James M. McPherson's Books
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The Library of Congress Civil War Desk ReferenceThe authoritative, illustrated single-volume reference work on the Civil War, arranged thematically and sponsored by the country's national library.Read More -
Fields of FuryPulitzer Prize award-winning historian James M. McPherson has written for young readers a stirring account of the greatest conflict to happen on our...Read More
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The Longest NightIn this compelling new account of the American Civil War, noted historian David Eicher gives us an authoritative history of battle from the first...Read More
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Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, April 3, 2013
...found it a “splendid, sprawling biography of a man we can never know too much about,” while historian James M. McPherson simply calls it the “best biography of Lincoln since David Donald’s.” White has managed to provide a one-volume biography...
Hunterdon County Democrat, February 22, 2013
...of its size and was recently "rediscovered" during renovations. Renowned historian and Princeton emeritus professor of American history James M. McPherson said the importance of the Civil War in finally bringing the nation "out of the wilderness." ...
Rabble.ca, February 14, 2013
...the escaped slaves "contraband of war," enemy property. (Battle Cry of Freedom, The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson, 1988, Oxford University Press, 355) Butler consulted afterwards and got the agreement of the Lincoln administration. Northern...
Washington Times, December 17, 2012
...WAR ON THE WATERS: THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE NAVIES, 1861-1865 By James M. McPherson University of North Carolina Press, 268 pages illustrated, $29.95. Reviewed by John M. Taylor ?Battle Cry of Freedom,? by Princeton?s James M. McPherson, won a Pulitzer...
World Socialist Web Site, December 16, 2012
...University Press as part of its Pivotal Moments in American History series (series editors, David Hackett Fischer and James M. McPherson), Fischer describes how Enlightenment thinking informed the character and decision-making of George Washington at a...
Poughkeepsie Journal, December 16, 2012
...to 21st-century readers in this 2009 title. • “Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief” by James M. McPherson (Penguin). McPherson describes Lincoln’s struggle to find a winning military strategy — and a general who could execute...
AZCentral.com, December 11, 2012
...century to 21st-century readers in this 2009 title. "Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief" by James M. McPherson (Penguin). McPherson describes Lincoln's struggle to find a winning military strategy -- and a general who could execute it....
Afro Articles, January 1, 2013
...them ex-slaves joined the Union Army, giving the North additional manpower needed to win the war. As historian James M. McPherson writes, "The proclamation officially turned the Union army into an army of liberation…And by authorizing the enlistment of...
Washington Times, December 17, 2012
...WAR ON THE WATERS: THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE NAVIES, 1861-1865 By James M. McPherson University of North Carolina Press, 268 pages illustrated, $29.95. Reviewed by John M. Taylor ?Battle Cry of Freedom,? by Princeton?s James M. McPherson, won a Pulitzer...
World Socialist Web Site, December 16, 2012
...University Press as part of its Pivotal Moments in American History series (series editors, David Hackett Fischer and James M. McPherson), Fischer describes how Enlightenment thinking informed the character and decision-making of George Washington at a...
Poughkeepsie Journal, December 16, 2012
...to 21st-century readers in this 2009 title. • “Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief” by James M. McPherson (Penguin). McPherson describes Lincoln’s struggle to find a winning military strategy — and a general who could execute...
Orlando Advocate, December 14, 2012
...them ex-slaves joined the Union Army, giving the North additional manpower needed to win the war. As historian James M. McPherson writes...
AlterNet.org, December 13, 2012
...them ex-slaves joined the Union Army, giving the North additional manpower needed to win the war. As historian James M. McPherson writes, “The proclamation officially turned the Union army into an army of liberation…And by authorizing the enlistment...
Greenwich Time, December 11, 2012
...city in north-central Virginia, where, 150 years ago this week, the Union army sustained what Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson has described as "one of the worst defeats" of the Civil War. That might be understated, because three days...
