The Politically Incorrect Guide To The South reveals the truth about The South – that the rest of the nation would not exist but for Southerners; and destroys the myths – that The South is some dark and backward place that outsiders need to fear. This book is a guide for visitors to the region as well as a testament for why we Southerners live here.
Civil
War Blunders ignores the heroes of both
sides and concentrates on the doofuses. Blunders details 69 true
but ridiculous stories of how both sides made horrendous - but funny
– mistakes such as two battles where soldiers fought in the nude
and one battle where a general's nearsightedness got him killed.
In The Footsteps of Robert E. Lee, traces the
36-year military career of the South's greatest general from an island
in the Atlantic Ocean where he once beach combed to the deserts of west
Texas where he fought Indians. Illustrated with scores of photographs,
the book shows readers how to find battlefields, headquarters, and homes.
In
The Footsteps of Stonewall Jackson traces
Jackson's early life in West Virginia through his schooling at West
Point to his early military postings in New York City and Fort Meade,
Fla., and then on to the battlefields of Virginia. Illustrated with
scores of photographs, the book traces every significant site associated
with Jackson.
In
The Footsteps of J.E.B. Stuart traces the
charmed life of Confederate Cavalry General James Ewell Brown Stuart
from his birth in southwestern Virginia through his schooling at West
Point, through his military postings in Texas and Kansas, then through
his three-year career on battlefields in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The
25 Best Civil War Sites takes
travelers to the 25 best sites where the war was contested. Sites
range from the expected like Gettysburg to the unexpected such
as Pea Ridge, Arkansas and Wilson's Creek, Missouri. The book includes
more than 40 color photographs and lists addresses of nearby bed and
breakfasts.
Colonial America and The American Revolution – The 25 Best
Sites takes tourists to the 25 best sites in the United
States for understanding the Colonial period and the American
Revolution. Starting in upstate New York (Fort Ticonderoga and Fort
Stanwix), continuing through Boston (Freedom Trail and nearby Lexington
and Concord), the book continues south to St. Augustine. It includes
more than 40 color photographs.
Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil
War includes 17 point-to-point driving tours (14 in Virginia
and 3 in West Virginia) that cover virtually all of the significant
battlefields and related Civil War sites known to history. The photo-rich
book even also gives precise walking directions to find generals' graves
in dozens of cemeteries.
Touring
The Carolinas' Civil War includes
19 point-to-point driving tours (12 in North Carolina and 7 in South
Carolina) of Civil War sites in two states often overlooked by
the casual historian. All major and most minor battlefields are
covered, as well as important houses and cemeteries in this photo
rich book. The graves of all but two of the 38 generals buried in
the two states are visited.
Bull’s-Eyes & Misfires: 50 People Whose Obscure
Efforts Shaped The American Civil War tracks the little-known
careers of 25 Union and 25 Confederates who dramatically affected the
course of the war. Each person is labeled as a “bull’s-eye” or a “misfire”
followed by an explanation for the label. Each is illustrated with
a photo.
