Can someone reccomend a list of some common, non-fiction books about the Great Depression or the Civil War.?

Question

I need a list of some common, non-fiction books about the Great Depression or the Civil War. You know like one you can pick up at the local bookstore or something.
Thanks.

Answer 1

I'm growing disappointed with Civil War books at local bookstores as it seems their getting smaller and smaller (the Civil War section of the history section, that is, though it seems the history section in general is getting smaller and smaller). But here's a list for you. Some will probably be easy to find, some you may have to special order.

I'm gonna start you off with Bruce Catton. I'd really suggest anything by him that you can get your hands on
"The Civil War"
"A Stillness at Appomattox"
"The Coming Fury"
"Terrible Swift Sword"
"Never Call Retreat"

Ok, now I'm gonna turn you over to the publisher Stackpole Books. They done reproductions of Civil War Union army manuals. If you're a re-enactor they would probably come in handy. And if you're not a re-enactor they make good study material as you get to see what the rules, regulations, tactics, etc. were for the Union army. Where applicable I'll give the author's rank at the time the manual was originally published.

"The 1863 U.S. Infantry Tactics" U.S. War Department
"Camp and Outpost Duty for Infantry 1862" by Daniel Butterfield, Brigadier General Volunteers, U.S.A
"The 1862 Army Officer's Pocket Companion" by William P. Craighill, 1st Lieutenant U.S. Corps of Engineers, Assistant Professor of Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy
"The 1862 U.S. Cavalry Tactics" by Philip St. Geo. Cooke, Brigadier General U.S. Army
"The 1863 Laws of War" U.S. War Department
"The 1864 Field Artillery Tactics" U.S. War Department
"The 1865 Customs of Service for Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers" by August V. Kautz, Captain 6th U.S. Cavalry, Brigadier General U.S. Volunteers

I'll now finish off just listing a decent selcetion to look for.
"Rebels & Yankees: The Battlefields of the Civil War" by William C. Davis
"Rebels & Yankees: The Commanders of the Civil War" by William C. Davis
"Rebels & Yankees: The Fighting Men of the Civil War" by William C. Davis
"Civil War Schemes and Plots" by Webb Garrison
"True Tales of the Civil War" by Webb Garrison
"My Brother's Keeper: Union and Confederate Soldiers' Acts of Mercy During the Civil War" by Daniel N. Rolph
"God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers: A True Civil War Christmas Story" by James McIvor
"Rebel Cornbread and Yankee Coffee: Authentic Civil War Cooking and Comaraderie" by Garry Fisher
"Submarine Warfare in the Civil War" by Mark K. Ragan
"Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw" edited by Russell Duncan
"More Strange Tales of the Civil War" by Michael Sanders
"Like Men of War: Black Troop in the Civil War 1862-1865" by Noah Andre Trudeau
"Ghost and Haunts of the Civil War: Authentic Accounts of the Strange and Unxplained" by Christopher K. Coleman
"Secret Mission of the Civil War" by Philip Van Doren Stern
"The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts" by Burke Davis
"Great Battles of the Civil War" by Martin Graham and George Skoch
"Civil War Ghost Stories & Legends" by Nancy Roberts
"The Civil War Archive: The History of the Civil War in Documents" edited by Henry Steele Commager
"War is All Hell: A Collection of Civil War Quotations" by Randal Bedwell
"Civil War Blunders" by Clint Johnson
"Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic: First Naval Actions of the Civil War" by Jack D. Coombe
"Portraits of the Civil War: In Photographs, Diaries, and Letters" by Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod
"Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History" edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler
"The Complete Civil War" by Philip Katcher
"The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference" edited by Margaret E. Wagner, Gary W. Gallagher, and Paul Finkleman

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The fiction books are more fun:
Gone with the Wind--Margaret Mitchell
Cold Mountain--Charles Frazier
The Grapes of Wrath--John Steinbeck