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I should say that that I have just finished putting up all my US purchases (mainly from Strand Books in NY) on my library software - my total purchases in the US were as follows: Douglas Southall Freeman, Stephen W. Sears Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command Alan T. Nolan Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History Stephen W. Sears FOR COUNTRY CAUSE & LEADER CL John Keegan Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America Gary W. (ed.) Gallagher The Wilderness Campaign Tom Pocock Terror before Trafalgar, The: Nelson, Napoleon and the Secret War Jean-Jacques Pelet, Donald D. Horward French Campaign in Portugal, 1810-11 Jay Winik The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 Charles Parquin, B. T. Jones, Brian Thomas Jones Napoleon's Army Stephen W. Sears George B.McClellan: The Young Napoleon Christopher Duffy The Army of Frederick the Great Noah Andre Trudeau Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea Thomas Pakenham The Year of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798 Jeffry D. Wert The Sword of Lincoln: The Army of the Potomac Robert G. Tanner Stonewall in the Valley: Thomas J. ""Stonewall"" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign Spring 1862 Joseph Glatthaar General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse Alan Forrest Soldiers of the French Revolution William K. Goolrick, etc. Civil War: Rebels Resurgent Maya Jasanoff Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850 J. David Petruzzi THE COMPLETE GETTYSBURG GUIDE: Walking and Driving Tours of the Battlefield, Town, Cemeteries, Field Hospital Sites, and other Topics of Historical Interest Gary W. Gallagher The Second Day at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership Gary W. Gallagher Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know About the Civil War Gary W. Gallagher The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond Gary W. Gallagher The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock Robert Goetz 1805: Austerlitz Michael Occleshaw Dances in Deep Shadows: The Clandestine War in Russia, 1917-1920 Earl J. Coates, Michael J. McAfee, Don Troiani Don Troiani's Civil War Militia and Volunteers Earl J. Coates, Michael J. McAfee, Don Troiani Don Troiani's Civil War Zouaves, Chasseurs, Special Branches, and Officers Earl J. Coates, Michael J. McAfee, Don Troiani Don Troiani's Civil War Cavalry and Artillery Gary W. Gallagher The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days Gregory Troubetzkoy In the Service of the Tsar Against Napoleon: The Memoirs of Denis Davidov, 1806-1814 Ronald Pawly Wellington's Belgian Allies 1815 Philip J. Haythornthwaite Napoleon's Campaigns in Italy James R. Arnold, David Chandler Shiloh, 1862 Daniel Beattie Brandy Station 1863: First step towards Gettysburg Gary W. Gallagher The Antietam Campaign John A. Lynn The Bayonets of the Republic: Motivation and Tactics in the Army of Revolutionary France, 1791-94 James M. McPherson Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief Charles C. Mann 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Marc Wortman The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta umm was that excessive? ':hmm:' The civil war books, esp at Strand, were just too cheap at US5-10 each in the main. The Ospreys at the likes of Borders at US15-18 each when we pay $30 for MAA and $40 for Campaigns. John

Was there an excess baggage charge on the way back then John? :)

Perhaps John gave the hotel bell-boy a decent tip and the bell-boy offered to carry all the books back to Oz...

Hehehehehehehe... Last time I went to Yankland I ended up posting books back to my old folks when I could no longer lift my bags. :)

Crikey that's more books than on my bookshelf. I think I must be the only one here who doesn't actually read that much. Terrible admission I suspect. I don't read books from cover to cover I just browse and pick out snippets that are useful to me.

I bought about 15 back with me and had the rest posted by Strand. Only cost about $4 per book and arrived by sea mail in three weeks i.e a week after we got back. Anyone who goes to NY must go to Strand. Four storeys high of books, mainly second hand and some remainder. Not only will they have an original HB copy of John Keegans 'Mask of Command', but they will have four copies on the shelf, plus all his others in HB. The military and history section alone is enormous -maybe 25 metres long by 15 metres wide with books to the 20 foot ceiling. If you are looking for something second hand, you should try them www.strandbooks.com As I look now, there are 186 books in the AWI section and only 853 in the ACW section....see I didnt buy them all :) Mind you, it was a bit of an oasis in NY where Borders and B&N rule. John

I've started reading books about Napoleon's 1809 Campaign for the simple reason that, well, I had never read about this before. I started off with the Jack Gill books and then switched over to Jim Arnold's books on the same topic. I found Arnold to be an easier read because he has a more conversational writing style than does Gill. Gill also tends to go into more details. I find myself needing a theatre map of the campaign area when reading Gill because so much of his commentary is along the lines of "Marshall Ney marched from Gugglehiemer to Appledorf on April 18th. then he marched to Furstenwalde..." It gets hard to follow at times. While Arnold doesn't provide as much detail, he does a better job of explaining the campaign and why things are happening. Oh well, I shall read both book series as they both have much to offer.

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