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Army Life in Virginia: The Civil War Letters of George C. Benedict

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Excellent all around!

Army Life in Virginia: The Civil War Letters of George C. Benedict
G. G. Benedict
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

George G. Benedict was one of thousands of young men who enlisted for the Union cause in the late summer of 1862 when the outcome of the Civil War was yet to be decided. But in addition to his duties as a soldier, Benedict also worked as a correspondent for his hometown newspaper, the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press. Benedict's thirty-one letters gave the folks back home a firsthand account of army life in the Civil War. Now, by supplementing these letters with official documents, newspaper accounts, and comrade's letters, editor Eric Ward expands on this account, providing a fuller and more accurate picture of army life in Virginia.

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Excellent all around!.......2002-03-23

One of the most useful and interesting publishing phenomena of the past decade has been the appearance of a number of collections of Civil War diaries and letters written not by famous names but by the line officers and common soldiers who actually fought the war--and who suffered the diseases, quibbles and boredom of camp life in the often-long intervals between battles. I found this particular book especially insightful on both the details of military life and the ambience of the war years. The letters themselves are marvelous--even in their mundane concerns. This truly is a slice of "real life" that a standard history text can't offer (the book reminds me of the wonderful collections of courts-martial, reports and papers assembled by Dr. Thomas Lowry, who is consistently one of our most interesting Civil War historians). Credited as the book's "editor," Eric Ward has actually done far more than simply getting the narrative into shape for publication (a tough enough job by itself). Ward has set the book off superbly, and his interlocutions to place Benedict's jottings in context are masterful in their accuracy, succinctness and insight. For those seriously interested in Civil War studies, or simply for a reader anxious to enter that bygone world for the first time, this book is an excellent choice. Very well done!

Not George Washington an Autobiographical Novel

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Accents
Wodehouse's worst book

Not George Washington an Autobiographical Novel
P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Manufacturer: Hard Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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Accents.......2007-03-05

The book itself I would rate three stars, but this edition only gets one star. This is an amateuristic edition in which all French accents are scrambled. Espièglerie becomes espiglerie and pied-à-terre becomes pied-terre. The printer should look for an other job, like taxi driver.
Don't buy this book.

Wodehouse's worst book.......2006-09-08

Wodehouse's books are usually very funny. They're full of clever wordplay, convoluted plots, and and lovable characters. Not George Washington doesn't have any of that. I only laughed once while reading the thing, and that was in the next-to-last chapter. The wordplay is not even remotely clever, in fact it's almost non-existent. The plot is slightly convoluted, but nowhere up to the usual Wodehouse standards. Quite frankly, I almost hated the main character, James Cloyster, because he's boring and a scoundrel. Trying to marry one woman when you're engaged to another is not the sort of behavior one expects from a Wodehousian hero.

This really isn't a good book at all. At best it's painfully mediocre. I can only recommend it to Wodehouse enthusiasts who want to collect copies of all of his works. Everyone else should steer clear. I can only give "Not George Washington" 3 stars, and that's being generous.

Drummond to Jowett (The World's Great Sermons, Volume X)

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Drummond to Jowett (The World's Great Sermons, Volume X)
Henry Drummond , Charles Wagner , George Angier Gordon , William James Dawson , George Adam Smith , Frank Wakely Gunsaulus , Newell Dwight Hillis , Charles Edward Jefferson , George Campbell Morgan , and and Others
Manufacturer: Funk & Wagnalls Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IOCIIU

Memoirs of celebrated Etonians: Including Henry Fielding. The Earl of Chatham. Horne Tooke. Horace Walpole. George Grenville. Thomas Gray. George Selwyn. Lord North. Earl of Bute. Earl Temple. Etc

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Memoirs of celebrated Etonians: Including Henry Fielding. The Earl of Chatham. Horne Tooke. Horace Walpole. George Grenville. Thomas Gray. George Selwyn. Lord North. Earl of Bute. Earl Temple. Etc
John Heneage Jesse
Manufacturer: R. Bentley and son
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00086JHXW

Politics, Strategy, and American Diplomacy: Studies in Foreign Policy 1873-1917

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Politics, Strategy, and American Diplomacy: Studies in Foreign Policy 1873-1917
J. A. Grenville , and George Berkeley Young
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0300005113

Great and Necessary Measure: George Grenville and the Genesis of

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Great and Necessary Measure: George Grenville and the Genesis of
JOHN L. BULLION
Manufacturer: See notes
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RQPWEQ

Major General Grenville M. Dodge (1831-1916) maker of history in the great West (Newcomen Society of England. American Branch. [Publications])

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Major General Grenville M. Dodge (1831-1916) maker of history in the great West (Newcomen Society of England. American Branch. [Publications])
George Franklin Ashby
Manufacturer: Newcomen Society, American Branch
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Lives of the British admirals: With an introductory view of the naval history of England (Cabinet cyclopaedia)

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Lives of the British admirals: With an introductory view of the naval history of England (Cabinet cyclopaedia)
Robert Southey
Manufacturer: Printed for Longman, Brown, Green & Longman's, and John Taylor
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
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George Grenville: A Political Life
Philip Lawson
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies, (William Parks Club publications)

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An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies, (William Parks Club publications)
Richard Bland
Manufacturer: Reprinted by the Appeals Press, for the William Parks Club
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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