The Civil War : A Narrative : Red River to Appomattox (Part 1 - Fourteen 1 1/2 hour cassettes)

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Summary: foote's feat
Review: this is a three volume set covering all of the civil war and its pre and post war world. I enjoyed them very very much. I found all to be lucid, well planned, very readable, and thoughtful. Of all the books I have read of the war, this set is hands-down my favorite. Don't let the three books bother you, they will be read very very quickly. If this set was all you read of the civil war, you would be fine in you appreciation of the war and what it means to our country, even today. Far more then just a clash of arms, rather as a look into our nation's "birth pains". Many of the founding fathers saw this war coming. It was inevitable and sadly needed, you simply cannot do better then Foote's masterworks.