caught Hitler, Stalin shook his head and said Hitler managed to
escape somehow from Berlin.
Hitler and Eva Braun both had look-alike doubles and it was these doubles that were in the bunker
when the two left in the middle of the night along with two select Nazi officers. The flight down a
mile long secret tunnel to where a plane was waiting for them piloted by a women Nazi test pilot
that flew them to a top secret U-boat bunker in the Netherlands.
The three secret U-boats traveled together to Argentina dropped off their secret passengers and
gold cargo and then proceeded northeast to surrender to the Allies. This was all planned by Nazi
Admiral Carl Donitz’s whom Hitler placed in his will to take over Germany upon “his Death.” This of
course really messed up Heinrich Himmler’s plans as he was second in command. But Heinrich
Himmler had betrayed Adolph Hitler by secretly trying to work out surrender terms with the
Americans as he was scared to death of the advancing Russian Juggernaut. What goes around
comes around Heinrich Himmler. The Russian pest control is looking for your sorry hide to dry on a
barn door Heinrich Himmler.
Himmler went up to Admiral Donitz like the Nazi Party brown-nosier that he was and asked what he
should do? Admiral Donitz basically told Himmler to go take a hike as he was no longer needed.
So Heinrich Himmler rushed to the American lines and surrendered expecting all wrongs be
forgotten just like the end of WWI. What an Idiot! Heinrich Himmler has millions of innocent
people killed in gas chambers, has American POWs gunned down at Malme’dy, Belgium by his SS
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Killer Legions. Soon Himmler found out that he would receive a swift trial and a short drop at the
end of a hangman’s noose.
It was then that Heinrich Himmler bit down on a cyanide capsule he
had hidden in his mouth and ended his sorry excuse of a life trying to represent a human being.
Good Riddance!
Adolph Hitler and his new wife Eva Braun Hitler, Martin Borman, and a few of their closest SS
friends and a fortune in gold bullion. This group of Nazi escapees was interested in disappearing
as quickly as possible into the interior of Argentina and high up into the mountains to a small
German village. To do all of this would cost a small fee of gratuity as Argentina’s Eva Peron helped
lighten some of their gold bullion fortune to keep quiet about where they were headed in the
mountains of Argentina. The small mountain village was guarded by the ultra loyal SS and was the
hide out for other select top Nazi SS that had left Germany months ahead of the fall of Berlin.
This is a book that you will find impossible to put down as it is both horrifying, suspenseful, and flies
in the face of history. The book also examines the subsequent years that Hitler and his Odessa SS
collaborators spent in Argentina and their involvement with several South American governments.
The photographs of this group of Nazi escapees are just outstanding and you even see Adolph Hitler
without that ridiculous sawed off little mustache.
One comforting last thought is that Hitler’s mind started to go bonkers just before he died and he
had visions of millions of dead people each waving an arm for Hitler to join them in death. At least
the mastermind of millions of innocent people’s untimely deaths; had them haunting his deranged
mind at the end of his life. Just a little touch of justice at the end of his sorry excuse for a life.
Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler has earned a “WOW! +” Rating.
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The Holocaust by Peter Longerich, 672 Pages, Trade Paperback, March 2012, 6 1/8” X 9
¼”, ISBN: 978-0-1996-0073-1, $24.95
The comprehensive story of the Holocaust is covered in this book.
The story is told without
nauseating the reader.
The reader will sit back when finished with this book and feel shocked
and disgusted with the evil that lurks in the heart of mankind.
The lesson that we all need to
learn is to strive to get along with each other.
Work on the things that unite us and not the
things that divide us in this world so that we can all live in peace and brotherhood.
The Holocaust has received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
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Golden Harvest by Jan Tomasz Gross with Irena Grudzin’ska Gross, 135 pages, May 3,
2012, ISBN-13: 978-0-1997-3167-1, Hardcover, Oxford, $16.95
The grainy black-and-white photograph on the jacket of GOLDEN HARVEST depicts a group of
peasants—diggers—atop a mountain of ashes at Treblinka in Poland, where some 800,000 Jews
were gassed and cremated. If one looks closely at the crowd, the “crops” in front are revealed to
be skulls and bones. The diggers are searching through the ash for gold and precious stones that
Nazi executioners may have overlooked.
There is a much bigger story captured here—the vast continent-wide plunder of Jewish wealth that
went hand-in-hand with the Holocaust. This atrocity was not limited to conquering armies, leading
banks, or museums.
It was also perpetrated by local people who would turn on their Jewish
neighbors and kill them just to get what ever earthly possessions these people had. The plunder of
Jewish possessions was often a communal enterprise in wartime and post-war Poland.
GOLDEN HARVEST is a prime example of human greed and treachery that is both
chilling and totally shocking. GOLDEN HARVEST has received an “EXCELLENT! +”
Rating.
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INSIDE THE GAS CHAMBERS: Eight Months in the Sonderkommandos of Auschwitz by
Shlomo Venezia, 232 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4384-1, Trade Paperback, 5.6” x 0.7”
x 8.3”, April 12, 2011, $14.95
The Sonderkommandos was made up of non-Jewish male prisoners at Auschwitz who took the dead
out of the gas chambers and placed them in the ovens of the crematory. These prisoners received
a little extra in rations so that they could do their dirty work. Every three months these prisoners
are deceived by the Nazis and they are shot dead and the new Sonderkommandos take over the
cleaning up of the gas chambers and the cremation of the dead.
Shlomo Venezia was in the last group of Sonderkommandos to work at Auschwitz and was involved
with the destruction of the gas chambers as the Russian Army drew near. Auschwitz was liberated
by the Russians before the Nazis could shoot the last of the Sonderkommandos. It is through the
diary of Shlomo Venezia that we have a look at the daily operations of the gas chambers of
Auschwitz.
This is a book that should be read by adults only as its message isn’t for children of any
age. This is a good look at the total evil of mankind. It isn’t a story that one will quickly
forget. The reader will wonder how these prisoners that made up the Sonderkommandos could
keep from going crazy from their job assignment. This is a very shocking look at PURE EVIL
that the reader will long remember!
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INSIDE THE GAS CHAMBERS: Eight Months in the Sonderkommandos of Auschwitz has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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My Reconstructed Life by Eugene Schoenfeld, ISBN: 978-1-933483-11-5, Trade
Paperback, ITEM 1933483008-PB, $15.95
This is the true and fascinating story of survival by Professor Eugene Schoenfeld.
Eugene
Schoenfeld is a Holocaust survivor whose life has been filled with some almost insurmountable
challenges. My Reconstructed Life is the story of the human spirit overcoming the evil of mankind
and ultimately ending in triumph. This is a story that holds the readers attention from beginning to
end. This is a story that belongs on the book shelf of anyone who cares to learn more about one
of the most horrible tragedies to befall mankind.
My Reconstructed Life has received a
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Hitler’s Final Fortress—Breslau 1945 by Richard Hargreaves, $50.00, Pen and Sword,
December 2011, 288 pages, ISBN: 978-1-84884-515-2, Hardback, 6 x 9, 16 pages b/w
plates.
In January 1945, the Red Army unleashed its long-awaited thrust into Germany with terrible fury.
One by one the provinces and great cities of the German East were captured by the Soviet troops.
Breslau, capital of Silesia, a city of 600,000 people stood firm and was declared a fortress by Hitler.
A bitter struggle raged as the Red Army encircled Breslau, and then tried to pummel it into
submission while the city’s Nazi leadership used brutal methods to keep the scratch German troops
fighting and maintain order. Aided by supplies flown in nightly and building improvised weapons
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from torpedoes mounted on trolleys to an armored train, the men of Fortress Breslau held out
against superior Soviet forces for three months. The price was fearful. By the time Breslau
surrendered on May 6, 1945, four days after Berlin had fallen, 500,000 soldiers and civilians were
dead, and the city was a wasteland. Breslau was pillaged, its women raped and every German
inhabitant driven out of the city which became Wroclaw in post-war Poland. Based on official
documents, newspapers, letters, diaries and personal testimonies, this is the bitter story of Hitler’s
Final Fortress.
This is a very interesting story of the last holdouts of the crumbling Third Reich. The Nazi’s
reaped at Breslau; what they had sown in Russia. “What goes around; comes around,”
as the Chinese saying states. The Russians did unto the Nazi’s; as the Nazi’s did unto
the Russians!
The great lesson from this sad story tells us that it is very important to thoroughly investigate just
who we elect to office; as they probably don’t have our best interest in mind to begin with. Hitler
really sold the German people a bill of goods and it led to millions of dead and a ruined country.
This book belongs in the library of all WWII history scholars and enthusiasts.
Hitler’s Final Fortress—Breslau 1945 has received an “EXCELLENT! +” Rating.
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Five Days That Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of
World War II by Nicholas Best, January 17, 2012, Hardback, ISBN: 0312614982, Pages
352 plus one 16-page b&w photo insert, Price: $27.99 .
An amazing and powerful account of the 5 final crucial days of WWII—from the
execution of Benito Mussolini, to Adolf Hitler’s suicide, to the fall of Berlin at the end of
the War.
This is the story of the last five days of World War II. The harrowing reflections of these five days
come from first hand accounts from: Walter Cronkite, who parachuted with a Canadian troop into
Holland to witness the horrors of the starvation gripping that nation. Two future Popes: John Paul
II and Benedict, both are hoping to survive in different life-and-death situations. Audrey Hepburn,
who nearly became interned in a Wehrmacht brothel. The words of photographer Lee Miller as she
described and captured the evidence of the Nazi atrocities.
Hitler’s inner circle, who described
what really went on in Hitler’s bunker in those final, fateful few days.
Author, Nicholas Best gives a very exciting account of the last five epic days of the war in Europe.
Five Days That Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of
World War II has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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THE END: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian
Kershaw, Sept. 8, 2011, 576 Pages, Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-59420-314-5, $35.00 .
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The Nazi regime did not surrender until the Red Army was literally running into the Reich
Chancellery, by that time the country was virtually obliterated: its economy devastated its cities in
ruins, its populace broken. Unwilling to contemplate capitulation and desperate to avoid a repeat
of the “disgraceful” German surrender of 1918, Hitler refused to sue for peace. Historically, such
self-destruction by fighting to near-total devastation is extremely rare.
Drawing on the personal accounts of ordinary Germans up through the highest-ranking Nazi
officials, The End is an enlightening account of the inner dynamics and catastrophic end of a
fanatical regime.
I had a history teacher that stressed that we should always try to see history from each side of the
conflict so that we have a well rounded view of the total picture. The End gives us the picture
inside Berlin from the Nazi side. This book reminds me that what goes around comes around in
life.
What the Nazi’s dealt out to the Russian people came right back at them in Berlin. THE
END: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1944-1945 has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
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NAZI SS JOCHEN PEIPER ~ MURDER of U.S. P.O.W.’s
Fatal Crossroads: The Untold Story of the Malme’dy Massacre by Danny S. Parker, 378
pages, ISBN: 978-0-306-82068-7, Hardcover, $26.00
On December 17, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, Battery B of the U.S. Army’s 285th Field
Artillery Observation Battalion came under attack from a Nazi SS tank column commanded by
Jochen Peiper at a crossroads outside of Malme’dy, Belgium. Knowing they were no match for the
Nazi SS machine guns and tanks—the 285th was a unit that was never meant to go into combat and
was armed with only small weapons—the Americans surrendered and allowed their captors to lead
them to a nearby field. There, the Nazi SS opened fire, killing over eighty of their prisoners.
Danny S. Parker discusses the events that led up to the Malme’dy Massacre, recounts what
eyewitnesses from both sides say happened, and presents facts from the incident, such as the
results of the autopsies done on the victims once the U.S. was finally able to reclaim that territory
and retrieve the bodies a month later. Parker also examines the questions raised by the trials of
the Nazi SS soldiers at Dachau in 1946. Parker presents the first full look at the tragic events and
controversial aftermath of the largest single atrocity committed against American POWs on the
Western Front of World War II.
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The Nazi SS were under orders not to take any prisoners during the Battle of the Bulge.
All prisoners were to be shot; which is totally against the rules of war set at the Geneva
Convention. The Nazi SS didn’t want to be slowed down by prisoners in their attack
against the Americans.
The actions taken by the Nazi SS Panzer Commander Jochen Peiper and his tank column
was nothing but cold blooded premeditated murder of U.S. P.O.W.’s.
The Nazi SS
soldiers that committed this massacre at Malme’dy, Belgium were nothing but war
criminals and deserved to be tried in a court of law and then hung by the neck until
dead.
This is a must have book for any World War II scholar or historian. Fatal Crossroads: The
Untold Story of the Malme’dy Massacre has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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NAZI WAR CRIMINALS
The Last Nazis: The Hunt for Hitler’s Henchmen by Mark Felton, (Pen and Sword),
October 2011, 224 Pages, 8 Pages b/w plates, ISBN: 978-1-8488-4286-1, Hardback, 6”
x 9”, $39.95.
The sickening heinous crimes committed by the Nazis will inevitably appall mankind for ever.
Interest in the hunt for those who have escaped justice since 1945 is huge. A surprising number of
war criminals remain alive 65 years on despite the ongoing campaign by the Simon Wiesenthal
Center, who launched ‘The Last Chance’ campaign in 2008.
Since 2001 no less than 76 legal decisions have been won against Nazi war criminals and
collaborators, half of them in the USA. Yet the author reveals that there are many more alive and
free today and their stories are no less shocking for the passage of time.
He also covers those who died recently before trial as well as those who have succeeded in
escaping justice or only suffered very minor punishment.
(The author spares no effort to shock the reader with his accounts of the appalling
crimes committed by these evil men and women.)
Some war criminals will never face justice while alive, but some day they will receive justice from
God. They can run, but they can’t hide from God or his justice. Remember that and be consoled
that vengeance is God’s and his alone to deal out to those who break his laws. The Last Nazis
belongs in the library of WWII historians and scholars. The Last Nazis: The Hunt for Hitler’s
Henchmen has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
A CRIMINAL MIND
NAZI SS HEINRICH HIMMLER
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The Largest Mass Murder in the History of Mankind.
The Power of One Criminal Mind in Killing Millions of Innocent People.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS USA
198 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10016-4314
WEB: www.oup.com/us
NAZI SS HEINRICH HIMMLER ~ MASS MURDER,
HEAD OF HITLER’S SS KILLER LEGIONS & THE GUESTAPPO
THE SORRIEST EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING EVER!
HEINRICH HIMMLER: The Full Life Story of Heinrich Himmler, Head of the SS and Mass
Murder by: Peter Longerich, 1072 pages, photos, ISBN-13: 978-0-1995-9232-6
Hardback, $34.95.
This is the story of a former chicken rancher who was the largest mass murderer in the history of
the world.
Heinrich Himmler was a very ambitious Nazi who followed the wishes of Hitler to
exterminate the Jews of Europe.
Himmler was the number two Nazi and was supposed to take
Hitler’s place when he decided to retire. As the Russians were closing in on Berlin; Himmler got in
touch with the American command on the Western Front and tried to bargain a peace where the
Nazi’s and the Americans would fight against the Russians. Hitler felt that Himmler betrayed him
by going to the Americans trying to surrender. Hitler wrote Himmler out of his will and placed the
Third Reich in the hands of the Carl Donitz who was the head of the German Navy. When Heinrich
Himmler found out that Donitz took the place of Hitler; he called Donitz and asked what he should
do? Donitz basically told Himmler to go take a hike as he was no longer needed.
Heinrich Himmler surrendered himself to the Americans; it was then that he found out that he was
going to be tried for war crimes and hung by the neck until dead. Heinrich then bit down on a
cyanide capsule that he had hidden in his mouth. Himmler died within a matter of 15 minutes and
cheated the hangman from seeing him do the rope dance.
This is an excellent book about one of the sorriest excuses for a human being to ever be
born. This is the true story of a mass murderer with a criminal mind set on pure evil.
This is a must have book for the person interested in World War II as Heinrich Himmler was in
charge of the Nazi SS, the Killer Legions of the Third Reich, the extermination of the Jews, and the
Head of the Gestapo.
HEINRICH HIMMLER: The Full Life Story of Heinrich Himmler, Head of the SS and Mass
Murder has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
NAZI SS ARTHUR GREISER
ANOTHER SORRY EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING!
The Power of One Very Evil Man to Kill Millions of Innocent People.
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NAZI SS ARTHUR GREISER
MASS MURDER of POLAND’S JEW’S
Model Nazi: Arthur Greiser and the Occupation of Western Poland by Catherine
Epstein, 320 pages, photos, ISBN-13: 978-0-1995-4641-1, Hardcover, $45.00.
Arthur Greiser is another sorry excuse for a human being as he was in charge of the mass murder
program for Western Poland.
Greiser had the Jews of Poland rounded up and placed on trains
headed for the gas chambers. Greiser was also in charge of en-slaving the polish people and
sending them off to Nazi work camps and war industries.
This book will give the reader a very good look at the Nazi Empire that Hitler dreamed
of. This is an empire to be run by the Arians and all other races and peoples are to be
sub-servant and expendable. Arthur Greiser worked very hard at making Hitler’s dream
come true. Arthur Greiser was another sorry excuse for a human being.
This is a book that belongs in the World War II enthusiast library. Model Nazi: Arthur Greiser
and the Occupation of Western Poland has received a “WOW! +” Rated.
“From the deepest desires, comes the awfulest hate.” ~ Socrates
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Hitler’s Flying Saucers: A Guide to German Flying Discs of the Second World War by
Henry Stevens, 304 pages, 6 x 9, Trade Paperback, Illustrated, Bibliography,
Item Code: HFS, Retail Price: $18.95
Learn why the Schriever-Habermohl project was actually two projects and read the
written statement of a German test pilot who actually flew one of these saucers; about
the Leduc engine, the key to Dr. Miethes saucer designs; how U.S. government officials
kept the truth about foo fighters hidden for almost sixty years and how they were
finally forced to come clean about the German origin of foo fighters.
Learn of the
Peenemuende saucer project and how it was slated to go atomic.
Read the U.S.
governments own reports on German field propulsion saucers. Find out how the Canadians
got saucer technology from the Nazi SS. Find out about the surviving Third Power of former Nazis.
Learn of the U.S. governments methods of UFO deception and how they used the German
Sonderbueroll as the model for Project Blue Book.
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You won’t be able to put this book down until you have read it from cover to cover.
This isn’t a
once upon a time story, this is a really real story. I even saw a program on PBS TV that confirms
all of this. The PBS program even showed one of these flying saucers sitting on a special concrete
platform and a test pilot fired up the saucer and it lifted off of the platform and flew. The Nazi’s
originally made very small flying saucers to use as flying targets; for use in working on the new
target tracking guidance system for the anti-aircraft flack guns. This is a book that should be
added to your World War II library. Hitler’s Flying Saucers: A Guide to German Flying Discs
of the Second World War has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Man-Made UFOs: WWII’s Secret Legacy by Renato Vesco & David Hatcher Childress,
524 pages, 6 x 9, Trade Paperback, Illustrated, Bibliography, Item Code: MMU, Retail
Price: $22.95
A new, revised edition of this classic book on suppressed technology: the early “flying
saucer” technology of Nazi Germany and the genesis of man-made UFOs. Examined in
detail are secret underground airfields and factories; German secret weapons; “suction”
aircraft; the origin of NASA; gyroscopic stabilizers and engines; the secret Marconi
aircraft factory in South America; and more. Chapters include: June 24, 1947: A Day to
Remember, The True Story of Project Blue Book; Mysterious Night Lights Over the Rhineland;
Revolutionary German Anti-Aircraft Weaponry; How To Do the Impossible; Marconi’s Secret Saucer
Base; more. Hundreds of cool illustrations!
This book is a real page turner and the reader will find this book to be very enlightening. This book
will be a great addition to your World War II library. Man-Made UFOs: WWII’s Secret Legacy
has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Loving your country does not mean following
its leader’s orders no matter what they are.
Five ways we should radically reconsider war.
Refuse to accept the normality of war.
Think calmly and strategically about self-defense.
Ask hard questions about evil enemies and moral crusades.
Demand that war advocates disclose their interests.
Analyze patriotic appeals and resist campaigns of national
purification.
Always remember, there are no real winners in a war, just survivors!
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The Century Series: The USAF Quest for Air Supremacy, 1950-1960 – F-100, F-101,
F-102, F-104, F-105, F-106 by Ted Spitzmiller, Size: 8.5”x11”, over 200 b/w images, 232
pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-4038-3, Hardcover, $59.99.
This is the history of fighter aircraft that transitioned the United States Air Force into the supersonic
era. By 1952, fighter designations that started with the Curtiss P-1 in 1923 reached the century
mark with the North American F-100-thus the term Century Series story is also one that moves past
their initial operational period and into the war in Vietnam. This is an excellent book covering the
early supersonic era of American fighter aircraft. This is a very nice addition to the aviation buffs
library. The Century Series: The USAF Quest for Air Supremacy, 1950-1960 – F-100, F101, F-102, F-104, F-105, F-106 has received a “WOW!” Rating.
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BLACK OPS VIETNAM: The Operational History of MAC-V-SOG by Robert M. Gillespie,
September 15, 2011, 320 pages, 7 photos, Notes, Bibliography, Index, Hardcover, Price:
$41.95, ISBN: 978-1-59114-321-5, (eBook/978-1-61251-064-4/$41.95)
The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG) were
officially activated in January 1964. First commanded by Col. Clyde R. Russell, and sanctioned by
President Lyndon Johnson, this highly classified U.S. joint-service organization combined elements
from the Army Special Forces, Navy SEALs, and Marine Force Recon units, as well as personnel from
the Air Force and the CIA. It also fielded a division-sized element of South Vietnamese military
personnel, indigenous Montagnards, ethnic Chinese Nungs, and Taiwanese pilots. Operating in the
dark shadows of the jungles of Vietnam, this unique, highly specialized unit participated in the
planning and conduct of the significant operations of the conflict.
During its nine-year existence,
MACVSOG played a key role in ongoing air operations over North Vietnam, the covert war in Laos,
the Tet Offensive, Operation Lam Son 719, the Easter Invasion, and the Son Tay POW Raid.
Unlike previous works on the subject, Black Ops, Vietnam is a complete history of the MACVSOG
unit drawn from declassified documents and memoirs. It provides a detailed account of all of the
exploits of this elite group and does not focus solely on cross-border missions. The story of this
extraordinary unit has never before been told in full and comes as a timely blueprint for today’s
large-scale, multi-ethnic, unconventional, and counter-insurgency operations.
This is a book that will hold your attention from beginning to the end.
For the Vietnam War
scholar, historian, and collector this is a ‘must have’ book. This is an important key book to have in
your Vietnam War library. Black Ops were an important and vital part of U.S. Military Operations in
Vietnam. BLACK OPS, VIETNAM: The Operational History of MACVSOG has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
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BLACKHORSE RIDERS: A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and
the Vietnam Battle America Forgot by Philip Keith, 2/14/12, ISBN: 0312681920,
Hardcover, pages 352, Price: $26.99.
After 30 long, agonizing years of being forgotten the men of Alpha Company finally
received their due in 2009—the Presidential Unit Citation awarded by President Barack
Obama. This is the incredible story of how they deserved such a distinction.
This is the incredible story of a brave military unit that risked everything to rescue an outnumbered
troop under fire. Deep in the Vietnam jungle on March 26, 1970, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th
Armored Cavalry, the famed “Blackhorse” Regiment was a specialized cavalry outfit equipped with
tanks and armored assault vehicles. On the morning of March 26, 1970, they began hearing calls
from an infantry unit close by that had come across a North Vietnamese Army position.
Outnumbered at least 6 to 1, the American company was quickly surrounded and pinned down,
fighting for their lives. Helicopters were unable to penetrate the dense jungle and artillery and air
support could not effectively engage and target the enemy. At that point the company would be
killed or captured.
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Alpha Troop effected one of the most daring rescue missions in military annals. Their courage
came at a great cost of life, but after a hellacious fire-fight Alpha Troop was able to bring the
company to safety.
The other half of this amazing story is how Captain John Poindexter put in paperwork to see his
men received recognition. The paperwork was eventually lost as the Vietnam War was grinding
down to an exit of American forces.
After a ten year struggle Captain John Poindexter finally
received recognition for his men. Finally, on October 20, 2009, President Barack Obama righted
this great wrong as the men of Alpha Troop received a rare award: the Presidential Unit Citation is
the highest combat award that can be given to a military unit. This same award was given in 2011
for the men of SEAL Team Six who killed Osama bin Laden. Captain Poindexter, in battle and out,
would not let his men go unnoticed.
This is a real page turner story from beginning to the end. This is a ‘must have’ book for your
Vietnam War bookshelf.
This is a story that makes the reader feel proud as American soldiers
come to the rescue of their fellow countrymen.
BLACKHORSE RIDERS: A Desperate Last
Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot have
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS
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Tel. 651-259-3203 ~ www.mhspress.org
Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam by Kim Heikkila, September 2011, 232
pages, 20 b/w photos, notes, index, Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-87351-637-2, 6 x 9,
Price: $19.95. E-book: 978-0-87351-839-0, $15.95.
Fifteen Minnesota nurses spent a year caring for the casualties of a divisive war, only to
come home and descend into isolated silence. To heal themselves, they banded
together as veterans.
In January 1966, Navy nurse Lieutenant Kay Bauer stepped off of a Pan Am airliner into the stifling
heat of Saigon and was issued a camouflage uniform, boots, and a rifle. “What am I supposed to do
with this?” she said of the weapon. “I’m a nurse.”
Bauer was one of approximately six thousand military nurses who served in Vietnam. Historian Kim
Heikkila here delves into the experiences of fifteen nurse veterans from Minnesota, exploring what
drove them to enlist, what happened to them in-country, and how the war changed their lives.
After the war this sisterhood of nurses reached out to each other and helped each other recover
from their war time experiences. This sisterhood of nurses launched the campaign to build the
Vietnam Women’s Memorial.
Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam is a key book to have on your Vietnam War
bookshelf. The field of Vietnam War nursing isn’t written about very much. I am not sure, but I
think this is the only book to be published on this subject so far. This book is a real page turner as
the reader will be fascinated by the stories and experiences of these nurses in Vietnam.
Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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GROUND POUNDER: A MARINE’S JOURNEY THROUGH SOUTH VIETNAM 1968-1969 by
Gregory V. Short, ISBN: 978-1-57441-452-3, Cloth, 6 x 9, 368 pages, 13 b&w photos, 1
map, Notes, Bibliography, Index, $29.95.
Private First Class Gregory V. Short arrived in Vietnam in early February of 1968 at the beginning of
the Tet Offensive, as an eighteen-year-old U.S. Marine. Private Short began his tour of duty as an
81 mm mortarman with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, which was stationed at Con Thien
near the DMZ. While living in horrendous conditions reminiscent of the trenches in World War I, his
unit was cut off and constantly being bombarded by the North Vietnamese heavy artillery, rockets,
and mortars.
Soon thereafter Short left his mortar crew and became an 81 mm’s Forward Observer for Hotel
Company. Working with the U.S, Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division and other units, he helped relieve
the siege at Khe Sanh by reopening Route 9. Short participated in several different operations
close to the Laotian border, where contact with the enemy was often heavy and always chaotic. On
May 19th, Ho Chi Minh’s birthday, the NVA attempted to overrun the combat base in the early
morning hours. Tragically, during a two month period, one of the companies (Charlie Company)
within this battalion would sustain more than 70 percent casualties.
By September Short was transferred to the 1st Battalion 9th Marines (the Walking Dead). Assigned
as an infantryman (grunt) with Bravo Company and operating along the DMZ and near the A Shau
Valley, he would spend the next five months patrolling the mountainous terrain and enduring the
harsh elements. At the end of his first tour, he re-upped for a second and was assigned to the 1st
Marine Air Wing in Da Nang, where he had an opportunity to become familiar with the Vietnamese
culture.
Direct, honest, and brutal in his observations, Short holds nothing back in describing the hardships
of modern warfare and our leaders’ illusions of success. “Ground Pounder” is a witty, philosophical,
and unflinching look at a Marine’s tour in Vietnam. Gregory V. Short is a retired educator residing
in Denton, Texas.
This is a very good look at the war in the northern provinces of South Vietnam where the fighting
was some of the heaviest. The A Shau Valley was filled with tunnels and underground complexes
that were controlled by the Viet Cong and the NVA. The DMZ was used by the Viet Cong to
transport supplies. It didn’t take a whole lot of effort in either place to wind up dead real fast.
Vietnam was a good place to be from; far away from, as soon as possible. This is a very good look
at the way the war in Vietnam really was and not as the U.S. leaders thought or pretended that it
should be.
GROUND POUNDER: A MARINE’S JOURNEY THROUGH SOUTH VIETNAM
1968-1969 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Seal of God by Chad Williams, Greg Laurie, and David Thomas, 304 Pages, April 19,
2012, Size: 8.2 x 5.5 X 1 inch, ISBN: 978-1-4143-6874-0, Trade Paperback, Price:
$14.99
Part memoir and part evangelism piece, Seal of God follows Chad’s journey through the grueling
Navy Ops. Training all the way to the streets of Iraq, where he witnessed the horrors of war up
close. Along the way Chad shares his own radical conversion story and talks about how he draws
on his own experiences as a SEAL to help others better understand the depths of Christ’s sacrifice
and love.
This book causes one to ponder over the powerful message that Chad Williams presents. Seal of
God has received an “EXCELLENT!” Rating.
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THE OUTPOST: AN UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN VALOR by ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDENT JAKE TAPPER, Hardcover w d/j, ISBN: 978-0-316-18539-4,
Photos b/w, Maps, Drawings, Illustrations, $29.99 US/$32.99 in Canada.
Combat Outpost Keating: the end of the line, the U.S. military base nobody could believe had been
built. Placed within the valley’s deepest cleft, ringed by three steep mountains that formed part of
the vast Hindu Kush range in Afghanistan, the camp was the most remote outpost, in the most
remote part of a country that was cut off from the rest of the world.
The area all around was filled with people who wanted to kill those who were stationed at Outpost
Keating. The Americans knew that in a battle they were greatly outnumbered and the odds were
not many of them would return home alive.
At 5:58 a.m. on a morning in early October, that moment came. A sad and very real tale of the
war in Afghanistan and our brave young warriors who live—and die—at the point of the spear.
THE OUTPOST: AN UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN VALOR has received the highest
award of a “WOW! +”Rating.
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DAVE THE POTTER: ARTIST, POET, SLAVE Written by Laban Carrick Hill, Illustrated by
Bryan Collier, September 2010, Ages 3-6/$16.99, ISBN: 978-0-316-10737-0, Hardcover,
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
On the Antiques Road Show; every now and then someone brings in one of these huge ceramic
pots shaped like a big jug.
The appraiser says this jug was made by Dave the Potter and it’s
worth a fortune on today’s market. Now, my friends I will tell you the rest of Dave’s story.
This is the moving story of a slave with astonishing talent, Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
by National Book Award Finalist Laban Carrick Hill and Caldecott Honor illustrator Bryan Collier is a
tribute to a little-known but extraordinary historic figure.
During his life as a slave in South
Carolina in the 1800s, Dave created innumerable works of superb pottery, which were sometimes
inscribed with his own poems ranging from the whimsical to deeply emotional. Dave’s Pottery is
valued today not only for its creative accomplishment but for its major influence on the history of
ceramics. While many of the surviving pots are displayed in prestigious museums around the
country, now for the first time Dave’s incredible story has been made to share with children.
Laban Carrick Hill’s lyrical text combines with the evocative artwork by Bryan Collier to make Dave’s
story come alive.
While accessible for the very young, Dave the Potter is meticulously
researched to be historically accurate and includes end notes on Dave’s life and work for those
interested in learning more. Together Hill and Collier have created a book through which readers
of all ages can discover an important American artist who transcends society’s limitations and still
inspires today with the enduring power of his artistic spirit.
My reading friends this is a beautiful book! It will entertain and inform not only the very young,
but the child in all of us. And now my friends, you know the rest of the story.
Dave The Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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Civil War Drummer Boy by Verla Kay & Illustrated by Larry Day, G.P. Putnam’s Sons;
May 10, 2012, Ages 6-8, $ 16.99, ISBN: 978-0-3992-3992-2.
When Johnny joins the Confederate Army as a drummer boy, he enters a world full of patriotism
and adventure, breathtaking hot-air balloons, cannons and campfires. His job is to drum rhythms
that tell the soldiers what to do. But the dangers of war are all around him and when he returns to
the magnolia trees and cotton blossoms of his home, Johnny and the country are forever changed.
This is an excellent book for the young child in first through second grade and learning to read.
The story is very interesting, and the parent doesn’t have to worry about bloody combat and the
horrors of war. The illustrations are geared to the very young child. The defeated Confederates
just look very tired and dirty. This book is geared for both boys and girls. This is the perfect gift
for the young reader that will spur their interest in the history of America as well as teach them how
to read. Civil War Drummer Boy has earned a “WOW! +” Rating.
Hanging Off of Jefferson’s Nose: Growing Up on Mount Rushmore by Tina Nichols Coury
& Illustrated by Sally Wern Comport, Dial; ISBN: 978-0-8037-3731-0; May 10, 2012,
Ages 5-8; $16.99 .
From this dynamic duo comes the complete and lesser known story of one of our nation’s most
renowned landmarks.
Lincoln Borglum was a young boy when his father, the great sculptor Gutzon Borglum, suggested to
a group of South Dakota businessmen that he should carve the faces of four presidents into a side
of a mountain as an attraction for tourists. But Mount Rushmore would never be finished by
Gutzon. It would be his son that would complete the fourteen-year task and present America with
one of its most iconic symbols.
This book is for young boys and girls from kindergarten through second grade who are just starting
to learn to read. This is an exciting story that will keep the child’s interest from beginning to end.
They will learn to dream big and feel that they too can do great things in life. The story and the
illustrations empower the child to truly be, all that they can be. Hanging Off of Jefferson’s
Nose: Growing Up on Mount Rushmore has earned a “WOW! +” Rating.
I have always heard that the ending of something was the
beginning of something new. I would like to believe that is true
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Local Heroes: Portraits of American Volunteer Firefighters by Ian Spanier, Marek Fuchs,
Florian Bachleda, and Grace Martinez, 8.5” x 11”, 75 color & b/w, 144 pages, ISBN: 9780-7643-4150-2, Hardcover, $34.99
This is a wonderful book about volunteer firefighters all across America. We see them at the
firehouses and you get to learn about some of their day jobs like an Emmy Award-winning
songwriter, an arborist, a lawyer, and a topographic mapmaker.
We experience life in the firehouses all around the country: a 100-year-old department in a small
New York town, an “Old South” department in one of America’s poorest counties, a Midwest
department that battled one of the worst fires in Colorado’s history, and a California coastline
department with only nine members—none younger than 54. Their stories will leave you inspired
and thankful for the local heroes we call firemen. Local Heroes: Portraits of American
Volunteer Firefighters has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
America’s Patriotic Holidays: An Illustrated History by John Wesley Thomas and Sandra
Lynn Thomas, 8.5” x 11”, 691 color/bw images, 192 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-4190-8,
Softcover, $29.99.
This is a look at all six federal holidays plus Flag Day. This book is filled with nostalgic memories of
yesteryear. With 703 total images and informative text, you will gain a new appreciation for our
country’s history. This is a really nice book to have on your coffee table for your children or
grandchildren can read and enjoy. You will have a greater appreciation for our patriot holidays.
America’s Patriotic Holidays: An Illustrated History has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems by Peter Swift Seibert,
6” x 9”, 163 color images, 128 pages, ISBN: 978-0-7643-4060-4, Hardcover w d/j,
$19.99.
This is a look at the rich and diverse heritage of American fraternal societies from the late-1800s
through present times. This book is a research source for those wanting to identify fraternal groups
and their emblems. This useful guide for collectors, appraisers, dealers, and the casual reader.
Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems has received a “WOW!”
Rating.
Military Response to UFO Activity by Stephen Cox, 6” x 9”, 26 b/w images, 160 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7643-4062-8, Softcover, $16.99
This collection of UFO reports from pilots, astronauts, and other government officials will prove to
you that UFOs are not only real, but have been here for a long time. Take an in depth look at the
U.S. Governments reactions to the UFO phenomena since 1947. Find out what happens when
military aircraft fire upon a UFO and whether these aircraft are a threat to our National Security.
This book answers a lot of you questions and you will be truly amazed.
Military Response to UFO Activity has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Quayside Publishing
MOTOR BOOKS
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Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography Hardcover w d/j, photographs, $35.00.
This is an excellent book about the man who revolutionized the mustang for the race track.
Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography has received a “WOW!” Rating.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS / U.S.A.
www.oup.com
Oxford Atlas of the World Hardcover w d/j, Photos for Space, Maps, Illustrations,
$89.95.
This is one outstanding book about our planet. The book shows photographs from outer space and
then shows the map of the same area. The reader gets a chance to see the topography of the area
as well as the map with all of its boundaries, cities, rivers etc... This is one of the nicest atlases of
the world books that I have ever seen.
This is a top quality book and it shows pride in
workmanship. Oxford Atlas of the World has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
ABC-CLIO, LLC
P.O. Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911 USA
Phone: 1-800-368-6868 ~ Fax: 1-866-270-3856 ~ (805)-968-1911
E-mail: [email protected] ~ Web: www.abc-clio.com
Clothing through American History 1861-1899, Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-313-33551-8,
$85.00
This is an excellent book of reference for the historian, the re-enactor, the museum curator, the
collector, and the writer. The book construction is excellent and will hold up under a lot of field use
by the different types of readers. The color illustrations are very helpful and educational for the
reader.
Clothing through American History 1861-1899 has received a “WOW!” Rating.
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
30 AMBERWOOD PKWY, ASHLAND OH 44805
Phone: 1-(419) 281-1802
Dressed for the Photographer, or 1840 to 1900 Hardback, Item No: 0873385128, Price:
$60.00.
This is an excellent photographic record of the types and styles of clothing worn over a sixty year
period in American history. A picture is worth a thousand words and when you are looking at
actual photographs of the people of a certain era of time; then you can’t get any more accurate that
that. This is an excellent book for the historian, museum curator, the collector, the writer, and the
re-enactor. The book construction is excellent and will hold up under a lot of field use.
Dressed for the Photographer, or 1840 to 1900 has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM of ART
4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111
www.nelson-atkins.org Phone: 1-816-751-1242
Direct: 816-751-1284, Fax: 1-816-751-0498
The Origins of American Photography 1839-1885 from Daguerreotype to Dry Plate
Hardcover, Photographs, $60.00.
This is one cool book! The book is packed full of historic photographs and the whole history of
photography from 1839 to 1885 is discussed. The Origins of American Photography 18381885 from Daguerreotype to Dry Plate has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Check Their Web Site
MARYLAND’S CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS: THE SESQUICENTENNIAL COLLECTION Trade
Paperback, Hundreds of Photographs, $30.00.
This is a great addition to a ‘Civil War Buff’s’ library. This book is jammed-packed-full of
photographs of Maryland and its soldiers from both sides of the conflict. MARYLAND’S CIVIL
WAR PHOTOGRAPHS: THE SESQUICENTENNIAL COLLECTION has received a “WOW!
+”Rating.
John Paul Strain
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ARTIST
Check Out His Web Site.
The Historical Art of John Paul Strain Hardcover w d/j, Many Awesome Paintings,
$49.95.
This book has some of the most beautiful paintings of the American Civil War that I have ever seen.
Some of the paintings look so realistic that they look like they were taken by a modern day
photographer suddenly zoomed back in time to the actual event. I personally think that John Paul
Strain is the very best artist of the American Civil War period. His artwork is so life like and the
scenery is just beautiful. The Historical Art of John Paul Strain has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
STERLING PUBLISHING CO., INC
387 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10016-8810
Orders & Customer Service: Phone: 800-367-9692, Fax: 800-542-7567
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For Us the Living: by Mort K’u’nstler, Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-4027-7034-0, $ 35.00.
This is a beautiful book that’s just packed full of the American Civil War paintings of artist Mort
K’u’nstler. This is a ‘must have’ book for the Civil War enthusiasts!
This book will bring the
reader many hours of reading and looking enjoyment.
For Us the Living has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
New South Press
Check Their Web Site
Elvis is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself by Lewis Grizzard, Trade Paperback,
$15.95
The late Lewis Grizzard was one of the funniest sports writers to ever write a newspaper column.
Lewis Grizzard just had a way of looking at sports and life and leave the reader laughing. With the
passing of Lewis Grizzard the south lost one of its greatest writers. New South Press is re-printing
some of Lewis Grizzard’s funniest books. As they are published we will review them on The Lone
Star Book Review. We are in touch so that you will be in touch and not miss a single book. It’s
what we do! Elvis is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
If I Ever Get Back to Georgia I’m Going to Nail My Feet to the Floor by Lewis Grizzard,
Trade Paperback, $17.95
This book covers Lewis Grizzard’s time in Chicago working as the Sports Editor for one of the
Chicago Newspapers. This is the experience of a “Dixie Boy” in the frigid land of Chicago Winters.
As a Texan I can commiserate with Lewis Grizzard as I lived in Chicago for thirteen months. I
thought I was going to freeze to death a couple of times during the winter with a wind chill index of
-49 degrees below zero off of Lake Michigan. That cold wind makes you feel like you are on fire.
Lewis Grizzard finally gets back to Atlanta. You will laugh at Lewis Grizzard’s comments.
If I Ever Get Back to Georgia I’m Going to Nail My Feet to the Floor has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
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CHILDREN of LIGHT PRODUCTIONS
We Make Family Building Films
Web: www.childrenoflightproductions.com
Email: [email protected]
PRESENTS
“SONS OF GEORGIA”
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“I Will Make Georgia Howl!”
General William T. Sherman
The late autumn of 1864, three Union Grande Armies marched out of the smoking ruins of the city
of Atlanta Georgia. The Union Armies spread out in three columns covering an area some sixty
miles wide and moved in a southeasterly direction towards the coastal city of Savannah, Georgia
some three hundred miles away. Their mission was to burn, plunder and destroy everything in their
path that could help the Confederacy.
War, terrible war, in all of its ugliness, had come to the
people of the Empire State of the South.
This is the heroic and tragic saga of the Blanding Family…caught in the path of General Sherman’s
epic “March to the Sea.” It’s a story of faith and courage put to the extreme test as some family
members fall to rise no more in the terrible and tragic cost of a bloody Civil War.
Sons of Georgia is a very moving film and very well made.
viewer about faith and courage in times of extreme danger.
to kill, plunder, and burn then you have a real problem!
This is a family film that teaches the
When enemy soldiers arrive and start
This is a ‘must have’ DVD film for the Christian family, the American Civil War enthusiasts, and
anyone who wants to have a nice clean film to watch and enjoy. The young people who stared and
acted in this film have done an excellent job, the music is outstanding, and this is the type of film
that should be shown to our young people in school learning about the War Between the States.
My friends purchase a copy of this excellent DVD film and enjoy it with the people you love. “Sons
of Georgia” has received our highest award of a “WOW! +” Rating.
VISIT THE OFFICIAL “SONS OF GEORGIA” WEBSITE FOR THE MOVIE
TRAILER AND OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES.
WWW.SONSOFGEORGIA.COM
ORDER YOUR TWO DVD SET OF THE ACTION
THE PRICE OF $20.00 IS ALL INCLUSIVE FOR THE TWO DVD SET,
PACKAGING AND MAILING.
WWW.SHOPSONSOFGEORGIA.NET
EDITORS NOTE: It makes me feel good to see these very talented young people striving to make
good clean Christian family films.
They are to be commended for their work in this field of
entertainment. I hope that you will support them in their efforts as they strive to improve
entertainment for family viewing.
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MACMILLAN AUDIO
175 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010
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Victory at Yorktown 10 CD’s, Unabridged Audio Book, $44.99.
The audio book is exciting and it will give you many hours of enjoyment.
Victory at Yorktown has received a “WOW!” Rating.
The Battle of the Crater 10 CD’s, Unabridged Audio Book, $44.99.
This audio book covers The Battle of the Crater during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. This audio
CD is very exciting and you will have many hours of enjoyment.
The Battle of the Crater has received a “WOW!” Rating.
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Started the Civil War 10 CD’s,
Unabridged Audio Book, $39.99.
This audio book covers John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859. The story is very well
presented and will give the reader many hours of enjoyment.
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Started the Civil War has received a
“WOW! +” Rating.
BLACKSTONE AUDIO
Check Their Web Site
The Guns of August 15 CD’s, Unabridged Audio Book, $120.00.
This audio book covers all of the many aspects that led up to the start of World War One. The
story is very well presented. The book version won the Pulitzer Prize many years ago. This is a
‘must have’ for the World War One scholar and will give them many hours of enjoyment.
The Guns of August has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
Jordan County by Shelby Foote, 9 CD’s, Unabridged Audio Book, $72.00.
This audio book by the late Shelby Foote is outstanding! This is a ‘must have’ audio book for all
Shelby Foote enthusiasts. Jordan County has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
SIMON & SCHUSTER AUDIO BOOKS
Check Their Web Site
Angel in the Rubble: The Miracle Rescue of 9/11’s Last Survivor 6 CD’s Unabridged
Audio Book, $29.99
This is the true story of the last 9/11 survivor to be pulled out alive from the rubble of the twin
towers. This true story is one that will keep the listener sitting on the edge of their seat wondering
what will happen next. Thrilling and very exciting are the words that best describe this unabridged
audio CD book of the 9/11 tragedy.
Angel in the Rubble: The Miracle Rescue of 9/11’s Last Survivor has received a “WOW!
+” Rating.
AN AMERICAN LIFE: RONALD REAGAN THE AUTO BIOGRAPHY 3 CD’S Unabridged Audio
Book, $14.99.
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This is a ‘must have’ audio book for all Ronald Reagan enthusiasts. The great communicator in his
own words; is a lasting memorial to the great American President that brought down the Soviet
Union. Whether you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or Tea Party member Whether you
are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or Tea Party member you should have a copy of this
audio book about the American President that not only tore down a wall in Germany, but brought
down the evil empire of Communism.
AN AMERICAN LIFE: RONALD REAGAN THE AUTO BIOGRAPHY has received a “WOW!”
Rating.
HACHETTE AUDIO BOOKS
Check Their Web Site
Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World
11 CD’s, Unabridged, $34.98.
As we baby boomer’s played outside as little children; little did we know that the kindly old
gentleman that we called President Eisenhower was playing a ‘winner takes all’ game against world
Communism. With that straight poker face, President Eisenhower stood firm against Joseph Stalin
and later Nikita Khrushchev. We lived in a world of peace and not one American soldier lost his life
during President Eisenhower’s eight years in office.
Little did the American people know that the
elderly WWII general and U.S. President was playing a secret battle to save the world? I am glad
that we had a champion poker player as our President and he knew how to bluff the Communist
leaders and save the world from a nuclear war. This audio CD book is a ‘must have’ book for all
Americans. Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World has
received a “WOW! +” Rating.
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KELLY Z. CONRAD
13521 ESSEX DRIVE
HAGERSTOWN, MD 21742-2378
www.shamannovel.com
Shaman: A Novel by Kelly Z. Conrad, Trade Paperback, $19.95
This is Kelly Z. Conrad’s first novel about the American Civil War. This novel deals with the Union
and the Native American side of the American Civil War. Kelly Z. Conrad has an outstanding
command of the English language. This is a book that you will definitely want to add to your
library. Shaman: A Novel has received a “WOW! +” Novel.
I wish that I could write like Kelly Z. Conrad. I would be writing books instead of reviewing them.
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TOR/FORGE
TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES, LLC
175 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK N.Y. 10010
The Silver Cross Hardcover w d/j, (Confederate Novel) $29.99
This is a very exciting novel that all of you southern readers will greatly enjoy. It deals with a very
large silver cross and a certain party will give the Confederacy a fortune to get their hands on it.
That’s all I am going to tell as the rest you will have to read and find out for yourself. I never give
away the story as that is for the reader to learn. I will just say that you will really enjoy this book.
The Silver Cross has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
The Forrest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace Trade Paperback, $15.99
This is for all of you “Brave Heart” fans! Yes, my reader friends we have the man with the plan and
the sword in the hand back on duty as he thrashes the English warriors of Edward the 1st in
Scotland. If you liked “Brave Heart” then you will be thrilled by this excellent book.
The Forrest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace has received a “WOW! +” Rating.
The Disaster Survival Bible Hardcover w d/j, $24.95.
This book is approved by Homeland Security and has a lot of their information inside. This book
covers just about every emergency that can happen to American citizens: Fires, Floods, Tornadoes,
Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Bad Guys, etc. This book will instruct the reader on how to wisely handle
these situations. This is an excellent book for every American citizen to have at their disposal and
will pay off in spades in protecting your life and the ones you love. I highly recommend this book
for your safety and protection.
The Disaster Survival Bible has received a “WOW! +”
Rating.
EDITORS NOTE:
My many reader friends this is the longest book review issue that I have ever published and I still
don’t have all of the publishers and books reviewed. I am going back to monthly issues that are
shorter and just what I can cover in that month.
If you don’t see your book or publishing firm listed in this book review issue just relax and know
that I am still reading and selecting the very best books for the January issue. I will be reviewing
some of the books and publishers that I couldn’t fit into this issue plus reviewing some of the latest
books right off of the printing press.
January is a slow month and I will use it to try to fit in some of the backlog of excellent books that
need to be reviewed. We also have some new publishers to introduce to our many readers. Some
Southern Belles have been sweet talking me into reviewing some southern books that they have
written. I listen to all of our readers and try to cover the very best books that you desire.
Twenty Thirteen is going to be an exciting year and I will keep all of you in touch with what is going
on in the publishing world. Two of the big New York Publishers just might be merging. Random
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House and Penguin Books just might become one. I wonder what it will be called: Penguin House.
Random Penguin Books? Random Penguin House Books? Nobody knows but the executives!
Just think if Honeywell bought Fairchild electronics it could be called Fair Well Honey Child. Oh well,
we will just have to wait and see what Random House and Penguin Publishing are going to do. We
will be in touch so you will be in touch. It’s what we do at The Lone Star Book Review!
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I have checked with Thomas Publications in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Mr. Thomas is working
on the index of the books about Confederate Ammunition. This all takes time as Mr. Thomas
produces his books on ammunition of the Union and the Confederacy that are excellent, top of the
line in quality, and great reference books for the collector. Quality work always takes time, but it is
well worth the wait when finished. If you want something just slapped together real fast then go
to China as they work on quantity not quality. Mr. Thomas is going to try to have the books ready
by the summer. When the two books are finally finished then we will be the first to bring you the
reviews. Top quality work will not be rushed and that’s the way it is my reader friends.
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When covering the history of mankind, we have uncovered certain actions performed by evil people
that are so disgusting and sickening that it isn’t right or proper to expose too children, young people
and sensitive adults.
Only people that are totally prepared for the evil that men can perform
should read this type of history. This type of history is totally shocking as well as very saddening.
We have seen that the power of one can be used for great good or for great evil. Each of us has
this power of one inside of us. It all depends on how we step up and use this power and to what
degree. If we all step up and use the power of one for good, what a wonderful world this could
be.
We have a choice in life, and that is to learn about the evil events that others performed and make
sure that we do everything possible so that they are never repeated or we ignore this history and
know that history has a way of repeating itself if the conditions are right.
The Holocaust, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and mass murder all took place during the last century.
It is with hope, that the study of what caused these horrific events to take place. It is through
communication and co-operation between peoples and nations that we try to improve the human
condition. Let us all strive to find the things that unite us in life; instead of divide us, so that we
can live in peace and prosperity with each other.
My many reader friends, I hope that you have found some books in this review that are interesting,
educational, enlightening and entertaining.
Until we meet again my friends, care deeply, give freely, think kindly, act gently, be at
peace, with the world, and with yourself.
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