 A Short History of the Civil War: Ordeal by Fire
by Fletcher Pratt
Best one-volume history brings the events, figures, and battles of monumental conflict vividly to life. Absorbing details of military campaigns, battlefield strategies, and personalities revealed in an audacious style.
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| |  Women and Economics
by Charlotte Perkins [Stetson] Gilman
This classic of feminist theory relates the evolution of women's economic reliance on men and the system's deleterious effects on both sexes. A landmark treatise in the struggle for gender equality.
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 History of the Civil War, 1861-1865
by James Ford Rhodes
1917 Pulitzer Prize-winner is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding studies — and first unbiased history — of the Civil War. "...very attractive volume." — American Historical Review. Notes. 2 maps. Introduction.
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| |  Recollections and Letters of Robert E. Lee
by Robert Edward Lee
This remarkable portrait of the idol of the Confederacy features personal reminiscences by his son as well as the general's letters to his family from the Mexican-American and Civil Wars.
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 An Abraham Lincoln Tribute: Featuring Woodcuts by Charles Turzak
by Charles Turzak, Bob Blaisdell, Bob Blaisdell, David A. Berona
This handsome hardcover volume features 36 striking woodcut images of scenes from Lincoln's life by a noted artist of the 1930s. An appendix includes some of the president's speeches, letters, and quotations.
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| |  The Rough Riders
by Theodore Roosevelt
Based on a pocket diary from the Spanish-American War, this tough-as-nails 1899 memoir abounds in patriotic valor and launched the future President into the American consciousness.
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