July 2014 BotM announced!

[ami]

If there is a book you should read in the month of July it is:



To nominate your favorite Gettysburg, Second Day's Battle book: http://civilwartalk.com/threads/august-2014-book-of-the-month-recommendations.101088/

 

[Greg Taylor]

Read it. Most excellent!

 

[rhp6033]

I read this some 25 years ago. Unfortunately, I lent it to a client and never got it back. I guess I will have to replace it. It was one of my first experiences in reading about a battle in detail, and it got me hooked. When I finally saw the battleground, I tried to keep in the background so as to give everyone a chance to ask questions of the NPS ranger/guide and contribute, but when there was silence I had to chime in. The guide seemed appreciative that someone had read about the battle in advance.

 

[Lnwlf]

I like Stephen Sears' writing style and Landscape Turned Red is still my favorite book on Sharpsburg and the campaign leading to the battle. The thing I like about these Book of the Month polls is it allows me (us) to see what others have found helpful or interesting.

 

[ErnieMac]

I read Landscape Turned Red shortly after it was published. It brought me back to Civil War history, I'd been reading a lot of outside the period. I enjoyed Sear's style enough to read his other Civil War work.

 

[jay gale]

one of my favorites.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

* Sigh * . I didn't know it existed. NOW I do. Sear's opened up Gettysburg for me, or was the first author I'd bumped into as a newbie who didn't make writing so heavy you got intimidated. Be good to try learning more subjects- thanks for the head's up. Have a problem where the favorite books get re-read, then re, RE Read.

 

[nitrofd]

Landscape Turned Red is an outstanding book.