Ken Burn's Civil War is very good as are the Shelby Foote books it is based upon.
Highly recommended. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was just going to ask about Ken Bruns' Civil War. The kids (and > honestly, me, too) would likely be more engaged with the DVDs than > reading a book (or books). > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There is an excellent timeline with links on Wiki: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_leading_to_the_American_Civil_War >> >> Ken Burns documentary on the Civil Was is very good. If you're into >> alternate history, Grey Victory is a great book based on the premise >> that Stonewall Jackson was not killed and led the south to victory. >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Can anyone recommend a good book or books about Civil War history? >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315348 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
