Frommers Alaska Cruises Ports of Call 2009 or Jeff Shaaras Civil War Battlefields

Frommer's Alaska Cruises & Ports of Call 2009 (Frommer's Cruises Series)

Author: Fran Wenograd Golden

America’s #1 bestselling travel series

Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.

• More annually updated guides than any other series
  
  
• 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides
  
  
• Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries
  
  
• Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design
  
  

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Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields: Discovering America's Hallowed Ground

Author: Jeff Shaara

TRAVEL THROUGH A PIVOTAL TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY

Jeff Shaara, America’s premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of the ten Civil War battlefields every American should visit: Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg/Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, New Market, Chickamauga, the Wilderness/Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg/Appomattox. Shaara explores the history, the people, and the places that capture the true meaning and magnitude of the conflict and provides

• engaging narratives of the war’s crucial battles
• intriguing historical footnotes about each site
• photographs of the locations–then and now
• detailed maps of the battle scenes
• fascinating sidebars with related points of interest

From Antietam to Gettysburg to Vicksburg, and to the many poignant destinations in between, Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields is the ideal guide for casual tourists and Civil War enthusiasts alike.