The American Civil War & Reconstruction
Whistlestop Bookshop’s first store opened in Gettysburg in 1985. Eventually, over 19 years there, our Civil War section grew to be three large wall cases. A disproportionate percentage of it, naturally, was about the battle of Gettysburg and biographies of those who fought there. In addition to this book selling experience, my southern upbringing and Army family life created a lifelong interest in the War Between the States and all of its complexities. It is an understandable national obsession, considering how the first half of our nation’s history contributed to its ferocity, and the second half of our history has been the struggle to live with and understand the consequences.
Narrative of the War Between the States
Narrative of the War Between the States
“Early’s book is a large work which students of Lee’s army cannot ignore . . . Gary Gallagher’s introduction is as fine a piece of writing of this nature as a reader is likely to find. Dr. Gallagher knew ‘Old Jube’ and captures him in a model sketch.”–Jeffry Wert, author of Mosby’s Rangers