Frank Lawrence, Jr. Owsley Grady McWhiney Grady McWhiney
This was the first book to systematically lay to rest the myth of the antebellum South's division into three classes- planters, poor whites, and slaves.
This was the first book to systematically lay to rest the myth of the antebellum South's division into three classes- planters, poor whites, and slave...
Bruce Catton, Charles P. Roland, David Donald, and T. Harry Williams
Edited, with a New Preface, by Grady McWhiney
With a New Introduction by Joseph T. Glatthaar
During the Civil War centennial, four eminent scholars of the conflict -- Bruce Catton, Charles P. Roland, David Donald, and T. Harry Williams -- gathered at a Northwestern University symposium to debate and commemorate this transforming event in American history. Originally published in 1964, Grant, Lee, Lincoln and the Radicals assembles their conference papers into one small volume that has become a giant in...
Bruce Catton, Charles P. Roland, David Donald, and T. Harry Williams
In the first twenty-seven months of combat 175,000 Southern soldiers died. This number was more than the entire Confederate military force in the summer of 1861, and it far exceeded the strength of any army that Lee ever commanded. More than 80,000 Southerners fell in just five battles. At Gettysburg three out of every ten Confederates present were hit; one brigade lost 65 percent of its men and 70 percent of its field officers in a single charge. A North Carolina regiment started the action with some 800 men; only 216 survived unhurt. Another unit lost two-thirds of its men as well as...
In the first twenty-seven months of combat 175,000 Southern soldiers died. This number was more than the entire Confederate military force in the ...
Cracker Culture is a provocative study of social life in the Old South that probes the origin of cultural differences between the South and the North throughout American history. Among Scotch-Irish settlers the term -Cracker- initially designated a person who boasted, but in American usage the word has come to designate poor whites. McWhiney uses the term to define culture rather than to signify an economic condition. Although all poor whites were Crackers, not all Crackers were poor whites; both, however, were Southerners.
The author insists that Southerners and Northerners were...
Cracker Culture is a provocative study of social life in the Old South that probes the origin of cultural differences between the South and ...
Allen Tate's portrayal of the tragic figure of the Confederacy's only president is fast-paced and compelling. This highly readable biography presents not only a life of Jefferson Davis but an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the Confederate cause from the viewpoint of a sympathetic Southern writer.
Allen Tate's portrayal of the tragic figure of the Confederacy's only president is fast-paced and compelling. This highly readable biography presents ...
Spring, 1864 . . . the Civil War's two greatest generals face each other in the field of battle. Ulysses S. Grant spurs his Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan River as part of a grand offensive plan designed to crush the Confederacy in a single blow. Awaiting Grant and his Federals is the Army of Northern Virginia under the command of Robert E. Lee who, for two years, has repelled every Union attempt to penetrate south of the Rapidan. Again, Lee foils Federal intentions, swiftly striking Grant's army as it struggles through the tangled darkness of Virginia's most impenetrable forest,...
Spring, 1864 . . . the Civil War's two greatest generals face each other in the field of battle. Ulysses S. Grant spurs his Army of the Potomac across...
This is Grady McWhiney at his finest. Confederate Crackers and Cavaliers is a collection of seventeen essays on a wide variety of topics relating to Confederate leadership and war-making.
The role of culture in the coming of the war is explored in depth as are the differences between Southern "Crackers" and "Cavaliers". Battlefield leadership is also discussed, including pieces on A. P. Hill, P. G. T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, and Leonidas Polk.
Other important essays include work on why the South fired the first shot of the war, how 1862 was actually the "doom year" of the Confederacy,...
This is Grady McWhiney at his finest. Confederate Crackers and Cavaliers is a collection of seventeen essays on a wide variety of topics relating to C...
This is Grady McWhiney at his finest. Confederate Crackers and Cavaliers is a collection of seventeen essays on a wide variety of topics relating to Confederate leadership and war-making.
The role of culture in the coming of the war is explored in depth as are the differences between Southern "Crackers" and "Cavaliers." Battlefield leadership is also discussed, including pieces on A. P. Hill, P. G. T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, and Leonidas Polk.
Other important essays include work on why the South fired the first shot of the war, how 1862 was actually the "doom year" of the...
This is Grady McWhiney at his finest. Confederate Crackers and Cavaliers is a collection of seventeen essays on a wide variety of topics relating to C...
For nearly half a century, Grady McWhiney has stood in the foremost ranks of Civil War historians, receiving numerous honors and helping prepare a new generation of historians to carry on the task of understanding and interpreting the Civil War. Here, McWhiney presents a concise narrative that, says fellow historian John C. Waugh, "is comprehensive but still sings." Says Eugene Genovese: "Grady McWhiney provides a responsible, judicious, well-balanced guide to the principal issues and personalities of America's most painful period." McWhiney's book, he suggests, "is a corrective to...
For nearly half a century, Grady McWhiney has stood in the foremost ranks of Civil War historians, receiving numerous honors and helping prepare a new...
