John Baldwin
As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission ... [... more]
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Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis is one of the most complex and controversial figures in American political history (and the man whom Oscar Wilde wanted to meet more than anyone when he made his tour of the United States). Elected president of the Confederacy and ... [... more]
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Ann Rinaldi
Ann Rinaldi is the popular author of the acclaimed historical novel The Last Silk Dress (Laurel-Leaf). High-spirited, beautiful Susan Chilmark, fourteen, vows to do something meaningful to support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Despite the ... [... more]
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Peter Farrelly
Peter Farrelly is a screenwriter and director, and the author of a previous novel, Outside Providence. He attended Providence College and Columbia University. A Confederacy of Dunces meets The Player in an offbeat, sidesplittingly hilarious novel ... [... more]
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Ann Blackman
For sheer bravado and style, no woman in the North or South rivaled the Civil War heroine Rose O'Neale Greenhow. Fearless spy for the Confederacy, glittering Washington hostess, legendary beauty and lover, Rose Greenhow risked everything for the ... [... more]
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William J. Cooper
Jefferson Davis is one of the most complex and controversial figures in American political history (and the man whom Oscar Wilde wanted to meet more than anyone when he made his tour of the United States). Elected president of the Confederacy and ... [... more]
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W.P. Kinsella
W.P. (Bill) Kinsella is the author of some 24 books and more than 200 stories. He is best known for his baseball fiction: The Thrill of the Grass; Go the Distance; The Iowa Baseball Confederacy; The Dixon Cornbelt League; Box Socials; and ... [... more]
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Joseph E. Stevens
American history has never seen a more tumultuous or more significant year than 1863. During this crucial time the tide of the Civil War turned inexorably from the Confederacy to the Union, with momentous consequences that are still being felt ... [... more]
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