[[Long article about the pitfalls and triumphs of collecting (Civil War) books for 20 years+]]
Image by Amelia-Jane via Flickr
Image by Amelia-Jane via Flickr
"... something unexpected always pops up. That's the beauty of book collecting.
Books on local history from Maine to California are worth a look, as are books about the rivers of the world, the lakes and the mountains. I recently found a neat book on West Coast volcanoes from Canada to California.
Sometimes it's a good idea to cruise through my books, read and reread, to make sure I'm not duplicating a subject. There have been a number of neat books written about the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers, but do I need another?"
Books on local history from Maine to California are worth a look, as are books about the rivers of the world, the lakes and the mountains. I recently found a neat book on West Coast volcanoes from Canada to California.
Sometimes it's a good idea to cruise through my books, read and reread, to make sure I'm not duplicating a subject. There have been a number of neat books written about the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers, but do I need another?"
Related articles - Civil War manuscripts and books
- Future Plans (thelintinmypocket.wordpress.com)
- Civil War in the American South (american-south.org)
- The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns
(Amazon)
- Ken Burns: The Civil War - Commemorative Edition
- In the future... (thelintinmypocket.wordpress.com)
- A Civil War Library Online (irishamericancivilwar.wordpress.com)
- Ellen Brown and John Wiley discuss Gone With the Wind Feb. 23 (cvillewords.com)
- 'Out of the Briars' (opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
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