6 must-read nonfiction books like Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Sarah Kay Bierle

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Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Sarah Kay Bierle

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“May God forgive me for the order,” Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge remarked as he order…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Sarah Kay Bierle , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

By: John Steinbeck

4.06

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

Cannery Row is a book without much of a plot. Rather, it is an attempt to capture the feeling and p… read more

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"He's got a can up there,' Richard said."

-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

"Men all do about the same thing when they wake up."

-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

"If a man ordered a beer milkshake he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known."

-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

"Then the sun came up and shook the night chill out of the air the way you'd shake a rug."

-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

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2. The Green Mile

By: Stephen King

4.20

Format: 42 pages,

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers a… read more

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3. Alexander Hamilton

By: Ron Chernow

3.77

Format: 32 pages,

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more

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4. Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

By: Mark Bowden

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller "An extraordinary feat of journalism . . . full of emotion and color."--K… read more

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5. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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6. A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled wit… read more

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"Hallo, my fine fellow!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"God bless us, every one!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"And how did little Tim behave?"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"Marley was dead: to begin with."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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7. 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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8. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

By: Elizabeth Varon

4.15

Format: 516 pages, ebook

An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more

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"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

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9. The Carnage was Fearful: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Michael Block

4.21

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

“Profusely illustrated . . . an extraordinary and detailed account of a major battle that is often … read more

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10. 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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Cover of A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Mark F. Bielski

11. A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Mark F. Bielski

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Abraham Lincoln knew if the Union could cut off shipping to and from New Orleans, the largest expor… read more

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12. Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell: The Battle of Seccessionville, June 16, 1862

By: James A. Morgan

4.25

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

A comprehensive account of this bitterly fought yet unjustly forgotten early conflict of the Civil … read more

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13. All Hell Can’t Stop Them: The Battles for Chattanooga—Missionary Ridge and Ringgold, November 24-27, 1863 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: David A. Powell

4.27

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

To many of the Federal soldiers watching the Stars and Stripes unfurl atop Lookout Mountain on the … read more

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Cover of Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Sarah Kay Bierle

14. Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Sarah Kay Bierle

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“May God forgive me for the order,” Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge remarked as he order… read more

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6 must-read civil war books like Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Sarah Kay Bierle

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

Elizabeth Varon

4.15

Transform Your Habits

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

William Lee White

4.06

Transform Your Habits

A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

Mark F. Bielski

3.88

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5 must-read history books like All Hell Can’t Stop Them: The Battles for Chattanooga—Missionary Ridge and Ringgold, November 24-27, 1863 (Emerging Civil War Series) by David A. Powell

Transform Your Habits

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

3.59

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Morgan's Great Raid: The Remarkable Expedition from Kentucky to Ohio (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series)

David Mowery

4.26

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