Lincoln's Dreams - A Charming Civil War Fiction Novel

2. Lincoln's Dreamsby Connie Willis Connie Willis is an award -winning science fiction author who uses humor and historical research to enrich her characters and situations. This is her first novel, which won the John W. Campbell Award. http://www.sftv.org/cw/

3. Selected Reviews: Publishers Weekly Review: As a researcher for a popular historical novelist, Jeff Johnston finds himself immersed in the minutiae of the Civil War, tracking down the name of a general's favorite horse or the spot where Lincoln's son was buried. His meeting with Annie, the patient of old friend Dr. Richard Madison, changes his perspective. While the novelist contemplates a book on Lincoln's prophetic dreams and consults sleep specialist Madison, Jeff discovers that Annie is having vivid, horrible dreams of the Civil War containing details she couldn't possibly know. The point of view is unmistakably that of defeated Confederate leader Robert E. Lee. Jeff tries to shield Annie from the opportunistic reach of both novelist and doctor, but he can't protect her from herself, for she feels duty bound to refight the war if it will finally allow Lee some measure of peace. This charming, unpredictable book, with its unforced subtext of more recent wars and their veterans' lingering bad dreams, is an impressive first novel from a talented writer whose short stories have already won acclaim. (May)

4. Civil War Fiction Traveller - Richard Adams                                                                                                 Gods and Generals - Jeff Shaara                                                                                    The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara                                                                                 The Last Full Measure - Jeff Shaara                                                                                Gettysburg - Newt Gingrich                                                                                               Grant Comes East - Newt Gingrich                                                                                 Never Call Retreat - Newt Gingrich                                                                                  The Unwritten Chronicles of Robert E. Lee - Lamar Herrin                                                 The Guns of the South - Harry Turtledove                                                                      

5. Civil War History/BiographyLee - Douglas Southall Freeman   (abridgement of his 4 v. R.E. Lee)                                      Robert E. Lee - Roy Blount , Jr.        Battle Cry of  Freedom - James M. McPhersonThe Civil War , An illustrated History  - Geoffrey C. WardFields of Honor - Edwin C BearssAtlas of the Civil War - Mark Swanson      With Malice Toward None  - Stephen B. OatesComplete Idiot's Guide to the Confederacy - J. Stephen LangThe Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide

6. Dreams The Secret History of Dreaming - Robert Moss   Our Dreaming Mind - Robert L. Van De Castle Private Myths - Anthony Stevens   Sylvia Browne's Book of Dreams  Edgar Cayce on Dreams   Time Travel Doomsday Book - Connie Willis    To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis   Slaughterhouse-Five  - Kurt Vonnegut    Time and Again - Jack Finney      Timeline - Michael Crichton   Other directions

7. Traveller - Richard Adams                                Examines the events of the Civil War through the eyes of General Robert E. Lee's closest companion and devoted horse, Traveller.      Gods and Generals  - Jeff Shaara Two Confederate and two Union generals (Lee, Jackson Hancock, and Chamberlain) examine their careers leading to Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville in a prequel to The Killer Angels. The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara   Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet tell the Southern view of the battle at Gettysburg while Colonel Joshua  Chamberlain and General John Buford present the  Northern view   The Last Full Measure - Jeff Shaara The two sides of the country go to war in the last of the trilogy that includes Killer Angels and Gods and Generals.     Gettysburg - Newt Gingrich A fictionalized account of an alternate American Civil War, based on five years of research, considers how history    might have transpired if General Robert E. Lee had won   the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Grant Comes East - Newt Gingrich A fictionalized account of an alternate American Civil War recounts events following the capture of Vicksburg by  General Ulysses S. Grant and traces the northern  army's journey to Gettysburg.     Never Call Retreat - Newt Gingrich Traces the events surrounding the pivotal battle of August 1863, during which Lee and Grant both cross the   Susquehanna and make decisions that culminate in  the war's outcome.  The Unwritten Chronicles of Robert E. Lee - Lamar Herrin   Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson express their   thoughts about their lives and their participation in the Civil War battles leading to Chancellorsville.      The Guns of the South - Harry Turtledove A "what if" story imagines what might happen if a band  of white supremacists traveled back through time to alter the outcome of the Civil War. Civil War Fiction

8.  Lee - Douglas Southall Freeman   A condensation of Freeman's definitive 4 v. biography of the Confederate hero Robert E. Lee - Roy Blount , Jr. A portrait of the Civil War leader delves into his family  history and personality to reveal the human behind the  general, documenting how the lessons he learned from his elders were applied on the battlefield.  Battle Cry of  Freedom - James M. McPherson Focuses on the military campaigns, including strategy   and logistics, military leaders, and common soldiers. The Civil War, A Narrative - Shelby Foote   Follows the course of the war from 1862 to 1864,      discusses the strategies of both sides in major battles, and assesses the performance of the Union generals. The Civil War: An illustrated History  - Geoffrey C. Ward Portrays the lives of politicians, soldiers, and slaves during the Civil War.  Book based on the PBS documentary filmscript by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, and Ken Burns.   Fields of Honor - Edwin C Bearss   Complemented by maps and period photographs, a narrative history of the Civil War focuses on some of  the war's most significant battles, including Fort Sumter, throughthe war's turning point at Gettysburg, to Appomattox.  Atlas of the Civil War - Mark Swanson * A month-by-month cartography of the war,   illustrating troop movements and major battles. With Malice Toward None  - Stephen B. Oates Presents a portrait of Lincoln as an uncommonly complex man of compassion and ambition, honesty and political acumen, and wit and morbid melancholy.    Complete Idiot's Guide to the Confederacy - J. Stephen Lang * A southerner's-eye view of the "War of Northern Aggression"  which discusses the rationales for secession, Southern military and civilian life, the troubled Confederate government, and the lasting impact of the war on the South and the country. Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide Outlines ten suggested itineraries for short road trips that cover every major battle of the war. Civil  War History/Biography

9. Dreams  The Secret History of Dreaming - Robert Moss  * Dreams as catalysts in history, literature and science, as well as creative survival tools. 2008.   Our Dreaming Mind  - Robert L. Van De Castle * An approachable discussion of the history, scientific study,physiology and psychology of dreams and dreaming. 1995. Private Myths - Anthony Stevens * A wide-ranging discussion of dreams, interpretation, and research. Somewhat academic, but still understandable. 1995.   Sylvia Browne's Book of Dreams *  Edgar Cayce on Dreams* Two psychics on dreams and their connection to past-life and  after-death phenomena. 2002, 1968.   Annotations from NoveList, except * written by compiler. Time Travel Doomsday Book - Connie Willis A crisis linking the past and future strands an Oxford student in the most dangerous year of the Middle Ages. To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie WillisNed Henry goes back in time to 1889 to study the Coventry Cathedral for a wealthy American who wants to build an exact replica before it is destroyed.  Slaughterhouse-Five  - Kurt Vonnegut  * The tale of Billy Pilgrim, WWII vet, German POW, survivor of the Allied firebombing of Dresden, who becomes unstuck in time. Time and Again - Jack Finney  Simon Morley moves into the Dakota apartments  and returns to the year 1882 under hypnosis,  where he falls in love and refuses to change records  for the government agency controlling his experiment. Timeline - Michael Crichton * A group of 21st century scientists is catapulted back  nto 15th century France during the Hundred Years' War.   Other directions

10. Media The Civil War.DVD. 1990 The documentary by Ken Burns portrays the lives of politicians, soldiers, and slaves during the Civil War.  Slaughterhouse-Five DVD. 1972 Based on Vonnegut's novel.Songs of the Civil WarVHS. 1991. Songs and music from the soundtrack of the documentary.