Mille Failté! A thousand welcomes, as my Irish ancestors would say. I plan to bring you reprints (and hopefully a few original works) of Christian, Celtic and Confederate themed books. Keep coming back and checking!
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Print: $17.74 Download: $1.25 N. Bedford Forrest enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in early 1861. By mid-year he was a Lt. Colonel and by war's end, he was a brevet Lieutenant General. No other man North or South may lay claim to such honor. He struck fear into the hearts of his enemies. With equal degree he was loved by those whom he served and defended against Yankee invasion.
He is much maligned as a man, as a general, and a citizen, but in these pages, you will see a different picture: the picture of a man of honor, of native skill, honesty, courage and above all, patriotism. This is not the General Forrest of popular media today, but the General Forrest we should all know. He is, indeed, a man to look up to in all ages.
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Download: $1.25 Hardcover Print: $24.07 Thomas a Kempis is credited as the author of this extraordinary book. The truths contained herein are so universal, so real to so many people that this book has out-sold and been out-read versus every other book in all of history, save the Bible alone. Open its pages and the riches of spiritual treasure leap off the page at you in short, but poignant chapters that make digestion and meditation very easy to do.
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Download: $1.25 Hardcover Print: $27.03 Robert E. Lee is probably the most biographied General of the War Between the States. His was beloved by his own people and after the war he was loved even by his former enemies. After his surrender at Appomatox, Lee commented that General Meade's hair was turning grey and he was showing his age. Meade replied that it was Lee who had made his hair grey. Yet Robert, Jr. gives us not just Lee the General, but Lee the father, the husband, the responsible civic leader. It is an intimate portrait that only a family member can give.
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Print: $19.24 A 13 month calendar for those who love the Old South and her culture, history and heritage, and especially those who fought for her freedom from tyranny.
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Print: $21.43 Download: $1.25 This almost unknown book should be ranked right up there with Imitation of Christ as the most read and published book after the Bible. It is a veritable treasure house of knowledge and spiritual direction in the Christian Faith. Its words are not just for Catholics, but for Christians of all stripes and sorts.
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Print: $20.04 Download: $1.56 In the Old South, the boundaries of social propriety and station were well marked and well known. But what if...
Aurora Floyd had two suitors - boyhood friends at that. The one was an intellectual and well educated. The other was big hearted and caring. She married the best one - and the other one, too. Then, if polyandry was not bad enough, there was the little matter of a murder...
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Print: $9.63 Download: $1.56 The following account of my experiences as a private soldier in the Confederate Army in the Great War of 1861-'65 records only the ordinary career of an ordinary Confederate soldier. It does not treat of campaigns, army maneuvers, or plans of battle, but only of the daily life of a common soldier, and of such things as fell under his observation.
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Print: $14.61 Download: $1.56 This is the story of the War Between the States and its aftermath as told by Lt. General Richard Taylor.
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Print: $15.57 Download: $1.56 Since its publication in 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has come to symbolize freedom and adventure for generations of readers of all ages across the world. This timeless classic work has remained in almost non-stop publication since it first appeared more than 120 years ago.
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Print: $14.37 Download: $1.56 This 1876 classic of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) has thrilled and entertained generations of school kids of all ages throughout the world. It is, in short terms, the misadventures of Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn in the Ante-bellum South, in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri along the Mississippi River.
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Print: $15.55 Download: $1.56 This Diary from the War Between the States starts in March, 1862 and ends in June, 1865. Born to a famous judge, she grew up knowing wealth and privilege. Then, in 1862, the Yankee Invaders ransacked her family home in Baton Rouge. From then on, she developed a life long hatred of Yankees. This is the story of how that came to be.
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Print: $12.69 Download: $1.56 This diary, written by a devout Roman Catholic and wife of a Southron soldier describes the events of the War Between the States in short little notes about the events of day to day life and the news and rumors of the times. It contains none of the flowing narrative of a memoir, but it does give us a glimpse into a life lived by faith in God and hope for a glorious new country.
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Print: $9.79 Download: $1.56 The title says it all: Slavery and Abolitionism as Viewed by a Georgia Slave. This book, had it come 10 years sooner than it did might have had a very significant impact on the abolition debate. Coming as it did on the eve of the War Between the States, had little to no impact on the issue in Harrison Berry's day, nor did it prevent any bloodshed.
This book is offered as a counterpoint to those who hate the Battle Flag and the South it stands for because they think it is "a racist flag." It is presented to the reader because it shows that this issue, so much a sticking point today 140 years after the 13th Ammendment, is not, as they say, all "black and white."
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Download: $1.56 Hardcover Print: $26.59 "Rebel Rose" Greenhow -- the name conjures up many different images. She was most famous as a spy for the Confederates and was so good at it that she even got information from her prison guards and sent it out to the Confederate Government in the clothing of her visitors! But she was so much more. She was a true heroine of the Southland, an emissary of the Confederate Government to Great Britain and even an authoress. An invaluable reference to the early part of the War Between the States.
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Print: $12.49 Download: $1.56 Even the horrors of war can produce some of the funniest of circumstances. The two-book combination has "Humorous Incidents of the Civil War," by A. C. McLeary - a humorous take on the War Between the States - and the second work, "The Camp Jester," was published in 1864 for the benefit of the soldiers in camp. Both are full of humorous anecdotes and jokes from the period.
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Print: $14.65 Download: $1.56 I have often thought that if you fully understood what a person believed in respect to religion from their perspective, you would have more understanding about that person's personality and interior life than any one other thing would be able to tell you.There you find their raison d'etre, their spiritual justification for being. It is here that you will find the insight to the inner life and motivations of the Southron of the 1860's. It is hoped that this collection of sermons will inspire the Southron of today not to give up The Cause as lost. It is further hoped that the spiritual motivations of those who went before will be taken as our own, that we may continue plowing in that field of honor where our ancestors and honored dead plowed before us and not give up the yoke until our field bears the fruit of liberty and freedom, of faith and spiritual life and our beloved Dixie is a free nation at last.--From the introduction.
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Print: $16.79 Download: $1.56 An early American novel of the Cherokee people and those who interacted with them in the 1830's-1840's. Several real life people are loosely fictionalized in this two volume story.
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Download: $1.56 Hardcover Print: $27.43 This book is required reading for the "Training Our Daughters to be Keepers at Home" home school curriculum. The stories contained herein each contain a moral tale and lesson. With the rarity of Christian values in our society today, this may just be the book you need to teach your daughters good morals and womanly character from a Biblical worldview.
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Print: $13.07 Download: $1.56 This book, composed primarily of letters home from General George Pickett, CSA, to (and compiled by) his wife, La Salle ("Sallie") give us a unique view of the General and his thoughts and conduct during and after the War Between the States. A very easy read.
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Download: $1.56 Hardcover Print: $30.63 Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early was one of the most notable generals of the War Between the States. Here is a short autobiography with a narrative of his exploits and accomplishments in that great War for Southern Independence.
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Print: $14.07 Download: $1.56 The memoirs of Myrta Lockett Avary, native Virginian and wife of a Confederate officer. He we gain a glimpse of life at home during the war with its joys and triumphs, fears and trials.
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Print: $12.33 Download: $1.56 This short biography by General Paxton's son, John, is a rare glimpse into the inner passions of a devoted Southron General. Originally "printed, not published," as the title page says, it soon went from private memorial project to an in-demand published book. General Paxton fell at Chancellorsville while leading his men in the victorious charge that made the day a complete Confederate victory, but he lives on in the pages of this book.
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Download: $1.56 Hardcover Print: $29.95 The title says: it all! This book describes the travels of the author through what we now know as the Old South of the United States. He traveled through this area in the late colonial period and made extensive descriptions of the geography, geology, topography, hydrology the people and their manners and customs and beliefs, the animal and vegetable life he encountered during this very long journey.
Whether you love old books, travel, bio- or geo-science, social studies or whether you are looking for a multi-disciplinary work for home school curricula, this is an excellent book for your consideration.
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Print: $14.67 Download: $1.56 Although the authoress bills this book as a "romance," it has nothing in common with what we understand by that poor class of literature. In this memoir of the War Between the States, large portions are taken up with the letters of family members off to war - some of them written from Point Lookout Prison. The autoress even meets the infamous war criminal General Sherman in person.
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Print: $9.43 Download: $1.56 This short volume, kept by Louis Leon during the War Between the States, tells in concise but poignant terms what it was like for the "man behind the gun," as he puts it. It tells of his adventures in two different regiments from North Carolina and as a prisoner of war in New York. But there is something even more unique here: Mr. Leon was a Jew. He openly served his country while General Grant was deporting Jews "as a class" from Union occupied territories.
A doubly unique perspective.
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Download: $1.56 Hardcover Print: $27.15 "WILL you take my life?"
This was the somewhat startling question put to me by Mrs. Hardinge - better known as Belle Boyd - on my recent introduction to her in Jermyn Street.
"Madam," said I, "a sprite like you, who has so often run the gauntlet by sea and land, who has had so many hair-breadth escapes by flood and field, must bear a 'charmed life:' I dare not attempt it." Then, placing in my hands a roll of manuscript, she said, "Take this; read it, revise it, rewrite it, publish it, or burn it - do what you will. It is the story of my adventures, misfortunes, imprisonments, and persecutions. I have written all from memory since I have been here in London; and, perhaps, by putting me in the third person you can make a book that will be not only acceptable to the public and profitable to myself, but one that will do some good to the cause of my poor country, a cause which seems to be so little understood in England."-- From the Introduction.
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Print: $12.39 Download: $1.56 Two early reflections on the life of Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. The War, and True Courage, come here together for the first time in one book. Both are must reading for any serious student of Jackson, the War Between the States, or the meaning of courage.
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Print: $12.13 Download: $1.56 B.M. Zettler, one time superintendent of Macon, Georgia schools used to help elementary school teachers teach history by telling of his own adventures as a Confederate soldier and government tax collector. Here is his story in his own words, in a short form especially for young people.
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Download: $1.56 Hardcover Print: $25.23 Letitia Burwell describes southern plantation life before the War Between the States and into the War period. She suprises us with anecdotes and descriptions that suprise the politically correct viewer. She demonstrates from her own experiences that slaves were not routinely beaten and were not looking for any and every chance to run away. She even speaks of freed slaves asking to be taken back by their former masters.
Note: Don't bother reading this if you're offended by historically correct writings that offend politically correct notions or if you actually like Yankee-inspired revisionist histories.
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Download: $1.56 Hardcover Print: $27.33 The very name of Col. John Mosby struck fear in the hearts of the Union Army and its supporters. He disrupted supply lines, intercepted, scouted, raided and gathered intelligence. He was full of bravado, strong skills of command, and he was able to disperse his command in such a way that he earned the title, "The Grey Ghost."
In the partisan ranger corps of the CSA, border ruffians and bushwhackers (so-called) were often the norm, but Mosby's command stood out in its precise military discipline and Southron honor. He even tells us of his having the distinction of having "a negro baby and a dog" named after him.
Here is the memoir he gave to posterity of the deeds that make his name and his appellation both household words today.
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Print: $19.53 Download: $1.56 Loreta Velazquez grew up wanting to be the next Joan of Arc. When her husband joined the Confederate Army as a surgeon, she disguised herself as a man, obtained a commission as a First Lieutenant and joined her husband's regiment. The disguise even fooled him!
This is one of the most amazing tales of the War Between the States. Spellbinding and well told narrative seeded with plenty of racy scenes where her real gender is nearly discovered (or really is!!!) and love letters from the "ladies at home" who were likewise fooled keeps you wanting to read more.
As the orginal text says, "Profusely illustrated," with pictures from the original.
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Print: $16.55 Download: $1.56 The diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut, a friend of Varina and Jefferson Davis, and wife of Brigardier General James Chesnut, Jr. It covers the period from November, 1860 to August, 1865. This is one of the most important books of the war period and gives us a glimpse into the home life and the views of women during this stirring and formative period in history.
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Print: $12.29 Download: $1.56 Judge B. Tucker in this novel, first written in the 1830's, makes an erie prediction of the horror that was to be the War Between the States. He predicted in advance the character of the Northern invader and the horrors of that war. Read for yourself and decide if he was right...
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Print: $19.83 Download: $2.50 Apostacy from the Christian Faith almost always starts with false beliefs concerning God. Whether one denies the Divinity of Christ, the Humanity of Christ, the Personhood of the Holy Spirit or some other facet of Who God Is, this is where the greatest heresies part with the faith.
In this book, St. Augustine of Hippo, the "Father of Western Theology" defends this most important of Christian beliefs: the Holy Trinity.
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Print: $15.18 Download: $2.50 One of many apologetic works written by St. Augustine over the course of his four decade career to defend the orthodox variety of Christianity against those who would deny it.
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Print: $23.13 Download: $2.50 St. Augustine of Hippo wrote extensively over a forty year career in the Church. Here are his tractates on the Gospel of John as well as ten homilies and select sermons on St. John's Gospel and First Epistle.
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Print: $8.94 Download: $1.56 This is the paperback version of the prayerbook given to Episcopal Confederate troops during the War Between the States for use in the field.
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Download: $1.56 Hardcover Print: $23.94 This is the unabridged prayer book given to the Confederate troops who belonged to the Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, who normally lacked a specifically Confederate Book of Common Prayer.This edition has only been modified in the formating of the pages and the addition of a short introduction by the editor.
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Here is the link to the website where I do my primary sales of the Southron/Confederate books you see in this storefront.
http://maxpages.com/dixiediarist
After just over a year of idleness due to homelessness and a restrictive library internet access policy, I have finally - thanks to flash drives, etc.!!! - been able to start this reprint business back up again! I hope to add some specifically Celtic titles in the near future as well as some new Christian and Confederate ones. I hope to get back to my one or twice a month rate of work again. Happy Reading!
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