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Book Review: The Complete Personal Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant
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Book Review: The Complete Personal Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant

Man of la BookDecember 14, 2023

I especially enjoyed reading about his relationship with General Sherman & Abraham Lincoln. Grant writes in direct and precise language, with a clear narrative

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Book Review: American Ulysses by Ronald C. White
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Book Review: American Ulysses by Ronald C. White

Man of la BookOctober 17, 2023

This is an excellent biography with fantastic collections of charts, pictures, and maps. His time as a new General is something I found to be most interesting

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Book Review: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Book Review: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Man of la BookAugust 1, 2023

Lincoln’s ability to let go of personal slights is one of his attributes, infusing his administration with talented individuals, albeit with large egos

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Book Review: Civil War Stories: Strange Tales, Oddities, Events & Coincidences by Web Garrison
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Book Review: Civil War Stories: Strange Tales, Oddities, Events & Coincidences by Web Garrison

Man of la BookOctober 27, 2022

Civil War Stories by Web Garrison is a wonderful addition to any American civil war library and a fascinating read for any trivia master

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Audiobook Review: Grant by Ron Chernow
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Audiobook Review: Grant by Ron Chernow

Man of la BookMay 26, 2022

Historian Ron Chernow takes the time to dispel the many rumors, innuendos, and flat-out misinformation campaigns levied against President Grant

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Book Review: The Cotillion Brigade by Glen Carney
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Book Review: The Cotillion Brigade by Glen Carney

Man of la BookMarch 15, 2021

The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History the story of the Nancy Hart Rifles & Union Col. La Grange

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Graphic Novel Review: Civil War by Mark Millar
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Graphic Novel Review: Civil War by Mark Millar

Man of la BookJuly 15, 2019

Captain America refuses to join Iron-Man and the S.HI.E.L.D. team that is tasked with hunting down those who violet the Superhuman Registration act.

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Book Review: The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona
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Book Review: The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona

Man of la BookMarch 25, 2019

The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona tells of young boy is stranded at Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel Airport in 2010. He speaks no German, it seems as if he was abandoned

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Graphic Novel Review: Superman Vol. 3: Multiplicity by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason
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Graphic Novel Review: Superman Vol. 3: Multiplicity by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason

Man of la BookJanuary 21, 2019

The new Chinese Superman, Red Son of Earth-30, and Sunshine Superman have all disappeared. Our favorite superhero, Kal-El, is next on the least.

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Book Review: Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli
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Book Review: Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli

Man of la BookNovember 7, 2018

Four Soldiers is a short novel about members of the Russian Army fighting the Civil War in 1919. Mr. Mingarelli won the Prix Medici prize in 2003 for this novel

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