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1	"To the Best of My Ability": The American Presidents more books like this by James M McPherson (Editor), David Rubel (Editor) An engaging look at the 42 men who have served as President. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.94! \| first editions
2	The Atlas of the Civil War more books like this by James M McPherson (Editor) Behold the beauty, majesty, and accuracy of revolutionary new world atlases published by Macmillan and produced from the $20 million Bertelsmann/RV Verlag world digital cartographic database. Peerless in design, quality, and practicality, these new atlases are published in print and CD-ROM formats and feature unique, distinctive benefits: -- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Causes of the Civil War: Revised Edition more books like this by Kenneth M Stampp (Editor), James M McPherson (Designer), Michael F Holt (Designer) Was the Civil War inevitable? What really caused it? Drawing on original sources--from Jefferson Davis to Frederick Douglass--and interpretive essays by today's most influential historians, this collection of essays gives a vivid sense of the political, economic, and cultural currents that swept the nation to war. see all copies from $2.06! new only from $4.14! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The American Heritage New History of the Civil War more books like this by Bruce Catton, James M McPherson (Editor) This revised and expanded edition recreates the four years of the American Civil War, and features the words of the men and women who actually witnessed the events. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.60! \| first editions
5	An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-1864 more books like this by Sarah Wakeman, Lauren C Burgess (Editor), James M McPherson (Foreword by) This book collects the only known group of letters from one of over an estimated 400 women who served in the Civil War under assumed male names and identities. see all copies from $4.92! new only from $8.90! \| SVS
6	Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand more books like this by James M McPherson (Editor), William J Cooper, Jr. (Editor) No event has transformed the United States more fundamentally -- or been studied more exhaustively -- than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourteen distinguished historians present a wide-ranging examination of the vast effort to chronicle the conflict -- an undertaking that began with the remembrances of Civil War veterans and has become ... see all copies from $8.94! new only from $9.44! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Days of Destiny: Crossroads in American History more books like this by James McPberson, DK Publishing, James M McPherson (Editor) With 31 narratives by some of the nations' best historians, this guide highlights specific days important to American history. Pulitzer prize winning essays cover wars, politics, presidents and geographical events. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.72! \| first editions
8	The Grand Old Man of Maine: Selected Letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1865-1914 more books like this by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Jeremiah E Goulka (Editor), James M McPherson (Foreword by) Best known as the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg and the commanding officer of the troops who accepted the Confederates' surrender at Appomattox, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) has become one of the most famous and most studied figures of Civil War history. After the war, he went on to serve as governor of Maine and president of ... see all copies from $8.04! new only from $12.21! \| first editions \| SVS
9	American Heritage more books like this by James M McPherson (Editor), Bruce Catton The Civil War, more than any other period, shaped America as a nation. Bruce Catton evokes the sweep and drama of a nation at war. With illustrations of soldiers at the front, the photographs of Matthew Brandy and paintings by Winslow Homer, this book recreates those crucial four years of American history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $81.44! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy more books like this by Roswell Hawks Lamson, Patricia R McPherson (Editor), James M McPherson (Editor) Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skilful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Faces of Discord: The Civil War Era at the National Portrait Gallery more books like this by James G Barber (Editor), Marc Pachter (Foreword by), James M McPherson (Preface by) Daniel Webster, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jefferson Davis, John Brown. We know their names and recall the place of each in our nation's history. But do we recognize their faces and those of the dozens of their contemporaries who forged a new and forward-looking America during the Civil War era? "Faces of Discord" is a look into ... see all copies from $4.13! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
12 view cover	Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy more books like this by James M McPherson (Editor), Patricia R McPherson (Editor) Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Gentleman and an Officer: A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War more books like this by Judith N McArthur, Orville Vernon Burton (Editor), James M McPherson (Foreword by) In 1861, James B. Griffin left Edgefield, South Carolina and rode off to Virginia to take up duty with the Confederate Army in a style that befitted a Southern gentleman: on a fine-blooded horse, with two slaves to wait on him, two trunks, and his favorite hunting dog. He was thirty-five years old, a wealthy planter, and the owner of sixty-one ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Confederacy is on Her Way Up the Spout: Letters to South Carolina, 1861-1864 more books like this by J Roderick Heller (Editor), Carolynn A Heller (Editor), James M McPherson (Foreword by) Letters that illustrate the harsh realities of war. see all copies from $3.40! new only from $6.26! \| first editions \| SVS
15	On the Altar of Freedom: A Black Soldier's Civil War Letters from the Front more books like this by James Henry Gooding, Virginia M Adams (Editor), James M McPherson (Foreword by) Here is a vivid, unforgettable portrait of the Civil War as seen through the eloquent letters written by a black soldier in the Massachusetts 54th Regiment--the renowned regiment featured in the highly-acclaimed movie Glory. Gooding's shrewd, witty and opinionated observations of military life and the conduct of war is irresistible. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research more books like this by Steven E Woodworth (Editor), Robin Higham (Editor), James M McPherson (Foreword by) "The single most important volume for anyone interested in the Civil War to own and consult." From the foreword by James M. McPherson The first guide to Civil War literature to appear in nearly 30 years, this book provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and informative survey and analysis of the vast body of Civil War literature. More than 40 ... see all copies from $111.43! new only from $129.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	We Cannot Escape History: Lincoln and the Last Best Hope of Earth more books like this by James M McPherson (Editor) A who's who of Lincoln scholars explores why Lincoln considered the Union the "last best hope of earth", and how his words and deeds have continued to shape the nation through modern times. Focusing on Lincoln's view of American history and his legacy for the United States and the world, this volume demonstrates the complexity of the problems ... see all copies from $9.57! new only from $19.93! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Birth of the Grand Old Party: The Republicans' First Generation more books like this by Robert F Engs (Editor), Randall M Miller (Editor), James M McPherson (Afterword by) The period from 1850 to 1876 was the most transformative era in American history. During the course of this tumultuous quarter century Americans fought a bloody civil war, tried to settle the issue of state versus central government power, recognized the dominance of the new industrial economy over the older agricultural one, and ended slavery, ... see all copies from $7.20! new only from $22.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19	American Political Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present more books like this by James M. McPherson (Editor), Steven O'Brien (Editor), Paula McGuire (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Civil War Reader 1862 more books like this by James M McPherson (Editor), Stephen W Sears (Editor), Tom Wicker (Editor) A collection of essays by some of America's leading historians and scholars--including Tom Wicker, James M. McPherson, Stephen W. Sears, Geoffrey Perret, and others--sheds new light on the turbulent events of 1862, covering battles and military campaigns, political maneuverings, key personalities, a see all copies from $21.84! new only from $72.81!
21	Negro's Civil War: How American Negroes Felt and Acted more books like this by James M McPherson (Editor) see all copies from $4.05!
22 view cover	Encyclopedia of Civil War Biographies more books like this by James M McPherson (Editor) This text offers a glimpse of a tumultuous time in US history. A primary source reference, it includes 400 biographies of prominent figures living during the American Civil War period, written by their contemporaries. The authors' observations of the time in which they lived, interwoven with biographical portraits of their subjects, add an extra ... see all copies from $59.80! new only from $290.03!

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