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Andrew Johnson by Annette Gordon-Reed

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Patrick Young

Andrew Johnson by Annette Gordon-Reed published by Henry Holt (2011) Annette Gordon-Reed got a lot of attention the last time she wrote about a president long-rumored to have fathered a child with an enslaved woman. The Hemingses of Monticello: An … Continue reading →

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Civil War Citizens: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in Ameria’s Bloodiest Conflict edited by Susannah Ural

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Patrick Young

I Just Finished reading: Civil War Citizens: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in Ameria’s Bloodiest Conflict edited by Susannah J. Ural published by NYU Press (2010). The seven essays in this collection look at the ways in which the Civil War … Continue reading →

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Jews and the Civil War Ed. By Jonathan Sarna and Adam Mendelsohn

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Patrick Young

I Just Finished Reading: Jews and the Civil War: A Reader Edited by Jonathan Sarna and Adam Mendelsohn published by NYU Press (2010) This year marks the 150th Anniversary of the start of the American Civil War. You’ll be seeing … Continue reading →

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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Patrick Young

What I’m Reading Now: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen What I Just Finished Reading: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson published by Holt (2007) An Army at Dawn … Continue reading →

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