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Title: Gettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Illustrated History by David J. Eicher, James M. McPherson, Lee Vande Visse ISBN: 0-8118-2868-9 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.12 (25 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: When Design Overtakes Content
Comment: I was drawn to this book on the shelf, and optimistic upon leafing through it. There's a great use of typography and white space not often seen in historical publications of this nature. But perhaps there's a reason for that...
This is a great example of a book's design taking precedence over its subject matter. While the grid use and minimalist photo treatment is stylish and contemporary, it's not conducive to this particular audience--an audience expecting to enjoy larger, more detailed photographs and content.
I don't entirely blame the designer for the book's failure, either--it was a mistake for the publisher to call it "Definitive", when it truly isn't. This only makes the design flaw more glaring.
Students of design may find the book more interesting than Civil War buffs. It's a beautifully designed book--it's just that in this instance, the design is very wrong for the subject matter.
Rating: 1
Summary: Very Disappointing Effort
Comment: This book is very poorly edited. It's got some serious mistakes and obvious typos that kept me shaking my head all evening. Mistaking a picture of General Stoughton for Joshua Chamberlain is only the tip of the iceberg. There are many other readily apparent errors too numerous to cite in this limited venue.
I've enjoyed several of Eicher's other books. However this one didn't pass the laugh test for me.
Rating: 5
Summary: Riddled With Errors
Comment: If the book is riddled with errors, I would very much like to hear about mistakes other than the same tired three or four that "multiple" reviewers have made here and in a letter to the editors of CWTI. It does indeed appear that there is a smear campaign in progress.
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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 by Stephen W. Sears ISBN: 0395867614 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Gettysburg's Bloody Wheatfield by Jay Jorgensen ISBN: 1572492538 Publisher: White Mane Publishing Co. Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Brigades of Gettysburg: The Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburg by Bradley M. Gottfried ISBN: 0306811758 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: The Bloody Crucible of Courage: Fighting Methods and Combat Experience of the Civil War by Brent Nosworthy ISBN: 0786711477 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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