TITLE

Battle stations for booksellers!

AUTHOR(S)

Brown, R.H.

PUB. DATE

April 1992

SOURCE

Publishers Weekly;4/13/1992, Vol. 239 Issue 18, p31

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Discusses the popularity of books about war, with the two most popular wars for publishers and readers alike being the United States Civil War and World War II. Review of the several such books, including: `The Civil War,' Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns; `The Destructive War,' by Charles Royster; `Battle Cry of Freedom,' by James McPherson; `The Biography of Philip Sheridan,' by Roy Morris; More.

ACCESSION #

9204270594

Tags: CIVIL War, The (Book : Ward);  BOOKS

 

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