Book Launch Help Us Reprint a Classic Campaign Study!

[Militarybooks]

We are about ready to reprint this mammoth classic!

https://tinyurl.com/3c7yu2kb

"Ninety-Eight Days: Geography, Strategy, Politics, and Command During the Vicksburg Campaign," by Warren E. Grabau (the original subtitle was "A Geographer's View of the Vicksburg Campaign," sort of a snore-fest).

Out of print for a couple of decades, Grabau's masterpiece is incredible: readable, fascinating, utterly original and jammed with 68 maps! You will never look at campaigns the same way, especially Vicksburg. Nothing like it exists, and as Ed Bearss told me, it is "the best single volume on Vicksburg, hands down." Specs: 68 maps, 728 pp., sewn binding, hardcover, d.j., proposed price: $44.95

We have been taking SERIOUS INTEREST EMAILS for a while, and we need another 20 or so orders to pull the trigger. HELP US--but please have a 95% certainty you will purchase the book once it arrives.

Send us an email at [email protected]. This is not an order. Once we go to press, we will email you details and then you can decide to purchase it.

Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/3c7yu2kb

PLUS, $5.00 of store credit after you get the book, so the price for this is peanuts.

 

[huskerblitz]

Already have a signed original copy, but glad to see it being reprinted. But, dang, this is going to kill the resale value of originals!

 

[Belfoured]

I also have the original but anybody who doesn't should jump on this. Even if you have the other works on Vicksburg this one is a truly unique study.

 

[Skeptical Advocate]

We are about ready to reprint this mammoth classic!

https://tinyurl.com/3c7yu2kb

"Ninety-Eight Days: Geography, Strategy, Politics, and Command During the Vicksburg Campaign," by Warren E. Grabau (the original subtitle was "A Geographer's View of the Vicksburg Campaign," sort of a snore-fest).

Out of print for a couple of decades, Grabau's masterpiece is incredible: readable, fascinating, utterly original and jammed with 68 maps! You will never look at campaigns the same way, especially Vicksburg. Nothing like it exists, and as Ed Bearss told me, it is "the best single volume on Vicksburg, hands down." Specs: 68 maps, 728 pp., sewn binding, hardcover, d.j., proposed price: $44.95

We have been taking SERIOUS INTEREST EMAILS for a while, and we need another 20 or so orders to pull the trigger. HELP US--but please have a 95% certainty you will purchase the book once it arrives.

Send us an email at [email protected]. This is not an order. Once we go to press, we will email you details and then you can decide to purchase it.

Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/3c7yu2kb

PLUS, $5.00 of store credit after you get the book, so the price for this is peanuts.

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I'd buy it.

 

[Militarybooks]

I'd buy it.

It will be a limited print run, and I don't think we are going to release it to the trade, so you might send an email to [email protected] and let Angela know. That way you will get notice. Thx.

 

[Belfoured]

I would only add that this one is highly valued for good reason. As I indicated, it's unique. It has voluminous maps showing the topographic, hydrographic, and logistical challenges faced by both sides in terms of what they knew and didn't know. The large scale of the campaign - geographically and from the standpoint of duration - makes this a great addition even if you have Bearss, Smith, Ballard, Miller, etc. If I didn't already own it I'd have signed up the moment SB announced. And Vicksburg is not one of my "obsessions". You can get some idea of these aspects of the campaign from the other books but none can present them as thoroughly and graphically as this focused book.

 

[Militarybooks]

I had a first edition some years ago, loaned it out, and never got it back. It was one of my favorite campaign studies. So eye-opening. There is a reason it sold out quickly.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

We are about ready to reprint this mammoth classic!

https://tinyurl.com/3c7yu2kb

"Ninety-Eight Days: Geography, Strategy, Politics, and Command During the Vicksburg Campaign," by Warren E. Grabau (the original subtitle was "A Geographer's View of the Vicksburg Campaign," sort of a snore-fest).

Out of print for a couple of decades, Grabau's masterpiece is incredible: readable, fascinating, utterly original and jammed with 68 maps! You will never look at campaigns the same way, especially Vicksburg. Nothing like it exists, and as Ed Bearss told me, it is "the best single volume on Vicksburg, hands down." Specs: 68 maps, 728 pp., sewn binding, hardcover, d.j., proposed price: $44.95

We have been taking SERIOUS INTEREST EMAILS for a while, and we need another 20 or so orders to pull the trigger. HELP US--but please have a 95% certainty you will purchase the book once it arrives.

Send us an email at [email protected]. This is not an order. Once we go to press, we will email you details and then you can decide to purchase it.

Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/3c7yu2kb

PLUS, $5.00 of store credit after you get the book, so the price for this is peanuts.

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I probably won't buy it right away simply because of my 14-book backlog of Civil War books to be read in my current queue.

 

[Militarybooks]

I probably won't buy it right away simply because of my 14-book backlog of Civil War books to be read in my current queue.

Only 14? lol

 

[Library Lady]

A wise and very helpful person told me that the reason to have a "Read Me" pile or wish lists on digital services is not to read in a strictly regimented order, but to have reminders of choices available so you can pick the one you most want to read at any given time. It is easy for that to kind of get out of hand, though.

 

[Militarybooks]

As a publisher, it is harder for me to find time to read for pleasure, but I always have three or four going at the same time, and have since my youth. ADHD is a superpower.

 

[Broch]

I think of it as literary ADD. I have way too many books going at the same time. I have actually been reading a book and thought "I should read a book about this subject!" . Sheesh.

 

[Belfoured]

I probably won't buy it right away simply because of my 14-book backlog of Civil War books to be read in my current queue.

Since it's a limited run you might want to get it and then put it wherever you want in the queue. It's that good IMHO.

 

[huskerblitz]

I probably won't buy it right away simply because of my 14-book backlog of Civil War books to be read in my current queue.

I think this is one of those deals where one probably would be smart to get it now so one's not sorry later on.

I wouldn't have gotten a copy if @alan polk hadn't recommended it so highly.

 

[Belfoured]

I think this is one of those deals where one probably would be smart to get it now so one's not sorry later on.

I wouldn't have gotten a copy if @alan polk hadn't recommended it so highly.

I had a similar experience. When UT published it I hadn't heard much about the book but an acquaintance who was a Vicksburg aficionado pushed me to get it. I'm glad he did.

 

[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

As a publisher, it is harder for me to find time to read for pleasure, but I always have three or four going at the same time, and have since my youth. ADHD is a superpower.

I think of it as literary ADD. I have way too many books going at the same time. I have actually been reading a book and thought "I should read a book about this subject!" . Sheesh.

I try to keep it to not more than two - usually one in my car and one at home. That negates the possibility of forgetting to bring a book with me when I leave home. I also find books that are a physically larger (usually 8.5x11 rather than the common 6x9), especially softcover, are harder to read over lunch so I will often read those at home.

If a third book is involved it's usually something I've deliberately set aside to finish later because I need to finish another book for some kind of deadline, or I need a break the author's dry writing.

 

[Belfoured]

I'm definitely one at a time, laser-focused. Probably FHG ("Former Hockey Goalie) Syndrome. "Stay the [ ] away from my locker before a game".