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Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

Volume 119 / Number 4

Book reviews

From Jamestown to Jefferson: The Evolution of Religious Freedom in Virginia
Edited By Paul Rasor and Richard E. Bond
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011
Reviewed by Terri D. Halperin, University of Richmond

Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787–1788
By Pauline Maier
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010
Reviewed by Stuart Leibiger, La Salle University

The American Dreams of John B. Prentis, Slave Trader
By Kari J. Winter
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2011
Reviewed by Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University

Crusade Against Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom
By Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth
Carbondale: Southern Illinois Press, 2011
Reviewed by Gordon S. Barker, Bishop's University, Canada

The Monitor Boys: The Crew of the Union's First Ironclad
By John V. Quarstein
Charleston, S.C.: History Press, 2011
Reviewed by Gordon Calhoun, Hampton Roads Naval Museum

The Union War
By Gary W. Gallagher
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011
Reviewed by Chandra Manning, Georgetown University

Dreaming of Dixie: How the South was Created in American Popular Culture
By Karen L. Cox
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011
Reviewed by Paul Harvey, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs


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