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Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

Volume 118 / Number 3

Book reviews

Revolutionary Negotiations: Indians, Empires, and Diplomats in the Founding of America
By Leonard J. Sadosky
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010
Reviewed by Robert Parkinson, Shepherd University

George Washington's Great Gamble and the Sea Battle that Won the American Revolution
By James L. Nelson
New York: McGraw Hill, 2010
Reviewed by Lt. Col. Paul Krajeski, United States Naval War College

The Citizenship Revolution: Politics and the Creation of the American Union, 1774–1804
By Douglas Bradburn
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009
Reviewed by Melvin Yazawa, University of New Mexico

In Defense of Thomas Jefferson: The Sally Hemings Sex Scandal
By William G. Hyland, Jr.
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2009
Reviewed by Henry Wiencek, Affiliate Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

The War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: A Reference Guide to Historic Sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
By Ralph E. Eshelman, Scott S. Sheads, and Donald R. Hickey
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
Reviewed by Richard V. Barbuto, United States Army Command and General Staff College

Slavery on Trial: Race, Class, and Criminal Justice in Antebellum Richmond, Virginia
By James M. Campbell
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2007
Reviewed by Carey H. Latimore IV, Trinity University

Reluctant Rebels: The Confederates Who Joined the Army after 1861
By Kenneth W. Noe
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010
Reviewed by Aaron Sheehan-Dean, University of North Florida

John Bankhead Magruder: A Military Reappraisal
By Thomas M. Settles
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009
Reviewed by Kyle S. Sinisi, The Citadel

The Bravest of the Brave: The Correspondence of Stephen Dodson Ramseur
Edited by George G. Kundahl
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010
Reviewed by Rod Andrew, Jr., Clemson University

Haunted by Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in American Memory
By Benjamin G. Cloyd
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2010
Reviewed by Brian Craig Miller, Emporia State University

Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson
By Blair L. M. Kelley
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010
Reviewed by Luther Adams, University of Washington-Tacoma

Nonesuch Place: A History of the Richmond Landscape
By T. Tyler Potterfield
Charleston, S.C.: The History Press, 2009
Reviewed by Michael Olmert, University of Maryland

The Horse in Virginia: An Illustrated History
By Julie A. Campbell
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010
Reviewed by Richard Ian Kimball, Brigham Young University



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