Overview :Following the American Civil War, many former Confederates fled their southern homeland. Some became expatriates, settling in Canada, Europe... Read More
Overview :Few artists were as determined to shape their own legacy as James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Fiercely protective of his reputation, he denounc... Read More
Overview :Reminiscences of a Private is William Bevens's personal chronicle of his participation in such famous Civil War battles as Shiloh, Chickamau... Read More
Overview :Summer 1862. The Confederacy has suffered several important defeats in the Western Theater and faces a serious threat to Richmond in the Eas... Read More
Overview :A major new biography of James McNeill Whistler, one of most complex, intriguing, and important of America's artists This engaging personal ... Read More
Overview :All too often, histories of Civil War battles concentrate on the events of the battle, ignoring the larger campaign and undervaluing the bat... Read More
Overview :Discover the extraordinary woman behind one of the most famous images of motherhood in Western art Judged by the portrait Arrangement in Gra... Read More
Overview :Until recently, this localized violence was largely ignored, scholars focusing instead on large-scale operations of the war--the decisions a... Read More
Overview :Ellen Renshaw House was only nineteen years old in 1863 when she began a detailed journal of her experiences in Knoxville, Tennessee, amid t... Read More
Overview :While the Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies engaged in conventional warfare, A Savage Conflict is the first work... Read More