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General Sherman's Christmas: Savannah, 1864

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Prof. Stanley Weintraub's contributions to literary and social history and biography are well-known (G.B.Shaw, Beardsley, Victoria and Albert, et.al.), some 30 books in all. In this most recent book, he turns to the Americam Civil War and CW buffs will be pleased with t he result. His unique ability to combine insightful personality portraits, solid factual underpinings and colorful historical detail makes for a fresh and enjoyable account of the famous "march to the sea" by Sherman. A great present for any Civil War fan, or for your own reading. (Prof. Emeritus Warren C. Robinson, author of "JEB Stuart and the Battle of Gettysburg."

This book spent way too much time on the march and not enough time about the occupation of Savannah - I know that there are many interesting stories about Sherman in Savannah that I hoped would be told with some detail but were not.

Weintraub has written an easy to read, easy to understand little history here. The problem as I see it is that it deals more with getting there and less with the city. I know, I know, the city surrendered but the occupation of a great southern city, come on, I hoped for more. The march there is fairly well covered. I recommend this book for anyone not familiar with the march. Simple and well done. RECOMMENMDED

I highly recommend this book. Once I started it, I did not put it down until I finished the last page.