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Title: This Mighty Scourge
Subtitle: Perspectives on the Civil War
Author: James M. McPherson
Narrator: Barrett Whitener
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-06-08
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 147 votes
Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
Listeners will find insightful pieces on such intriguing figures as Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Jesse James, and William Tecumseh Sherman, and on such vital issues as Confederate military strategy, the failure of peace negotiations to end the war, and the realities and myths of the Confederacy.
Combining the finest scholarship with luminous prose, and packed with new information and fresh ideas, this book brings together the most recent thinking by the nation's leading authority on the Civil War.
Critic Reviews:
"It will seduce anyone, Civil War neophyte or fanatic, for its authority and judgments....There is not a bad chapter in this book. This Mighty Scourge is a marvelous read from a master historian. Like all good history, what it makes you want to do is know more." (Boston Globe)
