Comments on: Sunday Salon – “1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the War They Failed to See,” by Bruce Chadwick http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/sunday-salon-1858-abraham-lincoln-jefferson-davis-robert-e-lee-ulysses-s-grant-and-the-war-they-failed-to-see-by-bruce-chadwick/ Books, Politics, History, and Life in General Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Clare D http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/sunday-salon-1858-abraham-lincoln-jefferson-davis-robert-e-lee-ulysses-s-grant-and-the-war-they-failed-to-see-by-bruce-chadwick/#comment-552 Clare D Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:19:46 +0000 http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/?p=1402#comment-552 You have made it sound interesting to me - I like the idea of different viewpoints. I've been reading How to Win Friends and Influence People this weekend - apparently he's written a book on Lincoln too. He sounds a very interesting man - as a Brit I know very little about him! You have made it sound interesting to me – I like the idea of different viewpoints. I’ve been reading How to Win Friends and Influence People this weekend – apparently he’s written a book on Lincoln too. He sounds a very interesting man – as a Brit I know very little about him!

]]> By: rhapsodyinbooks http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/sunday-salon-1858-abraham-lincoln-jefferson-davis-robert-e-lee-ulysses-s-grant-and-the-war-they-failed-to-see-by-bruce-chadwick/#comment-550 rhapsodyinbooks Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:01:18 +0000 http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/?p=1402#comment-550 I've read a lot on this period and don't keep track as well as I should by keeping a "ranking." But I think my favorite would have to be the biography of Lincoln by Benjamin Thomas. I also liked Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, "Team of Rivals," but it was a bit "chatty" or "gossipy" (which, however, made it fun). I also enjoyed "The Radical and the Republican" by James Oakes about Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. "Reconstruction" by Eric Foner about the period after the war is just masterful. And the war itself - well, I probably never met a book I didn't like on it. Thanks for commenting! I’ve read a lot on this period and don’t keep track as well as I should by keeping a “ranking.” But I think my favorite would have to be the biography of Lincoln by Benjamin Thomas. I also liked Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, “Team of Rivals,” but it was a bit “chatty” or “gossipy” (which, however, made it fun). I also enjoyed “The Radical and the Republican” by James Oakes about Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. “Reconstruction” by Eric Foner about the period after the war is just masterful. And the war itself – well, I probably never met a book I didn’t like on it.

Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Debbie Nance http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/sunday-salon-1858-abraham-lincoln-jefferson-davis-robert-e-lee-ulysses-s-grant-and-the-war-they-failed-to-see-by-bruce-chadwick/#comment-547 Debbie Nance Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:36:54 +0000 http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/?p=1402#comment-547 This one sounds like it was a little disappointing to you. I wonder what your favorite books about this time period are? This one sounds like it was a little disappointing to you. I wonder what your favorite books about this time period are?

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