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Expert Advice on Building a Civil War Library
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The Washington Post
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December 13, 2001
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I have been building a Civil War library for several years and
take pride in the shelves of books I have collected. This was not an
organized effort guided by a master list but rather a carefree
approach of just buying what I wanted to read.
That approach has led to a collection of about 200 books. Before
adding anything else, I decided to ask some experts to list the five
books they considered indispensable to their libraries and also to
name the best new book on the subject.
I expected the same titles would come up repeatedly, including
some of my favorites. They didn't. Only three books got two hits:
"Battle Cry of Freedom" by James M. McPherson, "Race and Reunion: The
Civil War in ...
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