GDG- MAPS OF GETTYSBURG BOOK

Cooke1863 cooke1863 at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 4 22:24:51 CDT 2007


It looks to be available at Barnes & Noble for $31.96, free shipping on orders over $25. From B&N website:

Maps of Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - July 13 1863
by Bradley Gottfried 

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ISBN: 1932714308
Pub. Date: June 2007

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B&N also has a less than favorable review:
>From The Critics
Library Journal - Richard Fraser 
One specific complaint about this book should be aired before all others: its title, The Maps of Gettysburg-rather than Maps of Gettysburg-implies that the maps contained herein have some official status or particular historical significance or are recognized as definitive in some way. In fact, they are the work of Gottfried (president, Coll. of Southern Maryland). Well executed in black-and-white, they have no particular quality that confers special importance upon them. The author provides 144 of these maps of the Gettysburg campaign and battle, each with a single-page commentary explaining the action rendered. Regiments are depicted as black or white blocks with appropriate numbers and state abbreviations, and terrain and roads are identified. Perhaps the greatest oversight is that while the author provides details of space, he supplies none of time. Rarely does he offer any specific information about the duration of a given phase of the battle or what time of day it took place. In his cumulative overview of this abundantly studied battle, he never achieves the clarity for which he seems to be striving. For Civil War students and enthusiasts who already know enough about the subject, this book may be handy. An optional purchase for academic libraries.
"Optional" purchase indeed!

JC

 
 






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