Incas : Book Two: The Gold of Cuzco

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Incas : Book One: The Puma's Shadow

A sharp drop off from the first novel . . .

Part3: Light of Machu Picchu + a general view of the trilogy

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Cheezy but somewhat interesting!!

Incas : Book Two: The Gold of Cuzco
A.B. Daniel
Manufacturer: Touchstone
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0743432754
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Book Description

In this haunting second book of the internationally bestselling Incas trilogy, the Incan empire is threatened by the Conquistadors, whose insatiable hunger for gold will destroy a glorious, ancient civilization -- unless they can be thwarted by a mystic force greater than any army....

Princess Anamaya's hypnotic blue eyes have seen too much. Having guarded the passage of the dying Emperor, she is now chosen by the gods to stand beside the new Emperor and divine the future of the Incan Empire -- a future shadowed by brutal warriors who worship foreign gods. The Conquistadors and their armies seek to enslave the Incas and loot their sacred temples and royal treasuries, despite Anamaya's attempts to foster peace. When it comes to a prize as valuable as Cuzco, the city of the sacred puma, they refuse to heed her warnings.

The soldier Gabriel has come among Anamaya's people as a conqueror, but the honorable Spaniard is untainted by his companions' lust for wealth and power. His fascination with the splendor of Anamaya's land, and its ancient heritage, is matched only by the passion he and Anamaya come to share. But when his countrymen push forward in their quest to plunder Cuzco, he is forced to join the battle, leaving Anamaya struggling with divided loyalties and their forbidden love in the wake of this first major confrontation between the Spanish and the Incas.

Filled with romance and adventure and colored by the changeless desires that link man and woman throughout the ages, The Gold of Cuzco is a thrilling follow-up to The Puma's Shadow, the first book in the Incas trilogy.

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Incas : Book One: The Puma's Shadow.......2007-05-09

Good, but not great. Very good historical information, but a bit too mystical for my taste. Interesting characters; however, there were references to events that were not previously covered in the book. Otherwise worth reading.

A sharp drop off from the first novel . . ........2005-01-20

The first novel read more like a descent work of historical fiction. The second read more like a bad love story.

In "The Puma's Shadow" you were introduced to the Inca culture and lands and the events leading to their demise. Atahualpa and Pizarro came to life and the chapters detailing the events that took place in Cajamarca took me back to a place I visited years ago.

"The Gold of Cuzco" took me no where. The story line was in short, totally unbelievable. The "setting up the scene" was not much better. I was especially disappointed in the descriptions of Sacsayhuaman and Coricancha. It was almost as if the authors had never visited Cuzco, a place from which I had just returned.

Read it if you want to finish the trilogy but don't expect to enjoy it too much.

Part3: Light of Machu Picchu + a general view of the trilogy.......2004-03-17

After reaching the end of the third book of this trilogy, I was left with the following impressions:

1. The most interesting thing about this trilogy is that it focus on a subject that is almost forgotten in historical fiction: the Inca civilization. That alone is reason to buy the trilogy, for those who are interested in the subject.

2. The books are a blend of accurate history and a somewhat corny and water-and-sugar clicheed love story; there are better books on similar subjects, like Gary Jennings' "Aztec" and Collen MacCullough's "First man in Rome" series.

3. The authors chose to portrait too many characters, sometimes confusing the readers, especially when concerning Inca characters. Excluding the Sapa Incas, the other native pre-columbian characters are almost always variations on the same one.

4. When Gabriel, the spanish central character, is not part of the plot, the chapters just drag along, many times boring and tiresome. Anamaya, the main Inca character, lacks strenght.

5. As I read the books, I realised the trilogy starts very well, but ends badly. This should not be a trilogy, but only one book, better edited, with a better-developed plot. The authors focused too much on dead-end fictional characters, while historical figures, when they appeared, were always portraied as evil people.

The third part is very similar to the first two, and the three books should be read as one.

After closing this third book, I felt I liked the trilogy, but could have enjoyed it more, due to the reasons stated above. But as this is the only (as far as I know) fictional account of the Inca civilization, it should get the attention of historical-fiction addicts.

Grade 8.0/10

A Welcome Book about an Obscure Subject.......2004-01-25

I have always been fascinated with the Incas, so I have been eagerly devouring this trilogy.

There is no shortage of historical fiction about, say, Victorian England...or Celts...or other Europeans. As for South Americans, and other non-white peoples...they are virtually untouched. It's about time someone gave the Incas the shelf-space they deserve.

The plot has been covered in several other reviews, so I'll be brief. Gabriel is torn between his loyalty to the conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his love for Anamaya, a beautiful Indian woman who is a sort of supernatural advisor to the Inca Emperors. She in turn loves Gabriel but is sworn to support the Emperor Atahualpa, taken hostage by the Spaniards...and then the newly crowned Manco, who swears to throw the Spaniards from his land.

It is probably the oldest plotline in the world- "man from conquering tribe loves woman from soon-to-be subjugated tribe"... and occasionally "A. B. Daniel" resorts to corny cliche. Example: when Gabriel and Anamaya lay eyes on each other, they instantly fall in love and know that their destinies are linked. Anamaya, who comes from a remote jungle tribe, has blue eyes, which makes the Incas view her as supernatural. I think this is a genetic impossibility, even if her father happened to be a wandering white explorer. In basic genetics we are taught that a child with blue eyes must have two parents with at least one recessive blue-eye gene. This crude plot device is jarring to me.

The pacing of these books could use some improvement. The author(s) don't seem to know what to leave in and what to cut. So there are some sections which are draggy and confusing. Characterizations are less focused than I would like, and motivations for some events remains murky.

On a positive note, these books are very well researched, and they provide a richly textured view of life in Inca times. The spiritual life of the ancient Peruvians is well portrayed. In general I am enjoying these books and finding them passionate, gripping and well worth the effort. I am glad that "A. B. Daniel" finally brought this awesome and neglected culture to life.

Cheezy but somewhat interesting!!.......2003-10-11

I've read this first part of the trilogy. And i think the book was okay, but did rather poorly in dragging me into the inca world and mythology.. I Certainly didn't like to have to flip to the end of the book to find out what "Ushnu" means.

The story is somewhat romanticizing the conquest, which doesnt make it any REAL to the reader (so to speak). G. Jennings had alot of real shocking elements in a story about a shockingly cruel yet poetic and complex civilization. But when it came to Human Sacrifices in this book it was entirely averted (we know they sacrificed people... lets not sidestep the issue to make it comfortable to readers!). It has a bad romantic story involving the two main characters of the story in what can only be described as a typical french passion, which can only be a story to target the female reader. Alot of the side characters come in and out of the story in a flimsy uninformative manner and they feel kind of left out. They should also have studied more on other tribes surrounding the empire, as Jennings laid out in his book, before the spanish arrived. Either that or the Andes was a real boring place to visit before the conquest.

But i'll read the next 2 parts as i've already bought them, and they kill time at work..

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5 Stars

INCA & SPANIARD (PIZARRO & THE CONQUEST OF PERU): Book Two: The Gold of Cuzco
Albert Marrin
Manufacturer: Atheneum
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0689314817

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5 Stars.......2001-05-08

A very readable book for young adults about the Spanish Conquest of Peru. Marrin describes in vivid detail the daily life of the Incas before the Spanish arrived. A warlike people, the Incas valued toughness, courage and obedience to authority. They were not strangers to capital punishment or torture. Like the Aztecs, they practiced ritual human sacrifice to appease the many gods they worshipped. Although their society was highly organized and technologically advanced, they were not prepared for warfare on European terms. When Pizarro arrived, he kidnapped their leader and held him for a ransom of silver and gold. Without their leader to give them instructions, the Incas were helpless to launch a rescue mission; they had been trained to obey orders, not to think for themselves. For many years the Incas made attempts to resist Spanish rule, but in the end, Spanish greed, weapons, cruelty and disease overtook them. A sorrowful yet valuable account of the Spanish impact on the New World.

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Most of Stephen Lawhead's popular historical fantasies are part of one or another of his sagas, trilogies, or cycles. For readers who enjoy big galloping yarns set in distant lands, and don't mind having their hands held by the author every step of the way, the first volume of his new Christian trilogy should hit the spot.

The framing device begins at the end of the nineteenth century, in Edinburgh, where Gordon Murray is about to be inducted into an ancient brotherhood whose secret rites involve a sacred relic: the iron lance of the title. The main narrative is set in eleventh century Orkney. When Pope Urban II calls for the retaking of Jerusalem from the infidel, the local lord, Ranulf, joins the Crusade with his elder sons, leaving behind young Murdo to oversee the family holdings. When the Church, through a nefarious scheme, confiscates the house and holdings, Murdo has no choice but to follow the Crusaders to the Holy Land and bring his father home to fix the whole mess.

Lawhead paints a vast and exotic canvas of medieval world politics, then peoples it with colorful characters--cunning Byzantine rulers, bluff Norman knights, gap-toothed, shaggy-brained Saxon peasants--who encounter visions and miracles, brutality and ambition, love and justice. At the end of the main narrative, Murdo gets what he wants but not in the ways expected. The framing narrative ends with hints that, as the world lurches towards a new millennium, Gordon Murray's Christian secret society is the world's only hope for survival, and the time nears for the brotherhood to reveal itself. --Luc Duplessis

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In book one of the Celtic Crusades series, a Scottish boy travels to Jerusalem to try to regain his family's stolen lands, and ends up saving the relic Iron Lance that pierced Christ's side.

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A Terrific Story.......2007-08-30

Stephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. His works include Byzantium and the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, and The Song of Albion. Lawhead makes his home in Austria with his wife. Stephen Lawhead is one of my all time favourite authors and I am only sorry that he does not write more often.

Through visions of the past, a 19th century lawyer is able to see glimpses of the harrowing journey of a long dead ancestor, Murdo Ranulfsen. It is 1095, Pope Urban II has declared war on the infidel and men from all walks of life, from lords to peasants rush to join the crusade. Much to his disappointment Murdo stays to guard his family and what possessions they own while his father goes to join the Crusade.

When through no fault of Murdo's the family possessions are confiscated, Murdo decides to set out on the long journey to follow the Crusade and find his father.

The author spins a magical adventure for the reader. He writes a moving and fearsome story as only he can. Once again, all I can say is that I wish he would write more books.

Read it!.......2007-05-21

Stephen Lawhead is a fantastic author, period. I already thought so before I read this book, but after reading this book I'm just that much more sure of the fact.

The Iron Lance follows the adventures of Murdo Ranulfsson as he journeys to the Holy Land in search of his father and brothers, who have become Crusaders. His effort to find his father is motivated by the suffering being caused by corrupt clergymen in the Crusaders' abscence. He is soon caught up in other affairs, however, ending with the recovery of a sacred relic.

After a bit of a slow start, this book really takes off. It's a page-turner for sure, but it is also an excellently written book. No cheap pulp fiction here.

Most impressively, Lawhead manages to add a compelling Christian message to the book. What's especially impressive is that he accomplishes this without sounding corny.

Those who have an appreciation for historical fiction will love this book, especially if they are Christians. The only complaint from a Christian standpoint is Lawhead's inclusion of a brief sex scene. Fortunately it isn't terribly descriptive, but it is worth noting before you get the book.

All in all, I'm sure you'll love this book.

Celtic Lore As It Should Be Told.......2005-08-24

Stephen Lawhead, long known for his tales of middle earth and refrence to actual history sheds refreshing light on the way the ACTUAL crussades probably were. The portrayal of a corrupt Roman orthodox is, in this day and age, sadly accurate and revealing. He does not glorify the brutality of war but instead shows that these things of our human history did happen...and to everyday people of the age. He shows how a person can surmout the impossible and grow as a creature created for a purpose.

If you like crusades you'll love this book .......2005-07-04

It's the first book in the Celtic Crusades series and is the first set of Lawhead books I read. I have lots of friends who have read his other stuff and I just happened to find these books available on sale so I bought the set and enjoyed it quite well.

I am one of those people who is finding Lawhead a little later in his career. This is the second book of his I have read - I missed the books surrounding Arthur and others he wrote earlier in his career. I read his novel about Patrick last year and it was pretty good, but it didn't make me a committed fan of his. After reading this one I am much more of a fan.

The story centers around the Crusade of the late 1000's and 1100's. The central character is Murdo Ranulfson, who wants to join the crusade but is too young. His father and brothers go on the crusade but he is unable to and it grates on his terribly. While his father and brothers are gone, his family is the victim of the treachery of some unscrupulous churchmen, and they lose their estate. This sets Murdo on a course of action where he journeys to the Holy Land to try to find his father, in order to bring him back to claim his lands.

On this journey to and from the Holy Land, Murdo grows from a precocious boy into a man of strength and character. As he makes his way across the sea and to his father he has many adventures which shape his character. He is befriended by Celtic monks who help guide and care for him and who show him the way of the True Path.

There are many reasons I liked this story - this is a "Christian" book by a "Christian author" with many Christian themes. But, the characters are not your stereotypical characters that are found in so much Christian fiction. There is a wonderful conversion scene involving Murdo but it is done in a very believable way. We see Murdo's struggles along the way, and he doesn't become a saint nor does this conversion scene wipe away all of his troubles. Instead, a very real and human person struggles along in his faith in a very harsh and brutal time of history.

Speaking of harsh and brutal, there are some scenes of pretty explicit violence. I usually don't get emotionally affected, but in one scene in Jerusalem the brutality took my breath away. This is a vivid picture of man's inhumanity to man, and it is all the more stark in view of the fact that much of this is committed in the name of Christ.

Lawhead doesn't really theorize on the morality of the crusades -he simply tells the story. To my mind, the story shows the futility of the crusades and the sinfulness of the whole project. But the real story in this is the transformation of Murdo.

not bad .......2005-02-21

Are you interested in the crusades? Do you enjoy stories that have to do with scotland, norway, ireland? Do you appreciate solid writing? If so, then this book may be of interest. After all, the crusades are the backdrop, the main character is from scotland, and the writing is solid.

That being said, there is nothing particularly special about this book. As I said, the writing is solid, not spectacular. The characters are passable, but in a week you will not remember anything about them. In my opinion, the spirituality / theology aspects are weak and distract instead of enliven.

However, if you are looking for something to read, then why not? The book is worth the money and you will not feel as if you have wasted your time.

Four Years with the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journal of William Ray, Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers

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1 July 1863. The first day of Gettysburg.
A rare window on daily life in the Iron Brigade!
Mostly for Buffs
Daily infantry life documented!
Daily infantry life documented!

Four Years with the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journal of William Ray, Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers

Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
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ASIN: 0306811197

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Based on an major recent discovery-the Civil War as seen from the front ranks of a legendary fighting unit.

The recently discovered journal of William Ray of the Seventh Wisconsin is the most important primary source ever of soldier life in one of the war's most famous fighting organizations. No other collection of letters or diaries comes close to it.

Two days before his regiment left Wisconsin in 1861, the twenty-three-year-old blacksmith began, as he described it, "to keep account" of his life in what became the "Iron Brigade of the West." Ray's journal encompasses all aspects of the enlisted man's life-the battles, the hardships, the comradeship. And Ray saw most of the war from the front rank. He was wounded at Second Bull Run, again at Gettysburg, and yet a third time in the hell of the Wilderness. He penned something in his journal almost every day-occasionally just a few lines, at other times thousands of words. Ray's candid assessments of officers and strategy, his vivid descriptions of marches and the fighting, and his evocative tales of foraging and daily army life fill a large gap in the historical record and give an unforgettable soldier's-eye view of the Civil War.

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1 July 1863. The first day of Gettysburg........2007-01-10

The Civil War Journal of William Ray, Company F, Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers. William Ray was a enlisted man of the Famed Iron Brigade. His story told in his own words from a journal he kept, is an amazing story as told by some one who is there. I will let him tell about a few minutes on the 1st of July 1863 at a place called Gettysburg. His unit having been heavily engaged for most of the day were ordered to fall back though the town.

"I was hit about 1/4 mile out of town by a Ball on the top of the head, come near knocking me down. But I straighted up, went on, another Ball hits sole of my shoe cutting it nearly in two, it ownly making my foot sting a little."

Walking though Gettysburg he stopped at a 2nd Division "hospital" to seek help for his wounds. This "hospital" was soon surrendered to the Confederates (as they took the town), so he walked back to his unit. His story is amazing and detailed. It is a excellent testimony of how life was really like in the Union Army for a regular soldier.

A rare window on daily life in the Iron Brigade!.......2004-12-30

Private William Ray of Company F, 7th Wisconsin Volunteers, wrote (it seems) nearly everyday for four years of war in his journals. It is a book of journal entries that, from start to finish record a momentous journey. To read this book is to travel with Ray across the countryside and know the ever-present boredom of soldier life, punctuated with hard marches and occasional life threatening danger. One gets a real sense of the soldier's isolated position in the war and constant search and need for information, and the ever present lack of it. The book is packed with amazing detail, and it is always from the perspective of the Private soldier. Often Ray has no idea of the larger scope of events he is moving through. Ray has a wonderfully objective attitude, and relates his thoughts and feelings well. What was it like to be wounded in battle? Journey with Ray from the battlefield, through field hospitals, ultimately to spend about a year in a Philadelphia hospital for soldiers. Returning to the regiment, Ray is soon wounded again. Some of the best of Ray's journal comes in 1864 when he is constantly in the action around Petersburg. This book gives the full experience of the common soldier's life in the Iron Brigade, in rare length and depth. Reading 446 pages of journal entries is not a task lightly undertaken, but it is well worth the journey. I recommend reading this one after being well versed in the big picture of the Brigade's history.

Mostly for Buffs.......2004-09-14

William Ray, a decent, optimistic, industrious, and somewhat priggish Wisconsin farmer survived three battle wounds during the Civil War, lasting long enough to be promoted to what may have been his level of incompetence as an orderly sergeant. Ray regularly sent his notebook diaries back to the homefolks, and perhaps for that reason, the diaries tend to be emotionally flat. Although the 7th Wisconsin suffered some of the heaviest casualties of any unit in the Union Army, Ray does not reflect on his perilous situation, and he refers to the dead and wounded largely as statistics rather than as friends and comrades. Occasional passages do rise above Ray's typically mundane entries--for instance, his description of being lost in the rain during the skirmishing of August 18-21, 1864.

This diary will be largely of interest to Civil War buffs curious about the soldiers' daily life. Although the editors' contributions are adequate, the explanatory notes might have better explained to 21st century readers the realities that Civil War armies took for granted. Comparisons of Ray's journal with similar diaries would also have been helpful.

Daily infantry life documented!.......2003-01-15

The story of William Ray's is not entirely unique to Civil War history although his personal account brought forth by four years of great diary keeping brings the soldier daily grind to the forefront. Ray's story is seldom full of action and captures the daily life of a young man of Wisconsin heritage fighting for the Union in the Army of the Potomac. What flavors this monotonous story is that it truly brings the hard lifestyle of 19th Century soldiering to 21st Century readers. This is an excellent book for historians looking to understand soldier thinking. Ray writes about camp life, rumors, gossip, money, family, drill, picket duty, sickness, friends and the "hurry up and wait" philosophy of being an infantry soldier for the Union during the Civil War. Ray's coverage of his fighting is brisk although many times his writing may have been tamed by the fact that he may have been writing with family in mind. He may have not wanted his family to know the hard battle details in the event of his death where his diary could be discovered and sent home with his belongings. Injured on several occasions such as the Battle of Gettysburg and The Wilderness, Ray enhances his story to give this book added information. He writes about his wounds, healing, being sick and helping his fellow soldiers. We are lucky to have such a large diary written which covers four years of the war. From his enlisting, re-enlisting and final discharge Ray offers us a priceless look at a common infantry soldier. His diary notes of the Siege of Petersburg and the mine explosion was very interesting. The ugly daily life of trench warfare certainly painted the struggle at hand. Ray also gives us a definitive look at how the South was truly struggling as of 1864 and when 1865 rolls around he writes about Confederate deserters coming across the lines on a daily basis. This information is seldom covered from a soldier's perspective and it is vital for those looking to understand the mentality of an everyday soldier who by 1864 was a proud Veteran of the boys of '61. This book is also an excellent and valuable reference tool for those trying to learn about the Iron Brigade and more importantly the 7th Wisconsin. A true historian could use a greatly documented book such as this in their library. 5 STARS!!!!!

Daily infantry life documented!.......2003-01-15

The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name

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Reads Like an Adventure Novel!
Not as good as Nolan's
Proud to be a Calico Boy
This was my first in-depth Iron Brigade book--
GEEZ, this is a GOOD BOOK!!!

The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name
Lance J. Herdegen
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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ASIN: 025321825X

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No volunteers tramped with more innocent resolve on the drill fields of 1861 than the farmers, immigrants, shopkeepers, and "piney" camp boys who volunteered for the Second, Sixth, and Seventh Wisconsin and the Nineteenth Indiana Infantry. The Men Stood Like Iron is the moving, often melancholy, story of how the backwoods "Calico boys" became soldiers of the celebrated "Iron Brigade."

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Reads Like an Adventure Novel!.......2004-12-13

If you have never read a book about the Iron Brigade, this is the one to begin with. This book reads like an adventure novel. No matter if you are 10 or 100 years old, this easy to read book is packed with page after page of thrilling adventure. I could not put it down. "What will happen to these brave boys next? Will they survive, and if so, HOW?" was constantly on my mind.

The book is the story of the Brigade as seen from within the ranks of the 6th Wisconsin Regiment. It draws heavily from the memoirs of Rufus Dawes, one of the officers leading the regiment. He was an excellent and compassionate writer, and his first hand observations put you immediately in the ranks.

The history of the Brigade, from enlistment at Camp Randall to the Battle of Gettysburg is told in fast paced and very accessible form. History buffs will enjoy this one as well as newcomers to the subject of the Civil War. After reading this book I was so impressed by the valor of these men, I decided to join the Iron Brigade and become a Civil War reenactor!

Not as good as Nolan's.......2004-06-01

Readers who pick up this book will almost certainly read Alan Nolan's book on the Iron Brigade as well. With that in mind, if you only want or intend to read one, read Nolan's.

This book is much more specific than Nolan's in identifying certain individuals in different companies and offers a more anecdotal approach to the story of the Iron Brigade.

But this book centers almost completely on the Wisconsin regiments (2nd,6th,7th and the 5th for the brief period it was part of the brigade): other than a prologue of sorts beginning at Gettysburg, this book covers only up to Antietam. In reading this edition, a reader could easily forget that the 19th Indiana is part of the brigade, and the book ends before the 24th Michigan becomes part of the brigade at all.

The book is entertaining and very readable, The book's title is "How the Brigade won its Name" and it tells that story and stops. However, Nolan's book does that and covers up to "the Last Stand at Gettysburg," until the brigade is diluted with non-Western regiments. As a result, between reading the two, you could come away feeling as though this book's story is incomplete.

Proud to be a Calico Boy.......2002-04-11

I read a lot of books on the Civil War. I had kin in the the 6th Wisconsin. I read everything I can find about the Iron Brigade. Mr. Herdegen is one of the great authorities on this famed and proud unit. I have enjoyed and learned from every one of his books. Well done! A must read for anyone who calls themselves a Civil War buff. My God....what a war...what a unit! Many American soldiers are button pushers these days. Back then, a man actually saw who he was fighting. The Brigade fought like wildcats. To get a feel for what it was like read Dawes and Herdegen. Read this book!!!

This was my first in-depth Iron Brigade book--.......2001-03-12

I found it very helpful and very inspirational. The book's four maps are especially clear. Quite a number of titles are available on this Brigade, and I was happy to find the book by Rufus R. Dawes, "A Full Blown Yankee of the Iron Brigade: Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers" now out in paper! Mr. Herdegen uses this earlier work, and now it is available to all CW students. I found much to share with others from this book, and I recommend it highly.

GEEZ, this is a GOOD BOOK!!!.......1999-07-03

I'm a voracious reader on the subject of American History, particularly of our Civil War. I'm currently in the middle of this book, and I came on line to look for related titles. My interest in the Iron Brigade has been whetted! Precious few unit histories or service memoirs bring to life their subjects in such a deeply human, vivid and honoring way as this. If I could only keep or save an armful of my hundreds of books, this would certainly be one of them. I'm going back to read it...

The Anthracite Iron Industry of the Lehigh Valley

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The Anthracite Iron Industry of the Lehigh Valley
Craig L. Bartholomew , Lance E. Metz , and Ann Bartholomew
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The Iron Lance
Stephen Lawhead
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The Iron Lance
Stephen Lawhead
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IRON LANCE (CELTIC CRUSADES, NO 1)
STEPHEN R. LAWHEAD
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The Iron Lance (The Celtic Crusades, Book 1)

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The Iron Lance (The Celtic Crusades, Book 1)
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Sherman's Guide to Hugh Moore Park
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When I Grow Up... Vol. 3 Pretty Punch Embroidery Iron-On Transfer Pattern (When I Grow Up, Iron-On Transfer Patterns for Pretty Punch Embroidery)

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When I Grow Up... Vol. 3 Pretty Punch Embroidery Iron-On Transfer Pattern (When I Grow Up, Iron-On Transfer Patterns for Pretty Punch Embroidery)
Reba Lance and Allison Aten
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Iron on transfer book with a bike, boat, plane, race car, fire truck, taxi, hot air balloon, bull dozer, ship, wagon, school bus, tractor, train and a rocket. Very simple patters could be used a million ways including Pretty punch embroidery, needlepoint canvas, textile painting and other crafts.

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