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Coffins, Kits and More!
by Lee Ward
Embalming began during the Civil War because parents wanted their boys brought home. Parents would go to the battlefields, search for their loved ones, dig them up, and bring them home for burial. While the focus in this book is on the growth of embalming, there is also information on 19th century funeral customs and includes the funerals of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. 168 pages. 6 x 9 Softcover, $17.95
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Finding
Civil War Campsites In Rural Areas
by Poche Associates
This easy to read
manual represents the combined 40-year experience of three avid
Civil War relic hunters. The tried-and-proven methods presented
in the book are effective and easy to apply. Whether you are a
novice or seasoned relic hunter this book will help improve your
search abilities in locating Civil War camps 48 pages, softcover,
$12.95.
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Interpreting
History From Relics Found in Rural Civil War Campsites
by Poche Associates
(From the authors
of "Finding Civil War Campsites in Rural Areas") This is the second
of a series of "how to" manuals on relic hunting of rural Civil
War campsites. Methods and examples are provided throughout the
manual and several Civil War vintage photographs are interpreted
in light of the principles presented in the manual. Approximately
60 pages, softcover, $13.95.
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The
Civil War Story of Bloody Bill Anderson
by Larry Wood
A new look at one
of the most recognized Missouri Guerrillas. 184 pages, softcover,
$22.95.
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Quantrill's
Thieves
by Joseph K. Houts, Jr.
The author inherited
a roster taken from a dead guerrilla in 1862. He adds biographical
and historical research on each of the "original 93" men of Quantrill's
command. 293 pages, softcover, $19.95
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Shelby's
Expedition to Mexico: An Unwritten Leaf of the War
by John N. Edwards
Edited and with
an introduction by Conger Beasley, Jr. Rather than surrender, John
Shelby and his men plus many other Confederates escaped to Mexico.
Their activities comprise one of the great adventure stories of
all times. 231 pages, hardcover, $29.95.
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The
Northfield Tragedy
by John Jay Lemon
An early account
of the failed bank robbery at Northfield Minnesota now reprinted.
An appendix includes an almost unknown article by Cole Younger
who gives has previously unpublished comments on the affair. 89
pages, softcover, $15.00
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Jesse
James and the First Missouri Train Robbery
by Ronald H. Beights
The James-Younger
gang invented train robbery at gad's Hill and set off a chain of
events that included the shootout at Roscoe and the bombing of "Castle
James" by the Pinkertons. 206 pages, softcover, $14.95
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Splashed
to the Brows in Blood-the Winston Train Robbery and the End
of an Outlaw
by Robert J. Wybrow
A study of the Winston
train robbery and the assassination of Jesse James. 20 pages, softcover,
$7.00
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Ravenous
Monsters of Society: the Early Exploits of the James Gang
by Robert J. Wybrow
New research on
the early robberies of the James-Younger Gang by a mainstay of
the English Westerners Society. 24 pages, softcover, $9.00
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Reunion
In Death: Gravesites of Quantrill's Men and the James Gang
by Duncan E. Hansen
Photographs of the
gravesites of many of Quantrill's men is accompanied by biographical
information, a list of Quantrill's engagements and newspaper obituaries.
315 pages, softcover, $24.95, hardcover $45.00.
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Branded
As Rebels Volume Two
by Donald R. Hale
Includes profiles
of some little-known Bushwhackers, Guerrillas, Partisan Rangers,
Confederates and Southern Sympathizers from Missouri Hundreds of
Names and New Information ! ! ! $35.00 plus shipping.
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subjects on the Civil War include:
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