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Winning Wrestling Moves from Human Kinetics Publishers Price: $13.57 Customer Review:  This is the most comprehensive book on wrestling technique I've been able to find. The chapters are as such: Basic Skills; Takedowns (106 pages worth!); Escapes and Reversals; Breakdowns, Rides, and Pinning Combinations; Freestyle Turns. The emphasis seems to be on takedowns, but the other sections... |
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Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 from Houghton Mifflin Price: $23.10 Customer Review: This is an exceptional biography. The research that went intothis book and the comprehensive references included are mostimpressive. This is the story of the man, Ulysses S. Grant, not thelegend. In this work, Grant's greatest triumphs as well as his most dismal failures are exposed. I found his... |
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Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868 from University of North Carolina Press Price: $49.95 Customer Review: As a person with some knowledge of the Civil War and Reconstruction, I found LET US HAVE PEACE extremely well written, very readable and highly informative. However, I do not believe that it is for the casual reader. The book deals with a very specific time and a very specific subject: Grant's... |
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Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865 (Civil War America) from University of North Carolina Press Price: $55.00 Customer Review: William T. Sherman was an irascible, unpredictably brilliant man and his letters bring out these myriad traits. He was a fascinating man and his own words illuminate his fiery personality. Sherman's own 1875 memoirs are a mixed bag, marred by an over-abundance of wartime correspondence and ancillary... |
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Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide (This Hallowed Ground, Guides to Civil War Battlefields Series) from University of Nebraska Press Price: $10.91 Customer Review: I grew up near Gettysburg & have been there numerous times. I just spent 2 days there with this book on the battlefield--this book made the battle crystal clear! I ran out of time exploring the battlefield (it takes more than the 6 hours described in the book--my only criticism). This book... |
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America's Civil War (American History Series) from Harlan Davidson Inc Price: $15.95 Customer Review: JUST WHAT I NEED TO PASS THIS COURSE. FINALLY, I FOUND A BOOK ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING IN DETAIL, YET DOESN'T GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE WAR. I'VE READ ALMOST HALF THE BOOK IN ONE DAY, AND IT GIVES VERY DETAILED INFORMATION THAT I CAN PROCESS EASILY. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR... |
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The Rise of U.S. Grant from Da Capo Press Price: $18.95 |
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The Political Education of Henry Adams from University of South Carolina Press Price: $24.95 |
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Think Anew, Act Anew: Abraham Lincoln on Slavery, Freedom, and Union from Harlan Davidson Inc Price: $13.95 |
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The Collapse of the Confederacy (Key Issues of the Civil War Era Series) from University of Nebraska Press Price: $19.95 Customer Review:  Grimsley and Simpson offer a brilliant collection of essays by various historians musing philosophically on the demise of Confederate States of America. With only 180+ pages of text, the six essays are nicely paced and well footnoted. From the possibility of Southern guerrilla tactics to the role of... |
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The Reconstruction Presidents from University Press of Kansas Price: $35.00 Customer Review: One of the most intriguing possibilities one can surrender to is the notion of how history may have differed if consequences were altered. The Reconstruction Presidents examines the lives of the 4 men faced with the challenge of tightening the newly formed knot of the once more Unified States.... |
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Advice After Appomattox (Papers of Andrew Johnson) from University of Tennessee Press Price: $17.00 |
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Union & Emancipation: Essays on Politics and Race in the Civil War Era from Kent State University Press Price: $28.70 |
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Grant Rises in the West: From Iuka to Vicksburg, 1862-1863 from Bison Books Price: $25.00 Customer Review:  Kenneth William wrote a series of five books on Ulysses S. Grant in the 1950's. He died before he could complete his supposedly "definitive treatment" of Grant the general. Williams' books are well-researched and you will find few factual gaffes. However, his writing style is often torturous and his... |
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Advice After Appomattox: Letters to Andrew Johnson, 1865-1866 (Special Volume No 1 of the Papers of Andrew Jackson) from University of Tennessee Press Price: $35.00 |
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Campaigning With Grant from Bison Books Price: $13.57 Customer Review: The personal anecdotes are truly amazing. This was written by one of Grant's closest aides during the Eastern Theatre campaign. This book shows and disputes the old arguments of Grant as a Butcher. An Important read for those who want to find the real Grant! |
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Abraham Lincoln, the Gettysburg campaign, and the war in the East (Civil War commander series) from Farnsworth Military Impressions |
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The Encyclopedia of Civil War Leadership from Taylor & Francis Inc |
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