Civil War Book of the Month (VOTE NOW! August 2013)

Vote for the book you think is worthy of the title "Civil War Book of the Month - August 2013"

  • #1 Lee by Richard Harwell

    Votes: 3 6.7%
  • #2 Robert E. Lee on Leadership by H.W. Crocker II

    Votes: 1 2.2%
  • #3 Robert E. Lee: A Biography by Emory M. Thomas

    Votes: 1 2.2%
  • #4 Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by Robert Edward Lee

    Votes: 14 31.1%
  • #5 Lee: A Life of Virtue by John Perry

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • #6 Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier, American Citizen by James I. Robertson Jr.

    Votes: 3 6.7%
  • #7 Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership by Noah Andre Trudeau

    Votes: 2 4.4%
  • #8 Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War by Burke Davis

    Votes: 3 6.7%
  • #9 Lee the Soldier by Gary W. Gallagher

    Votes: 1 2.2%
  • #10 Robert E. Lee: A Biography by Brian C. Melton

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • #11 R. E. Lee: A Biography (4 Volumes) by Douglas Southall Freeman

    Votes: 17 37.8%

  • Total voters
    45
  • Poll closed .

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This month the theme is "Robert E. Lee" so please vote for your favorite!

Here are the contenders:

#1 Lee
by Richard Harwell (Douglas Southall Freeman)
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0684829533/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#2 Robert E. Lee on Leadership : Executive Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision
by H.W. Crocker III
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0761525548/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#3 Robert E. Lee: A Biography
by Emory M. Thomas
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393037304/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#4 Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
by Robert Edward Lee
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1146396341/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#5 Lee: A Life of Virtue
by John Perry
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1595550283/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#6 Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier, American Citizen
by James I. Robertson Jr.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689857314/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#7 Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership
by Noah Andre Trudeau
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0230613667/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#8 Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War
by Burke Davis
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0517347725/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#9 Lee the Soldier
by Gary W. Gallagher
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0803221533/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#10 Robert E. Lee: A Biography
by Brian C. Melton
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0313384363/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#11 R. E. Lee: A Biography (4 Volumes)
by Douglas Southall Freeman
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GR3V2G/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
 

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Unfortunately I again find I've only read ONE of the candidates, so I'll go with Burke Davis' Gray Fox which I think I read in high school a half-century ago! Davis was a "career Virginian" who wrote pretty exclusively about his state: his other works include They Called Him Stonewall; Jeb Stuart, The Last Cavalier; To Appomattox, and George Washington and the American Revolution. For a time he was employed by Colonial Williamsburg as a staff writer.

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Since I'm a newbie to the history of Civil War .. after reading all the reviews I now know which one I'll want to purchase. Does that count towards a vote?
 
This month the theme is "Robert E. Lee" so please vote for your favorite!

Here are the contenders:
#7 Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership
by Noah Andre Trudeau
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0230613667/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#9 Lee the Soldier
by Gary W. Gallagher
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0803221533/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#11 R. E. Lee: A Biography (4 Volumes)
by Douglas Southall Freeman
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GR3V2G/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

I found all three to be excellent... to choose a best of the three is extremely difficult.
 
I haven't read any of these books so I can't base a vote on an informed opinion. Maybe I should just vote for whichever book has the coolest cover. :wink:
 
I won't vote on this. Sorry but it's not much of a choice. All of them are about R E Lee. I vote for None of the Above. Give me an option other than All R E Lee books. Actually I vote for The Common Soldier Of The Civil War, by Bell I Wiley.
 
it might be dated but as far as R.E.LEE goes is there anything else but Douglas Southall Freeman.

A tidbit O' trivia here....maybe it'll win you a beer in a bar, so...here goes...

Douglas MacArthur considered this book and another by Freeman ('Lee and his generals', I believe...I have yet to read both of these)..to be the greatest history tomes dealing with the Civil War.

He also regarded Freeman as the greatest historian on the US Civil War at the time of his (MacArthur's) publication of his own memoirs.

(Yes, that is my source for these comments)
 
I won't vote on this. Sorry but it's not much of a choice. All of them are about R E Lee. I vote for None of the Above. Give me an option other than All R E Lee books. Actually I vote for The Common Soldier Of The Civil War, by Bell I Wiley.

Lord...then why comment?
 
Douglas MacArthur considered this book and another by Freeman ('Lee and his generals', I believe...I have yet to read both of these)..to be the greatest history tomes dealing with the Civil War.

He also regarded Freeman as the greatest historian on the US Civil War at the time of his (MacArthur's) publication of his own memoirs.

That's Lee's Lieutenants ( as in subordinates rather than the rank ); Freeman said that after spending so many years working on Lee, now that he was "dead" ( in his book as well as for real! ), one way to continue writing about him was by concentrating on those subordinates. I have the three-volume Lee's Lieutenants and should probably be ashamed to have never read it! I tried once years ago, but got bogged down in the politicking of 1861 and never even made it as far as First Bull Run; I'd probably do better now that everything doesn't have to be all "blood and thunder".

Once Freeman finished with Lee, he turned to that "other" Virginian, George Washington, completing six of its eventual seven volumes before he died! Like the biography of Lee, his Washington ( which I HAVE read ), is considered the most complete study. There are other excellent biographies of both men, but likely there will never be as detailed or complete. If Freeman can be said to have a real fault, it's in identifying too closely with his subjects and tending to glorify them.

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This month the theme is "Robert E. Lee" so please vote for your favorite!

Here are the contenders:

#1 Lee
by Richard Harwell (Douglas Southall Freeman)
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0684829533/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#2 Robert E. Lee on Leadership : Executive Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision
by H.W. Crocker III
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0761525548/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#3 Robert E. Lee: A Biography
by Emory M. Thomas
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393037304/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#4 Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
by Robert Edward Lee
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1146396341/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#5 Lee: A Life of Virtue
by John Perry
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1595550283/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#6 Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier, American Citizen
by James I. Robertson Jr.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689857314/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#7 Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership
by Noah Andre Trudeau
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0230613667/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#8 Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War
by Burke Davis
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0517347725/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#9 Lee the Soldier
by Gary W. Gallagher
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0803221533/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#10 Robert E. Lee: A Biography
by Brian C. Melton
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0313384363/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

#11 R. E. Lee: A Biography (4 Volumes)
by Douglas Southall Freeman
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GR3V2G/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

No nominations/polls for September or October?
 
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