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Old 07-05-2008, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Lincoln1861 View Post
Thanks. It also appears to be more manageable than The Civil War: A Narrative---about 900 pages compared to about 3000 pages.
I agree, Battle Cry of Freedom is an excellent book. It's written more like a novel than a text, and is pretty easy to follow. McPherson does superb job of looking into the regional/cultural influences of the issues as well putting things into perspective for that time period.
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