Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865

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Summary: An awesome book!
Review: For many years I had studied the Civil War, especially the
Eastern theater and sometimes the Western theater. This was one
of the first books I read on the Trans-Mississippi, and it was one of the most eye-opening books I have ever read on the entire
topic of the Civil War. It shines a spotlight on little-known areas and personalities of the war and particularly on the murderous and often personal violence in the regions west of the
Mississippi. It offers a great corrective for those who view the
Civil War as a "gentleman's conflict" and a "chivalrous era."
Buy and read this book!

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Summary: Great Great Grandson of a Bushwhacker rates book #1
Review: I am a great great grandson of a Bushwhacker from Lone Jack, Missouri. Studying the Missouri/Kansas Border War is my hobby and
Goodrich is best at research and best at making the battles come to life. You will feel like you were there. This book is a welcome addition to the usual collection of books written by Yankees. This is a buy.

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Summary: Best Civil War guerilla book I've read
Review: This book has the ring of truth. The Civil War in Missouri was vicious in the extreme. It brought the worst out in people, especially the Union occupiers. Abolitionists in Kansas, including John Brown, Jim Lane, and Susan B. Anthony's brother began murdering, stealing and burning along the Missouri Border. It is one heck of a story, all the more in being relatively unknown. The Missouri Confederates (The honorable Wm. Quantrill, Wm. Anderson, the Younger Brothers, and the James Gang) actively resisted the Federal occupation. You gotta read about this if you are a student of the American Civil War. Just a fantastic, gripping book. BUY IT! -S