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Title: The Battle of Gettysburg: A Guided Tour by Edward J. Stackpole, Bradley M. Gottfried, Wilbur Sturtevant Nye ISBN: 0-8117-2676-2 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Concise yet complete tour guide with great graphics
Comment: The editorial reviews on this paperback are right on the mark. It is an excellent 124-page booklet that follows the formal tour guide route.
The front tour section starts by providing just the right amount of "selected" detail (with some well-cropped and selected photos)on each of the 16 stops (36 pages). I was able to take the book out and use it as a quick stop tour. I found the positons easily (as they were concisely marked), then read the short, but complete narrative. I really got the context of the complete battle by putting all the tour stops together because the "important details" were included at each stop.
After the tour, an account of the fighting is described by day, hours and short descriptor, e.g."Action of Buford's Calvary, 8:00 to 10:00 am, July 1" (78 pages). Superb graphics that clearly sketch out positions with key topography markers help you fix on the formations. They are very distingushable as they are marked with reference to the modern day road structure in he park (e.g. you can tell the bulk of Pickett's division-by brigade-was originally lined up much farther south than the positon of Lee's statue in their charge by the Spangler house).
The final pages of the book summarize the strength and losses by unit (i.e. numbers by brigade level, but specifying the regiments included) and a good one-page suggested reading list (that shows the better Gettysburg books).
I have been to this field five times. It is a very good book for new and repeat visitors.
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Title: Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide (This Hallowed Ground, Guides to Civil War Battlefields Series) by Mark Grimsley, Brooks D. Simpson ISBN: 0803270771 Publisher: Bison Bks Corp Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.05 |
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Title: Hallowed Ground : A Walk at Gettysburg by James M. McPherson ISBN: 0609610236 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Gettysburg National Military Park by Tim Kissel, Trailhead Graphics ISBN: 1883271037 Publisher: Trailhead Graphics, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Gettysburg, Then & Now: Touring the Battlefield With Old Photos by William A. Frassanito ISBN: 1577470036 Publisher: Thomas Publications Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Gettysburg: You Are There by Robert Clasby ISBN: 1580801110 Publisher: Burford Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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