GDG- How many Gettysburg books?

dwmadison at comcast.net dwmadison at comcast.net
Mon Sep 3 17:52:10 CDT 2007


I have 13 on the battle.

A question  What would be considered the top ten books on the battle that someone should have in their library?

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From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> Good question. Let's say volumes, since there are multi-volume sets like 
> Batchelder's and the three-volume OR on Gettysburg. 
> 
> By the way, I just found 22 more Gettysburg books that were hiding in plain 
> sight. So my total is now 97. 
> 
> Tom 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com 
> [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]On Behalf Of Howard Siegal 
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 5:57 PM 
> To: GDG 
> Subject: Re: GDG- How many Gettysburg books? 
> 
> 
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> Titles or Volumes (some are multi volume sets)? 
> 
> On 9/3/07, Tom Ryan wrote: 
> > 
> > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> > 
> > 
> > Since business has been kind of slow on the GDG these days, thought I 
> > would 
> > throw this out for fun and games. Who has the most books about Gettysburg 
> > on their shelves? 
> > 
> > My count is 75 including hard and soft backs, non-fiction and 
> > fiction. This 
> > includes booklets like the ones sold at the Farnsworth House, and those 
> > put 
> > out by the Gettysburg Foundation. It also includes novels, but not 
> > magazines or guide books. 
> > 
> > Seventy-five sounds like a lot, but there will undoubtedly be a number of 
> > people who have more. 
> > 
> > Tom 
> > 
> > 
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