An excellent book round-up for the month of July, Will! I had never heard of Richard Henry Lee of Virginia by J. Kent Gaughy and it is clearly a hidden gem! As always, I have some book suggestions for Will to read in the future:
• John Tyler: Champion of the Old South by Oliver P. Chitwood
• Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest by K. Jack Bauer
• Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman
• The Confederate States of America, 1861–1865: A History of the South by E. Merton Coulter
• The Confederate War by Gary W. Gallagher
• For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War by James M. McPherson
• Political Crisis of the 1850s by Michael F. Holt
• Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command (3 Volumes) by Douglas Southall Freeman
• The South During Reconstruction, 1865–1877: A History of the South by E. Merton Coulter
• Slavery in the United States by Louis Filler
• Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery by Anne Farrow, Joel Lang & Jennifer Frank
• In Defense of Tradition: Collected Shorter Writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929–1963 by Richard M. Weaver
• Defending Dixie: Essays in Southern History and Culture by Clyde N. Wilson
• Leader of the Charge: A Biography of General George E. Pickett, C.S.A by Edward G. Longacre
• Plain Folk of the Old South by Frank Lawrence Oswley
• The Civil War: A Narrative - 3 Volume Box Set by Shelby Foote
• Seven Days: The Emergence of Robert E. Lee and the Dawn of a Legend by Clifford Dowdey
An excellent book round-up for the month of July, Will! I had never heard of Richard Henry Lee of Virginia by J. Kent Gaughy and it is clearly a hidden gem! As always, I have some book suggestions for Will to read in the future:
• John Tyler: Champion of the Old South by Oliver P. Chitwood
• Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest by K. Jack Bauer
• Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman
• The Confederate States of America, 1861–1865: A History of the South by E. Merton Coulter
• The Confederate War by Gary W. Gallagher
• For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War by James M. McPherson
• Political Crisis of the 1850s by Michael F. Holt
• Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command (3 Volumes) by Douglas Southall Freeman
• The South During Reconstruction, 1865–1877: A History of the South by E. Merton Coulter
• Slavery in the United States by Louis Filler
• Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery by Anne Farrow, Joel Lang & Jennifer Frank
• In Defense of Tradition: Collected Shorter Writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929–1963 by Richard M. Weaver
• Defending Dixie: Essays in Southern History and Culture by Clyde N. Wilson
• Leader of the Charge: A Biography of General George E. Pickett, C.S.A by Edward G. Longacre
• Plain Folk of the Old South by Frank Lawrence Oswley
• The Civil War: A Narrative - 3 Volume Box Set by Shelby Foote
• Seven Days: The Emergence of Robert E. Lee and the Dawn of a Legend by Clifford Dowdey
Thanks!