Generals In Bronze; Civil War Books on BookTV (weekend C-Span2; Jan 13/14)

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This is a "headsup" for reviews of interviews on selected Civil-era
War books on BookTV this weekend.
(links to summaries of presentations will be posted in post 2).

The "Generals In Bronze" segment is a rebroadcast.
I saw an earlier airing. It is about a sculptor that got many
Union Army generals to "dish" wartime details they'd never disclose
to the public.
If a more sensational editor had produced the book, it could
easily be subtitled "Union General Confidential".

I haven't seen the other two presentations, so I can't speak
about the books or authors.

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links to specific BookTV will be posted below

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Generals In Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War
--William Styple, Editor
http://www.booktv.org/Feature/index.asp?segID=6453&schedID=471

Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President's
War Powers
by James Simon
http://www.booktv.org/History/index.asp?segID=7682&schedID=471

After Words: Gabor Boritt, author of "The Gettysburg Gospel:
The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows"
interviewed by James Swanson
http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=7860&schedID=471&category=After+Words


BookTV (C-Span2; weekends) Schedule for the January 13-14, 2007 weekend
http://www.booktv.org/schedule/

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[indcons]

Note to self-ping to list today.

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I am going to release a special thread on Civil War generals as represented by period photos.

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Some weekends of BookTV aren't very loaded with reviews of good/new books.

But this weekend is different (IMHO).

I've also posted links for books on WWII and The Cold War that will
air this weekend on BookTV at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767034/posts

I suspect the "Ship of Ghosts..." book will be good, as it's by the
author of "Last Stand of The Tin-Can Sailors" on Taffy 3 in The Battle of Samar.

[Carolinamom]

You might want to tune in for this, gc.

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for added reference...
Here's a link to Wikipedia for James E. Kelly, the sculptor whose notes
provide the source material for "Generals In Bronze".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Kelly_(artist)

The story of how Kelly became "a forgotten man" (my words) as presented in
the BookTV segment is interesting and sad.

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James Simon will also be discussing his book on Lincoln and Taney tomorrow morning.

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A Sunday bump, especially for the rebroadcast on Generals In Bronze. It will rebroadcast today Sunday, January 14 at 11:05 pm (EASTERN time).

[RhoTheta]

My wife and I just caught this interview. It was excellent, and we'll be looking for this book to read soon.