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Curiosities of the Civil War: Strange Stories, Infamous Characters and Bizarre Events

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Product Description: Â Civil War buffs, be warned: Webb Garrisonâs Curiosities of the Civil War may catch you off guard. Packed with obscurities and bizarre anecdotes, it spills over with specifics youâve likely never heard. Debated, reenacted, and analyzed, the Civil War has been the subject of countless books, films, and scholarly researchâmany of them quite repetitious...read more

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781595553591, titled "Curiosities of the Civil War: Strange Stories, Infamous Characters, and Bizarre Events" | Reprint edition (Thomas Nelson Inc, March 1, 2011), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Â Civil War buffs, be warned: Webb Garrisonâs Curiosities of the Civil War may catch you off guard.

Brady's Civil War: A Collection of Memorable Civil War Images Photographed by Mathew Brady and His Assistants

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By Webb B. Garrison

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9780762770755 | Revised edition (Lyons Pr, March 15, 2011), cover price $24.95

Great Stories of the American Revolution: Unusual, Interesting Stories of the Exhilirating Era When a Nation Was Born

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Product Description: Fifty-three fascinating tales introduce readers to the people, places, and events that shaped a nation and changed the world. Indexed and illustrated.

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781595552303 | Thomas Nelson Inc, July 29, 2008, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Fifty-three fascinating tales introduce readers to the people, places, and events that shaped a nation and changed the world.

Creative Minds in Desperate Times: The Civil War's Most Sensational Schemes and Plots

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When the Civil War broke out, leaders on both sides had to develop strategies for fighting the conflict and considered almost any suggestion. This book chronicles some of the most intriguing and unusual plans devised by these leaders.

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781595552341 | Thomas Nelson Inc, July 29, 2008, cover price $14.99

9781558535442 | Rutledge Hill Pr, October 1, 1997, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When the Civil War broke out, leaders on both sides had to develop strategies for fighting the conflict and considered almost any suggestion.

Friendly Fire in the Civil War: More Than 100 True Stories of Comrade Killing Comrade

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Product Description: More than 100 true stories of comrade killing comrade: defective ammunition accidental shootings blinding smoke deliberate fire upon comrade mistaken uniforms inexperienced troops unknown passwords On May 2, 1863, Stonewall Jackson was on the verge of the greatest victory of his career...read more

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781558537149 | Rutledge Hill Pr, May 1, 1999, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Anecdotes describe both intentional and accidental killing of comrades during the Civil War

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9781595552297 | Thomas Nelson Inc, July 29, 2008, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: More than 100 true stories of comrade killing comrade: defective ammunition accidental shootings blinding smoke deliberate fire upon comrade mistaken uniforms inexperienced troops unknown passwords On May 2, 1863, Stonewall Jackson was on the verge of the greatest victory of his career.

9781558537361 | Rutledge Hill Pr, May 1, 1999, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Anecdotes describe both intentional and accidental killing of comrades during the Civil War

A Treasury of Texas Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and Little-known Stories of Texas

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By Webb B. Garrison

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9780849928918 | W Pub Group, July 29, 2008, cover price $14.99

Brady's Civil War: A Collection of Memorable Civil War Images Photographed by Mathew Brady and His Assistants

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By Alan Axelrod (introduced by), Mathew Brady (photographer) and Webb B. Garrison

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9781599213156 | Revised edition (Lyons Pr, May 1, 2008), cover price $40.00

Brady's Civil War

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Product Description: An unforgettable collection of hundreds of historic photographs from America's most horrific war.

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781585741229 | Lyons Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A pictorial history of the Civil War, using photographs taken by Mathew Brady and his assistants.

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9781585746934 | Lyons Pr, September 1, 2002, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An unforgettable collection of hundreds of historic photographs from America's most horrific war.

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Product Description: Why You Say It by WEBB B. GARRISON. Illustrated by Henry R. Martin. FOREWORD: Words and phrases are like persons. Some are dull and stodgy, while others are very good company indeed. It is from the ranks of the latter group that the words in this volume have been selected...read more

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9781443731829 | Read Books, November 30, 2008, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: Why You Say It by WEBB B.

9781567313055 | Mjf Books, February 1, 1999, cover price $7.98 | About this edition: The Fascinating stories behind over 600 everyday words and phrases such as.

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9781558531284 | Rutledge Hill Pr, May 1, 1992, cover price $14.99

Casual Lex: An Informal Assemblage Of Why We Say What We Say

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Product Description: Are you a lover of language? Awaken your passion for words, and savor the sheer deliciousness of the things people say! Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words. This fresh edition of the classic Why You Say It will turn you on to the fascinating?and often surprising?stories behind everyday words and phrases...read more

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781401602185 | Thomas Nelson Inc, April 12, 2005, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Are you a lover of language?

The Encyclopedia of Civil War Usage: An Illustrated Compendium of the Everyday Language of Soldiers and Civilians

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Product Description: There are few systematic guides to the language used by the generation that fought the American Civil War. In the 150 years since the great conflict, our language has changed, and as meanings have become obscure or lost, links with this vibrant past have dissolved and much of that which had meaning to our forefathers no longer has the same meaning to us...read more

By Cheryl Garrison and Webb B. Garrison

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9781581821864 | Cumberland House, April 1, 2001, cover price $35.95

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9781581822809 | Cumberland House, February 1, 2002, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: There are few systematic guides to the language used by the generation that fought the American Civil War.

A Treasury of White House Tales

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Product Description: From George Washington to George W. Bush, Americans have been fascinated withthe men who held the most powerful office in the world. In A Treasury ofWhite House Tales, fifty-one stories about our presidents and their familiesare told, illustrated with more than 100 photographs...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781558530249 | Rutledge Hill Pr, May 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Relates numerous stories about all of the presidents from George Washington to George Bush, revealing humorous and unusual aspects of their lives, their families, and their accomplishments as president

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9781558539730 | Updated edition (Rutledge Hill Pr, February 1, 2002), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: From George Washington to George W.

9781558533820 | Reprint edition (Rutledge Hill Pr, February 1, 1996), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Relates numerous stories about all of the presidents from George Washington to George Bush, revealing humorous and unusual aspects of their lives, their families, and their accomplishments as president

Strange Battles of the Civil War

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By Webb B. Garrison

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9781581822267 | Cumberland House, January 1, 2002, cover price $19.99

A Treasury of Georgia Tales

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By Webb B. Garrison

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9780934395663 | Rutledge Hill Pr, October 1, 1987, cover price $9.95

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9781558538689 | Rutledge Hill Pr, April 1, 2001, cover price $7.99

The Lincoln No One Knows: The Mysterious Man Who Ran the Civil War

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Product Description: In THE LINCOLN NO ONE KNOWS, Webb Garrison focused his life-long study of Abraham Lincoln upon the mysteries that continue to bewilder those who try to understand the man. If Lincoln was against slavery, why did he countermand early efforts to free slaves? How did this high-income attorney become packaged as the "rail-splitter candidate: for president? Written in Garrison's warm, conversational style, this unique book reveals the depth and complexity of one of America's greatest presidents...read more

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9781567315349 | Mjf Books, June 1, 1993, cover price $8.98 | About this edition: In THE LINCOLN NO ONE KNOWS, Webb Garrison focused his life-long study of Abraham Lincoln upon the mysteries that continue to bewilder those who try to understand the man.

9781558531987 | Rutledge Hill Pr, March 1, 1993, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Discusses some of the unanswered questions that surround Lincoln, and reveals the depth and complexity of one of America's greatest presidents

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9781558538474 | Rutledge Hill Pr, February 1, 2001, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: In THE LINCOLN NO ONE KNOWS, Webb Garrison focused his life-long study of Abraham Lincoln upon the mysteries that continue to bewilder those who try to understand the man.

Civil War Schemes and Plots

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Product Description: Over 30 sensational plans, hoaxes, raids and conspiracies, accompanied by black and white photos and line art, are tackled by acclaimed author Web Garrison. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Webb B. Garrison

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9780517162873 | Random House Value Pub, February 1, 2001, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Over 30 sensational plans, hoaxes, raids and conspiracies, accompanied by black and white photos and line art, are tackled by acclaimed author Web Garrison.

Mutiny in the Civil War

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Product Description: In startling fashion, this survey highlights and dramatizes the rigid class distinctions of military machines on both sides, in which the gulf between a commissioned officer and a private was stupendously wide. Here Webb Garrison dispels the romantic and nostalgic notion that every man carrying a musket or rifle revered his officers and his central government...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781572492158 | White Mane Pub, January 1, 2001, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: In startling fashion, this survey highlights and dramatizes the rigid class distinctions of military machines on both sides, in which the gulf between a commissioned officer and a private was stupendously wide.

The Unknown Civil War: Odd, Peculiar, and Unusual Stories from the War Between the States

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Product Description: In the 135 years that have passed since the Civil War, almost every significant event has been discussed, detailed, or described in one way or another. Indeed, so much has been written that very little of what happened remains unknown...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9781581821222 | Cumberland House, October 1, 2000, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: In the 135 years that have passed since the Civil War, almost every significant event has been discussed, detailed, or described in one way or another.

True Tales of the Civil War: A Treasury of Unusual Stories During America's Most Turbulent Era

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Product Description: With over 90 black and white photographs accompanying the text, this book contains 52 true stories of what ordinary people-not just soldiers-did in the conflict between the North and South, providing historical, informative, and often entertaining accounts of events during that time...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780517162668 | Gramercy, July 1, 2000, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: With over 90 black and white photographs accompanying the text, this book contains 52 true stories of what ordinary people-not just soldiers-did in the conflict between the North and South, providing historical, informative, and often entertaining accounts of events during that time.

Civil War Hostages: Hostage Taking in the Civil War

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Product Description: Anyone who regards the American conflict as having been civil in the ordinary sense of that term has only to read the hostage story to realize that in 1861-1865 conflict was uncivilized with no holds barred. Soldiers and civilians alike were targets of hostage takers; even females were not safe when a commander thought he could use hostages to forces concessions from the enemy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9781572491991 | White Mane Pub, July 1, 2000, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Anyone who regards the American conflict as having been civil in the ordinary sense of that term has only to read the hostage story to realize that in 1861-1865 conflict was uncivilized with no holds barred.

What's in a Word?

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Product Description: Here is a fascinating and humorous encyclopedia of more than three hundred words and phrases and how they have taken on new meanings over time. It is an informative reference book for the whole family. What's in a Word? is a sequel to Garrison's popular Why You Say It. Indexed. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781558538115 | Thomas Nelson Inc, June 1, 2000, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Here is a fascinating and humorous encyclopedia of more than three hundred words and phrases and how they have taken on new meanings over time.

A Treasury of Iowa Tales

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Product Description: Unusual, interesting and little known stories of the state of Iowa.Â A Treasury ofÂ IowaTalesÂ is aimed at the target of familiarity-plus-novelty. These suspense-packed stories constitute "history for the ordinary person," and a few include really great traditions passed orally from generation to generation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Webb B. Garrison and Janice Beck Stock

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9781558537514 | Rutledge Hill Pr, March 1, 2000, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Unusual, interesting and little known stories of the state of Iowa.

Strange Facts About the Bible

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By Webb B. Garrison

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9780517208281 | Random House Value Pub, February 1, 2000, cover price $8.99

Love, Lust, and Longing in the White House: The Romantic Relationships of America's Presidents

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By Webb B. Garrison

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9781581820812 | Cumberland House, January 1, 2000, cover price $14.95

Amazing Women of the Civil War

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Celebrates the Civil War contributions and exploits of such women spies, soldiers, journalists, doctors, and nurses as Harriet Tubman, Belle Boyd, Elizabeth Van Lew, Lucy Hayes, and Pauline Cushman (view table of contents)

By Webb B. Garrison

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9781558537910 | Thomas Nelson Inc, November 1, 1999, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Celebrates the Civil War contributions and exploits of such women spies, soldiers, journalists, doctors, and nurses as Harriet Tubman, Belle Boyd, Elizabeth Van Lew, Lucy Hayes, and Pauline Cushman

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