Civil war Quote by George B. McClellan

“The next day, as they walked, a stranger rode up, matching the Georgia-man’s pace. “Niggers for sale?” He wanted to buy two women. The…

— Edward E. Baptist

“Walter White’s more remarkable achievement in print was the book Rope and Faggot, which distilled his firsthand accounts of more than forty lynchings. Passing…

— Nicholas Johnson

The venerable Robert E. Lee has taken some vicious hits, as dishonest or misinformed advocates among political interest groups and in academia attempt to…

— Jim Webb

“Lee had a low opinion of black abilities, and thought that Virginia would be better off it its freed black population now migrated south…

— Charles Bracelen Flood

David Wong is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King . . . ‘page-turner’ is an understatement.

— Don Coscarelli

“Moon-faced Chet Morton, who was much fonder of eating and relaxing than he was of dangerous adventures, was constantly bemoaning the Hardys’ habit of…

— Franklin W. Dixon

“This book is dedicated to Thomas Coleman, a retired longshoreman, who died in his attic at 2214 St. Roch Avenue in New Orleans’ 8th…

— Chris Rose

As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could…

— Jon Meacham

There is a real Harold Lee.

— John Cho

“I asked him if he thought “there” was better than “here.” “Not better,” he said. “I mean, my great-great-grandpap got his leg shot off.…

— Tony Horwitz

“Hey! All you peoples draggin along here. Stop and come stick your ass on a Night of Joy stool," he started again. "Night of…

— John Kennedy Toole

“These were not idle threats. Suspected labor agents were arrested routinely whenever a trainload of African Americans left or when the fields were empty…

— Carol Anderson