tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post6423473644934160310..comments2024-03-25T14:51:02.583-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Booknotes II (Jan '13)DW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-9005152781894033952014-01-26T08:31:42.206-08:002014-01-26T08:31:42.206-08:00If you can get Richard Sommers to write the Forewo...If you can get Richard Sommers to write the Foreword then you must be doing something right. BTW, I like the new rubbery-feeling covers that McF uses, although for some reason the MO book had the old material.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-57843358319600605502014-01-24T05:50:39.068-08:002014-01-24T05:50:39.068-08:00Drew, I too was amazed by both, but the Reserves b...Drew, I too was amazed by both, but the Reserves book especially. I wish the author had followed the 190th and 191st PA through to the end of the war, but it looks like a very thorough effort. As you say, the Missouri guerrilla volume pulls from a wide variety of sources. The first thing I do when I get a new book is flip to the bibliography out of habit to see if it's worth my time. BothBrett Schultehttp://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlognoreply@blogger.com