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Week of December 17, 1944

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THE TIME FOR DECISION
Sumner Welles

THE TIME FOR DECISION

by Sumner Welles · Harper

8 wks at #1 · 19 on list
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BRAVE MEN
Ernie Pyle
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BRAVE MEN

by Ernie Pyle · Holt

1 wks on list
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LEE'S LIEUTENANTS
Douglas Southall Freeman
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LEE'S LIEUTENANTS

by Douglas Southall Freeman · Scribner

10 wks on list

This 3 volume set is an elaborate and detailed account of the generals in the Confederate States of America. The 3 volumes run in what the author breaks into the components by battle campaigns. Manassas to Malvern Hill in volume 1, Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville in volume 2 and Gettysburg to Appomatox in volume 3. These volumes include many pictures of the legendary generals as well as battlefield diagrams.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.