About this episode

Co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks discuss a range of essential Antietam books.

In Episode 51, with the holiday season looming, co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks discuss a range of Antietam books — from Landscape Turned Red by Stephen Sears to Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day by William Frassanito and more. This podcast is sponsored by Civil War Trails , which since 1994 has connected visitors with small towns and big stories across a network that now spans six states. Join McMillan and Banks for regular podcasts about Antietam, the Maryland Campaign and the Civil War — the most compelling period in American history. McMillan is author of the recently released The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence and four other books . Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime and numerous magazine articles about the Civil War . Find them on Facebook at Author Tom McMillan and John Banks' Civil War Blog . Banks' popular Civil War blog is here .

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom McMillan, John Banks

Topics covered

• Antietam
• Civil War
• book recommendations
• historical literature
• Maryland Campaign

Keywords

• Antietam
• Civil War books
• Stephen Sears
• William Frassanito
• historical literature

Sponsors

Civil War Trails

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Landscape Turned Red, Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day, The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence, A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime

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