CULTURAL
FC N11-275 Battle Hymn of the Republic
FC N11-204 Civil War Hymn
FC N11-204 Civil War Hymn
♥ When Life Was Young at the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. Stephens (1912)
True account of a soldier returning home after war and a glimpse at what home life was like at the time.
True account of a soldier returning home after war and a glimpse at what home life was like at the time.
HISTORY
FC F9-193 Selections from Grant's Memoirs
FC F9-257 Lee's Character
FC F9-275 Personal Recollections from Letters of Robert E. Lee
FC F9-257 Lee's Character
FC F9-275 Personal Recollections from Letters of Robert E. Lee
♦ $ 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 that carries readers breathlessly along from the day of Lincoln's inauguration to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House."
♥ All Around the Civil War by William Hawn (1908)
The southern point of view.
♦ $ Behind the Blue and Gray by Delia Ray
A look at the soldier's life in the Civil War.
♥ Deeds and Daring of Both Blue and Gray by D. M. Kelsey (1883)
Daring stories of both Union and Confederate soldiers
♥ Southern Heroes; or Friends in War Time by Benjamin Trueblood (1895)
True stories of the Quakers during the war.
♥ Sparks from the Camp Fire by Charles Greene (1889)
True stories of heroism. Raw and realistic.
♦ The Many Faces of the Civil War by Irving Werstein
A Messner History
♥ Under the Guns: A Woman’s Reminiscences of the Civil War by Annie Wittenmeyer
Eyewitness account of one who cared for the wounded soldiers during the war.
"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 that carries readers breathlessly along from the day of Lincoln's inauguration to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House."
♥ All Around the Civil War by William Hawn (1908)
The southern point of view.
♦ $ Behind the Blue and Gray by Delia Ray
A look at the soldier's life in the Civil War.
♥ Deeds and Daring of Both Blue and Gray by D. M. Kelsey (1883)
Daring stories of both Union and Confederate soldiers
♥ Southern Heroes; or Friends in War Time by Benjamin Trueblood (1895)
True stories of the Quakers during the war.
♥ Sparks from the Camp Fire by Charles Greene (1889)
True stories of heroism. Raw and realistic.
♦ The Many Faces of the Civil War by Irving Werstein
A Messner History
♥ Under the Guns: A Woman’s Reminiscences of the Civil War by Annie Wittenmeyer
Eyewitness account of one who cared for the wounded soldiers during the war.
HISTORICAL FICTION
♥ $ Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
One of the best-selling novels of all time. Set in Georgia during the Civil War and Reconstruction. A must read!
One of the best-selling novels of all time. Set in Georgia during the Civil War and Reconstruction. A must read!
BIOGRAPHIES
FC F9-173 Grant: The Man
FC G11-232 Julia Ward Howe
FC G12-156 General Lew Wallace
FC G12-192 Louisa May Alcott
FC G11-232 Julia Ward Howe
FC G12-156 General Lew Wallace
FC G12-192 Louisa May Alcott
♥ Andrew Johnson, president of the United States
Reminiscences of his life and character by one of his secretaries
♦ Angel of Mercy: The Story of Dorothea Lynde Dix by Rachel Baker
Messner Biography
♦ Belle Boyd: Secret Agent by Jeannette Covert Nolan
Messner Biography
♥ Boys’ Life of General Grant by Thomas Knox (1899)
Good, straightforward biography of Gen. Grant by the author of the Boy Travellers Series. Not difficult reading for a high schooler.
♦ David Farragut: Sea Fighter by Marie Mudra
Messner Biography
♦ $ Daring Sea Warrior: Franklin Buchanan by George Fielding Eliot
Messner Biography
♥ Life of Andrew Johnson by James Jones Sawyer (1901)
A very readable biography of the Reconstruction president.
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant (1885) This is the highly acclaimed book Grant wrote while he was dying of throat cancer so that his family's needs would be taken care of after a devastating financial loss. He died 5 days after completing it. It was published by Mark Twain.
♦ $ Fighting Journalist: Horace Greeley by Jules Archer
Messner Biography
Reminiscences of his life and character by one of his secretaries
♦ Angel of Mercy: The Story of Dorothea Lynde Dix by Rachel Baker
Messner Biography
♦ Belle Boyd: Secret Agent by Jeannette Covert Nolan
Messner Biography
♥ Boys’ Life of General Grant by Thomas Knox (1899)
Good, straightforward biography of Gen. Grant by the author of the Boy Travellers Series. Not difficult reading for a high schooler.
♦ David Farragut: Sea Fighter by Marie Mudra
Messner Biography
♦ $ Daring Sea Warrior: Franklin Buchanan by George Fielding Eliot
Messner Biography
♥ Life of Andrew Johnson by James Jones Sawyer (1901)
A very readable biography of the Reconstruction president.
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant (1885) This is the highly acclaimed book Grant wrote while he was dying of throat cancer so that his family's needs would be taken care of after a devastating financial loss. He died 5 days after completing it. It was published by Mark Twain.
♦ $ Fighting Journalist: Horace Greeley by Jules Archer
Messner Biography