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Title: The Civil War Dictionary by MARK BOATNER ISBN: 0-679-73392-2 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Complete and compact; handy reference.
Comment: Useful to the serious or casual student of the Civil War. Clarifies troop movements and provides backgrounds on key organizations and personnel involved with the war effort. I always keep it handy when reading anything to do with the War and it always helps me understand even the most confusing aspects of troop movements, weaponry, etc. A standard in the field.
Rating: 4
Summary: A GREAT REFERENCE BOOK FOR BOTH NOVICE AND OLD PRO
Comment: I found Boatners book (hardcover)at a garage sale about 10-12 years ago. I placed the book in storage and rediscovered it just before a tour of the Gettysburg battlefield. I highly recommend this book to the novice just getting started on the battlefields of the Civil War or the old pro who needs to refresh or jog their memory. Anyone that must have small details of any battlefield, troop placement and or commanders that lead them, locations of assults, you name it, this book is a must. Take it with you as you walk the lines of battle, its invaluable!
Rating: 2
Summary: Lots of entries, not much information
Comment: When compiling a work of this sort, the author must necessarily choose what balance between number of entires and substantiveness they want to have. The more entries there are, the less thorough each entry can be. This work seems to go too far in the number of entries it includes. It's useful if you need to know a sentence or two of information about an obscure boat or officer or something like that. However, such inclusiveness only leaves room for a few hundred words or less on major people and battles. Since the majority of people are more interested in the larger people and issues, this limits the usefulness of this work.
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Title: The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861-1865 by E. B. Long, Barbara Long ISBN: 0306802554 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $30.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of the American Revolution by Mark Mayo Boatner ISBN: 0811705781 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: August, 1994 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History by David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler, David J. Coles, James M. McPherson ISBN: 039304758X Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 16 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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Title: Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference by Margaret E. Wagner, Gary W. Gallagher, Paul Finkelman, Library of Congress ISBN: 0684863502 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Grant Moves South by Bruce Catton ISBN: 0785812644 Publisher: Castle Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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