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Insight into America's Uncivil War: a textbook about the Civil War's causes, conflicts, and long-term consequences is critiqued and found to be thoroughly engaging, eye-opening, and eye-catching.(Book review)
The War Between the States: America's Uncivil War, by John J. Dwyer, et al., Denton, Texas: Bluebonnet Press, 2005, 682 pages, hardcover. (For ordering information, see the ad on page 2.)
The War Between the States by John J. Dwyer, et al., is the best textbook for the high school, preparatory academy, or junior college I've ever read. Moreover, it covers far more than its title suggests. Not only is the war thoroughly discussed, but also the war's background and its aftermath.
By background I don't mean simply another review of abolitionists and firebrands in the antebellum period, but a discussion of the formation of the Union itself and the elements ...
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...jurist in Maryland history. That Civil War-era judge was punished for...in court. Del. Donald H. Dwyer Jr., an Anne Arundel Republican...that Murdock lose her job. Dwyer sent the judge a copy of the...and incompetency," said Dwyer in the statement. Dwyer was...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 27, 2003 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire October 2, 2002 700+ words
...entry in its documentary series on the American Civil War. "Titled Civil War Minutes - Confederate," this set of two DVD...libraries and other institutions. Whereas the original Civil War Minutes, released in 2001, featured episodes...
Source: HighBeam Research, Insight into America's Uncivil War: a textbook about the Civil War's...