8 Best civil war books like A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg: The Aftermath of a Battle by Gregory A. Coco

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A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg: The Aftermath of a Battle

By: Gregory A. Coco

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) was the largest battle fought on the American continent. Remarkably few…

If you liked the civil war plot in A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg: The Aftermath of a Battle by Gregory A. Coco , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

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"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

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2. Salt: A World History

By: Mark Kurlansky

4.11

Format: None pages,

From the Bestselling Author of Cod and The Basque History of the World In his fifth work of nonfict… read more

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  • history
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3. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

By: Annie Jacobsen

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more

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  • history
  • war
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4. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

By: Sebastian Junger

3.50

Format: 31 pages,

"Takes readers into the maelstrom and shows nature's splendid and dangerous havoc at its utmost". O… read more

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  • history
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5. The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3)

By: Jeff Shaara

4.09

Format: 148 pages,

In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels,Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War… read more

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  • war
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6. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • history
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7. Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg

By: Troy D. Harman

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

For almost 100 years, analysis of the Gettysburg Campaign has been centered around a set of commonl… read more

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8. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

By: Candice Millard

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject po… read more

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9. Last of the Blue and Gray: Old Men, Stolen Glory and the Mystery that Outlived the Civil War

By: Richard A. Serrano

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the late 1950s, as America prepared for the Civil War centennial, two very old men lay dying. Al… read more

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10. The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South

By: Bruce Levine

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that confl… read more

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11. Grant

By: Ron Chernow

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more

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12. The Maps of Gettysburg: An Atlas of the Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - July 13, 1863

By: Bradley M. Gottfried

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

More academic and photographic accounts on the battle of Gettysburg exist than for all other battle… read more

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13. At Gettysburg; Or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle

By: Matilda Pierce Alleman

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

A touching and thrilling story of a young girl's experiences at the battle of Gettysburg, first pub… read more

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14. Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1)

By: Jeff Shaara

4.46

Format: 192 pages,

In a prequel of sorts to his father Michael Shaara's 1974 epic novel The Killer Angels, Jeff Shaara… read more

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15. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

By: Bob Drury

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more

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  • history
  • war
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16. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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17. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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  • history
Cover of Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr.

18. Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863

By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Finalist - U.S. Army Heritage Foundation's 2011 Distinguished Writing Award. The Gettysburg Campai… read more

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19. A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg: The Aftermath of a Battle

By: Gregory A. Coco

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) was the largest battle fought on the American continent. Remarkably few… read more

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  • history
  • war
Cover of The Battle of South Mountain (Civil War Series) by John David Hoptak

20. The Battle of South Mountain (Civil War Series)

By: John David Hoptak

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Join historian John Hoptak as he narrates the critical Battle of South Mountain, long overshadowed … read more

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  • history
Cover of Killed in Action at Gettysburg: Eyewitness Accounts of the Last Moments of 100 Union Soldiers Who Died at Gettysburg by Gregory Coco

21. Killed in Action at Gettysburg: Eyewitness Accounts of the Last Moments of 100 Union Soldiers Who Died at Gettysburg

By: Gregory Coco

4.75

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

At least 10,000 soldiers were killed or mortally wounded in the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. Mor… read more

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Mark Kurlansky

4.11

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Annie Jacobsen

3.69

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Sebastian Junger

3.50

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Shelby Foote

3.41

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Erik Larson

4.05

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Laura Hillenbrand

4.22

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Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

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Piers Paul Read

4.13

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