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Southern Strategies: Why the Confederacy

Failed, edited by Christian B. Keller, presents provocative essays by military historians who employ classical strategic and leadership theory to explain why the South failed in its bid for independence. Hardcover, Item #154368

Robert E. Lee: A Life

by Allen C. Guelzo

An intimate look at the Confederate general in all his complexity—his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward calm, his disloyalty, and his honor. Hardcover, Item #154366

Capitalism and Slavery

by Eric Williams

The third edition of the 1944 classic that laid the foundation for the study of slavery, imperialism, and economic development. Paperback, Item #154399

The Generals’ Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today

by Stephen Cushman

Cushman considers Civil War generals’ memoirs as both historical and literary works, revealing how market forces shaped them and how they remain vital to understanding the interaction of memory, imagination, and the writing of American history. Paperback, Item #154388

The Record of Murders and Outrages: Racial Violence and the Fight Over Truth at the Dawn of Reconstruction

by William A. Blair

Blair uses the accounts of far-flung Freedmen’s Bureau agents to expose the reality of the violence that Black communities endured in the wake of emancipation. Paperback, Item #154397

The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

by Robert S. Levine

Levine gippingly portrays the conflicts that brought Douglass and the wider Black community to reject Johnson and call for a guilty verdict in his impeachment trial – and, in the process, underscore the lost promise of Reconstruction. Hardcover, Item #154385

Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times

by David S. Reynolds

A magisterial work that paints the portrait of a man who, at each stage in his life, managed to arrive at a broader view of things than all but his most enlightened peers and whose extraordinary range of cultural knowledge shaped a vision of true union. Paperback, Item #154382

Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue

by Adrian Miller

A beautifully illustrated chronicle of how Black barbecuers, pitmasters, and restauranteurs helped develop this cornerstone of American foodways, and features 22 barbecue recipes. Hardcover, Item #154391

Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South

by Eugene Milteer, Jr.

Milteer draws from an array of sources to demonstrate that, from the Colonial period through the Civil War, the growing influence of white supremacy and proslavery extremism created serious challenges for free persons in the South. Paperback, Item #154386

Biscuits: a Savor the South Cookbook

by Belinda Ellis

Ellis delights readers with biscuit history and its intimate connections with southern culture. The first recipe shows how to make the perfect biscuit. Fifty-five recipes range from traditional to inventive offering a biscuit for every occasion. Hardcover, Item #154394

Bourbon: a Savor the South Cookbook

by Kathleen Purvis

In this spirited cookbook, Kathleen Purvis explores the history, mythology, and culinary star power of this quintessential southern liquor. Featuring both classic and cuttingedge cocktails in 54 recipes. Hardcover, Item #154393

Southern Holidays: a Savor the South Cookbook

by Debbie Moose

Covering big traditional holidays and regional and cultural holidays that honor newer southern traditions from a range of ethnic traditions and histories. Hardcover, Item #154396