Civil War books on The Point with Mindy Todd
Today on WCAI Mindy, Melanie, and I talked about books on the Civil War. If you have a suggestion feel free to leave us a comment here or on our Facebook page.
Melanie’s List
Cape Cod and the Civil War: The Raised Right Arm by Stauffer Miller
When General Grant Expelled the Jews by Jonathan D. Sarna
Shiloh 1862 by Winston Groom
Life in Civil War America by Michael O. Varhola
Gettysburg Medal of Honor Recipients by Charles Hanna
Freedom’s Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War by Guy Gugliotta
Curiosities of the Civil War by Webb Garrison
Tarnished Victory: Finishing Lincoln’s War by William Marvel
Decided on the Battlefield: Grant, Sherman, Lincoln and the Election of 1864 by David Alan Johnson
Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor by Russell S. Bonds
True Crime in the Civil War by Tobin T. Buhk
Jill’s List
Local Connections
Seen the Glory: a novel of the battle of Gettysburg by John Hough, Jr.
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz
Your Affectionate son, Charlie Mac: Civil War diaries & letters by a soldier from Martha’s Vineyard by Charles Macreading Vincent
The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865 by Brevet Lt. Colonel George A. Bruce
Other Titles
The Columbia Book of Civil War Poetry: from Whitman to Walcott edited by Richard Marius
Believing is Seeing (Observations on the Mysteries of Photography) by Errol Morris
Kids Books
The Terrible, Awful Civil War: the disgusting details about life during America’s Bloodiest War by Kayj Melchisedech Olson
Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman
Gettysburg: the graphic novel written and illustrated by C. M. Butzer
Books for which there wasn’t enough time!
The Library of Congress Illustrated timeline of the Civil War by Margaret E. Wagner
The Civil War: a visual history
The Civil War: the first year told by those who lived it
The Civil War: the second year told by those who lived it
The Civil War: a concise history by Louis P. Masur
“Bull Run” by Paul Fleischman is a terrific book for older children and young adults about the first battle of the Civil War. Be sure to check out the “Bull Run” Readers’ Theater at the library in April. Auditions for ages 12 -112 will be held on Saturday, April 14 for a wide variety of characters, rehearsals on April 17-19 and performance on Friday, April 20. All scheduled at 1:30pm at the library. Hope to see you there!