Which Books Influenced You the Most?

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Re: Which Books Influenced You the Most?

Junior High book report back in the late Sixties.
A very influential Miss Smart, in order to assure that none of us wiseacres ran immediately to our comic book collection, had an approved author list. I randomly chose Ambrose Bierce.
Shadows of Blue & Gray

Kevin Ellis,
26thNC

[BobRoeder]

Re: Which Books Influenced You the Most?

As a budding Civil War re-enactor during the early 70s my greatest literary influences were the few decent Civil War books on the shelves of the local public library - in later years I eventually procured a copy of each, along with a "few" more than I'll probably ever have time to read.

The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane

A Yankee Private's Civil War - Robert Hale Strong

An Illustrated History of the Civil War - Paul M. Angle

Of course: The American Heritage Picture History of The Civil War - Ketchum/Catton

And, Human Interest Stories of the Three Days' Battles at Gettysburg - Grimm