The Confederate Heartland: Military and Civilian Morale in the Western Confederacy (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
Bradley Clampitt's The Confederate Heartlandexamines morale in the Civil War's western theater--the region that witnessed the most consistent Union success and Confederate failure and the battleground where many historians contend that the war was won and lost. Clampitt's western focus provides a glimpse into the hearts and minds of Confederates who routinely witnessed the defeat of their primary defenders, the Army of Tennessee.
The Civil War retains a powerful hold on the American imagination, with each generation since 1865 reassessing its meaning and importance in American life. This volume collects twelve essays by leading Civil War scholars who demonstrate how the meanings of the Civil War have changed over time.
Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History
Alan Huffman
In 1865, a steamboat sank in the Mississippi River killing seventeen-hundred passengers. Journalist and author, Alan Huffman, tells the forgotten story of the worst maritime disaster in American history.
American Music introduces you to the world of American popular music, from the early days of jazz to the rock music of the 1990s. It presents the music, the stars, and also the historical and social background that produced them.
American Music is one of a series of fully illustrated readers designed to give students at elementary to lower intermediate level a feeling for the USA, its people, and its culture.
In Summerland, his first novel for young readers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon attempts an American Narnia. Inspired by Lewis and Tolkien, he's created his own magical landscape on which to paint a sweeping fantasy quest, but mixes the same ingredients--folklore and new inventions--in a distinctively American way.
