NF ECW Series on home libraries

[Jamieva]

Found this interesting with some of the ECW folks talking about their home libraries. Chris Mackowski's story about his 2nd wife and trying to tell her about his book collection is pretty funny. I might have missed a couple

Home Libraries: A Small, Slow Start - Emerging Civil War

It started off innocuous enough. My dad had a few books, mostly on Confederate officers and Gettysburg from over the years. I had a few young reader type books on the Civil War from my childhood but there were not many books on the Civil War for kids back then. Mostly I looked at the […]

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Home Libraries: "I Cannot Live Without Books" - Emerging Civil War

I cannot live without books, Thomas Jefferson wrote to his old Revolutionary colleague John Adams. The two were famously well read, and they loved to talk about books with each other and with many of the people they each corresponded with. Adams was always encouraging his sons, from an early...

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Home Libraries: Tending the Groeling Library - Emerging Civil War

Anyone reading this who doesn’t love books? I thought not! But a book can be a harsh mistress. At some point, they can become overwhelming. The deaths of my parents–bibliophiles both–made it very clear that leaving my books for someone else to deal with is probably not a good idea. So–I have...

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Home Libraries: Where Is That Book? - Emerging Civil War

It’s one thing to be unable to locate a book on the shelf or find it hiding out like the proverbial “snake that would’ve bit you” on your desk. It’s another dilemma when you can’t remember which library to look in… Let me explain and hopefully you’ll get a chuckle out of my troubles this […]

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