John R. Vallely
Alternative Gettysburgs
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The three-day Battle of Gettysburg continues to hold occupy pride of place among those interested in the American Civil War. While other campaigns ...Read Review
The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American Film
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Grappling with America’s checkered racial past continues to be a wrenching experience for citizens of all colors. While few would argue that ...Read Review
A Press of Canvas, A Fine Tops’l Breeze, The Evening Gun
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William H. White has spent a lifetime nurturing a love for the sea and for the intrepid sailors who faced the challenges of ...Read Review
Gettysburg
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This is the sixth in a continuing series of ten novels chronicling the battles of the Civil War and their effect on the ...Read Review
Gunman’s Rhapsody
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Best known for his Spenser detective series, Robert Parker changes his focus from a private eye in contemporary Boston to a late 19th ...Read Review
Over the Wine-Dark Sea
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With all due respect to Homer, nautical adventure tales have studiously ignored the Ancients in favor of a prolonged love affair with the ...Read Review
The Boxer Rebellion
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China’s experiences with foreign powers have traditionally been acrimonious and have ended in war more often than not. The Chinese state in 1900 ...Read Review
The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
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The name Arthur Conan Doyle is inextricably linked with Sherlock Holmes, yet Doyle created another character who, while not as polished and insightful ...Read Review
Dixie: A Personal Odyssey Through Events that Shaped the Modern South
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The history of the American South in the modern Civil Rights era is a fascinating example of America’s enduring racial tension amid ...Read Review
1688: A Global History
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The year 1688 is chiefly remembered by students of British and European history as the time of the Glorious Revolution. Wills, a historian at ...Read Review