15 must-read history books like Hood's Tennessee Campaign: The Desperate Venture of a Desperate Man (Civil War Series) by James R. Knight

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Hood's Tennessee Campaign: The Desperate Venture of a Desperate Man (Civil War Series)

By: James R. Knight

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tennessee Campaign of November and December 1864 was the Southern Confederacy's last significan…

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Cover of Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 by Gary D. Joiner, O. Edward Cunningham, Timothy B. Smith

1. Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862

By: Gary D. Joiner , O. Edward Cunningham , Timothy B. Smith

4.06

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

The bloody and decisive two-day battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862) changed the entire course of the… read more

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  • civil war
  • civil war western theater
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) by Rick Atkinson

2. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.29

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the first volume of his monumental tri… read more

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"In battle, topography is fate."

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

"Troops caught nibbling their emergency D- ration chocolate bars were dubbed Chocolate Soldiers and punished by forfeiting two meals. This was a happy penance. The galleys served so much fatty mutton …"

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

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3. The Prince and the Pauper

By: Mark Twain , None , Everett Emerson

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-cen… read more

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"Loose and forbear!"

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"A fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"A full belly is of little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"Yes, King Edward VI lived only a few years, poor boy, but he lived them worthily."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

Cover of The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote

4. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain by Daniel J. Vermilya

5. The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

By: Daniel J. Vermilya

3.91

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

In the summer of 1864, Georgia was the scene of one of the most important campaigns of the Civil Wa… read more

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Cover of Six Armies in Tennessee: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns by Steven E. Woodworth

6. Six Armies in Tennessee: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns

By: Steven E. Woodworth

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When Vicksburg fell to Union forces under General Grant in July 1863, the balance turned against th… read more

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  • history

7. For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair At Spring Hill & the Battle of Franklin

By: None

4.26

Format: None pages,

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8. The Dawn's Early Light

By: Walter Lord

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Walter Lord--author of such best-sellers as A Night to Rememberand A Day of Infamy--brings to life … read more

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9. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages

By: Dan Jones

4.41

Format: 636 pages, Hardcover

An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more

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  • history
Cover of This Army Does Not Retreat: The Memoirs of General George H. Thomas by Jack M. Zackin

10. This Army Does Not Retreat: The Memoirs of General George H. Thomas

By: Jack M. Zackin

4.25

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Major General George H. Thomas was a very private person. One of the few Civil War commanders not t… read more

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11. The Galvanized Yankees

By: Dee Brown

3.92

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

The little-known true Civil War story of the Confederate soldiers who served in the Union Army by a… read more

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  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Bloody Aachen: The First German City Ever Besieged by the U.S. Army (Americans Fighting to Free Europe) by Charles Whiting

12. Bloody Aachen: The First German City Ever Besieged by the U.S. Army (Americans Fighting to Free Europe)

By: Charles Whiting

4.09

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

A fascinating account of the first German city ever besieged by the U.S. Army and the monumental ba… read more

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  • history
Cover of Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide by Richard   Freeman

13. Coral Sea 1942: Turning the Tide

By: Richard Freeman

4.14

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

In May 1942, the Americans discovered the Japanese planned to take Port Moresby in New Guinea. Aft… read more

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  • history
Cover of In the Hell of the Eastern Front: The Fate of a Young Soldier During the Fighting in Russia in WW2 by Arno Sauer

14. In the Hell of the Eastern Front: The Fate of a Young Soldier During the Fighting in Russia in WW2

By: Arno Sauer

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

A Nazi infantryman recalls the horrors of combat against the Soviet Union in this WWII memoir as to… read more

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Cover of Visual Antietam Vol. 1: Ezra Carman’s Antietam Through Maps and Pictures: Dawn to Dunker Church by Ezra A. Carman

15. Visual Antietam Vol. 1: Ezra Carman’s Antietam Through Maps and Pictures: Dawn to Dunker Church

By: Ezra A. Carman

3.64

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

Modern students of the Battle of Antietam owe a large debt to Ezra A. Carman. Colonel of the 13th N… read more

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Cover of The Battle of Chickamauga: A Captivating Guide to the Biggest Battle Ever Fought in Georgia and Its Impact on the American Civil War (Battles of the Civil War) by Captivating History

16. The Battle of Chickamauga: A Captivating Guide to the Biggest Battle Ever Fought in Georgia and Its Impact on the American Civil War (Battles of the Civil War)

By: Captivating History

4.26

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you know that the second-largest battle of the Civil War in terms of casualties took place near… read more

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  • history
Cover of BUNKER 1945 - The Last Ten Days of ADOLF HITLER by Christian Shakespeare

17. BUNKER 1945 - The Last Ten Days of ADOLF HITLER

By: Christian Shakespeare

4.11

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1923 during the Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Adolf Hitler threatened to blow his brains out. Twenty-… read more

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  • history
Cover of The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy by William C. Davis

18. The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy

By: William C. Davis

3.88

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Mythology about the South and its leaders – and the Civil War as a whole, incidentally – commenced… read more

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  • american civil war
  • history
"For pure patriotism, however, the Gists of South Carolina stood above the rest. Their father had been an ardent patriot during the Revolution, in consequence of which he named his first son Independe…"

-William C. Davis, The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy

Cover of Charleston Under Siege: The Impregnable City by Douglas W. Bostick

19. Charleston Under Siege: The Impregnable City

By: Douglas W. Bostick

3.88

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

Charleston was the prize that the Union army and navy desperately sought to capture. Union General … read more

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Cover of Hood's Tennessee Campaign: The Desperate Venture of a Desperate Man (Civil War Series) by James R. Knight

20. Hood's Tennessee Campaign: The Desperate Venture of a Desperate Man (Civil War Series)

By: James R. Knight

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tennessee Campaign of November and December 1864 was the Southern Confederacy's last significan… read more

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  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by William Lee White

21. Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: William Lee White

4.06

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

The Army of Tennessee’s grueling and costly victory against a fortified Union encampment is expertl… read more

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  • civil war western theater
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series) by Stuart W. Sanders

22. The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series)

By: Stuart W. Sanders

3.97

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

On January 19, 1862, Confederate and Union forces clashed in the now-forgotten Battle of Mill Sprin… read more

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Cover of The Civil War at Perryville: Battling for the Bluegrass (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series) by Christopher L. Kolakowski

23. The Civil War at Perryville: Battling for the Bluegrass (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series)

By: Christopher L. Kolakowski

3.78

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

A comprehensive history of the bloody Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, featuring over sixty historic… read more

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

24. 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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  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Big Bethel: The First Battle by John V. Quarstein

25. Big Bethel: The First Battle

By: John V. Quarstein

3.88

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The battle at Big Bethel Church, known as the Civil War's first land battle, was a baptism of fire … read more

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Cover of Assignment Paris by Robert Brightwell

26. Assignment Paris

By: Robert Brightwell

4.53

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

This book introduces a new central character, fledgling war correspondent, Thomas Harrison. Readers… read more

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Cover of They Came Only to Die: The Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Sean Michael Chick

27. They Came Only to Die: The Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Sean Michael Chick

4.00

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The November 1864 battle of Franklin left the Army of Tennessee stunned. In only a few hours, the a… read more

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Cover of James Garfield and the Civil War:: For Ohio and the Union (Civil War Series) by Daniel Vermilya

28. James Garfield and the Civil War:: For Ohio and the Union (Civil War Series)

By: Daniel Vermilya

4.26

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

When the United States was divided by war, future president James Abram Garfield was one of many wh… read more

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  • american civil war
Cover of The Battle of Port Royal (Civil War Series) by Michael Coker

29. The Battle of Port Royal (Civil War Series)

By: Michael Coker

3.79

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

November 1861. The South was winning the Civil War. Fort Sumter had fallen to the Confederates. The… read more

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Cover of The Union is Dissolved!: Charleston and Fort Sumter in the Civil War (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series) by Douglas W. Bostick

30. The Union is Dissolved!: Charleston and Fort Sumter in the Civil War (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series)

By: Douglas W. Bostick

4.00

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Charleston historian Doug Bostick as he traces the political turmoil of 1860 and early 1861, w… read more

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Cover of Civil War Baton Rouge, Port Hudson and Bayou Sara:: Capturing the Mississippi (Civil War Series) by Dennis J. Dufrene

31. Civil War Baton Rouge, Port Hudson and Bayou Sara:: Capturing the Mississippi (Civil War Series)

By: Dennis J. Dufrene

3.25

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

When Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, no one doubted that a battle to control … read more

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15 Best civil war books like Hood's Tennessee Campaign: The Desperate Venture of a Desperate Man (Civil War Series) by James R. Knight

Transform Your Habits

Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862

Gary D. Joiner , O. Edward Cunningham , Timothy B. Smith

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

Transform Your Habits

The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

Daniel J. Vermilya

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Six Armies in Tennessee: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns

Steven E. Woodworth

3.80

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16 must-read history books like The Battle of Chickamauga: A Captivating Guide to the Biggest Battle Ever Fought in Georgia and Its Impact on the American Civil War (Battles of the Civil War) by Captivating History

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A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle of the American West

James Donovan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Nuremberg Trials: A History from Beginning to End

Hourly History

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Spanish Flu: A History from Beginning to End

Hourly History

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Edgar Allan Poe: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of American Authors)

Hourly History

4.05

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