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To: ops33; GeorgiaDawg32

I'll second that. I'm in the middle of his second volume of the Civil War Narrative. Reads like a novel.

20 posted on 02/21/2006 8:13:27 AM PST by ladtx ("It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." -- -- General Douglas MacArthur)

To: ladtx

"I'm in the middle of his second volume of the Civil War Narrative. Reads like a novel."

Yeah! I'm on page 432, just after the fall of Vicksburg and into Bragg and Longstreet's 'recommendations' on how to win the war.

While I enjoy Shelby Foote, I have a warm spot in my heart for his predecessor; Bruce Catton.

109 posted on 02/21/2006 9:03:02 AM PST by bcsco ("He who is wedded to the spirit of the age is soon a widower" - Anonymous)

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