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1) Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee — The War They Fought, the Peace They Forged
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Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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A dual biography and a fresh approach to the always compelling subject of these two iconic leaders—how they fashioned a distinctly American war, and a lasting peace, that fundamentally changed our nation
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HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
"William C. Davis's Three Roads to the Alamo is far and away the best account of the Alamo I have ever read. The portraits of Crockett, Bowie, and Travis are brilliantly sketched in a fast-moving story that keeps the reader riveted to the very last word." - Stephen B. Oates
Three Roads to the Alamois the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis-the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their...
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Free Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
William C. Davis, one of America's best Civil War historians, here offers a definitive portrait of the Confederacy unlike any that has come before. Drawing on decades of writing and research among an unprecedented number of archives, Look Away! tells the story of the Confederate States of America not simply as a military saga (although it is that), but rather as a full portrait of a society and incipient nation. The first history of the Confederacy...
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Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
In February 1865, the end was clearly in sight for the Confederate government. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg had dashed the hopes of the Confederate army, and Grant's victory at Vicksburg had cut the South in two. An Honorable Defeat is the story of the four months that saw the surrender of the South and the assassination of Lincoln by Southern partisans. It is also the story of two men, antagonists yet political partners, who struggled during this time...
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Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
No historian has been able to capture so elegantly the factors influencing the formation of the state of Texas. Three-time winner of the Jefferson Davis Award, William C. Davis precisely describes the spirit of the times during this momentous period. The conflicts between Anglo Texans, native Tejanos, and Mexican officials that led to war come to life with invigorating detail.
11) Crucible of command: Ulysses S. Grant and Rober E. Lee -- the war they fought, the peace they forged
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Da Capo Press, a Member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019].
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English
Description
"From master historian William C. Davis, the definitive story of the Battle of New Orleans, the fight that decided the ultimate fate not only of the War of 1812 but the future course of the fledgling American republic"--Provided by publisher.