Published: 4/6/22WHITE: A House Built By Slaves (2022)By: Cecily N. ZanderCategory: Book Reviews A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House by Jonathan W. White. Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1538161807. $26.00. For many years, historians have debated the...
Published: 4/5/22WHITE: To Address You as My Friend (2021)By: Brian R. DirckCategory: Book Reviews To Address You as My Friend: African Americans’ Letters to Abraham Lincoln edited by Jonathan W. White, with a foreword by Edna Greene Medford. University of North Carolina Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN:...
Published: 3/30/22KORNBLITH & LASSER: Elusive Utopia (2018)By: Cassandra Jane WerkingCategory: Book Reviews Elusive Utopia: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio by Gary J. Kornblith and Carol Lasser. Louisiana State University Press, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-80716-956-8. $48.00. Racism continues to grip the United...
Published: 3/23/22GALLGHER & CUSHMAN (eds.): Civil War Witnesses and Their Books (2021)By: Gordon BergCategory: Book Reviews Civil War Witnesses and Their Books: New Perspectives on Iconic Works edited by Gary W. Gallagher and Stephen Cushman. Louisiana State University Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8071-7580-4. $45.00. Civil War Witnesses collects...
Published: 3/16/22JANNEY: Ends of War (2021)By: Shae Smith CoxCategory: Book Reviews Ends of War: The Unfinished Flight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox by Caroline E. Janney. University of North Carolina Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-4696-6337-1. $30.00. Caroline E. Janney carefully states that Ends...
Published: 3/9/22BAGLEY: The Horse at Gettysburg (2021)By: Jeffry D. WertCategory: Book Reviews The Horse at Gettysburg: Prepared For The Day of Battle by Chris Bagley. Gettysburg Publishing, LLC, 2021. Paper, IBSN: 978-0999304969. $26.95. An estimated 80,000 horses and mules accompanied the opposing armies to...
Published: 3/2/22NOE: Contesting Commemoration (2021)By: Meredith BarberCategory: Book Reviews Contesting Commemoration: The 1876 Centennial, Independence Day, and the Reconstruction-Era South by Jack Noe. Louisiana State University Press, 2021. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0-8071-7558-3. $45.00. In 1876, about one in five Americans attended...
Published: 2/15/22FAIRCLOUGH: Bulldozed and Betrayed (2021)By: Evan C. RotheraCategory: Book Reviews Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876 by Adam Fairclough. Louisiana State University Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0807175590. $45.00. The election of 1876 generated enormous controversy. Republican Rutherford...
Published: 2/9/22WHITE & DAVIS (eds.): My Work Among the Freedmen (2021)By: George C. RableCategory: Book Reviews My Work among the Freedmen: The Civil War and Reconstruction Letters of Harriet M. Buss edited by Jonathan W. White and Lydia J. Davis. University of Virginia Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN:...
Published: 2/2/22LIULEVICIUS: Rebel Salvation (2021)By: Caleb W. SouthernCategory: Book Reviews Rebel Salvation: Pardon and Amnesty of Confederates in Tennessee by Kathleen Zebley Liulevicius. Louisiana State University Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0807174906. $50.00. Reconstruction is often depicted as a political and policy...