ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Posted on April 3, 2025

A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson. By Douglas R. Egerton. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024.…

Book Review: Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy

Posted on April 3, 2025

Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy. By Jeffrey Boutwell. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2025.  Hardcover. 368 pp. $35.70. Reviewed…

Book Review: More Important Than Good Generals: Junior Officers in the Army of the Tennessee

Posted on March 27, 2025

More Important Than Good Generals: Junior Officers in the Army of the Tennessee. By Jonathan Engel. Kent, OH: The Kent…

Book Review: Decisions of the Red River Campaign: The Fifteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Campaign

Posted on March 27, 2025

Decisions of the Red River Campaign: The Fifteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Campaign. By Michael S. Lang. Knoxville: The…

Book Review: Trouble, Trials, and Vexations: The Journal and Correspondence of Rachel Perry Moores, Texas Plantation Mistress

Posted on March 25, 2025

Trouble, Trials, and Vexations: The Journal and Correspondence of Rachel Perry Moores, Texas Plantation Mistress. Edited By Thomas W. Cutrer.…

Book Review: The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family

Posted on March 25, 2025

The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family. By Obbie Tyler Todd. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 368…

Book Review: A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople’s Education in North Carolina During the Civil War and Reconstruction

Posted on March 18, 2025

A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople’s Education in North Carolina During the Civil War and Reconstruction. By AnneMarie Brosnan. New York: Fordham…

Book Review: Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War

Posted on March 13, 2025

Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War. By Michael Vorenberg. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. Hardcover,…

Book Review: Lincoln’s Last Card: The Emancipation Proclamation as a Case of Command

Posted on March 13, 2025

Lincoln’s Last Card: The Emancipation Proclamation as a Case of Command. By Richard J. Ellis. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas,…

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