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489 ratings (3.67 avg)
33 reviews
139 trivia answers
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Boots's bookshelves

read ‎(488)
currently-reading ‎(9)
to-read ‎(58)
civil-war--fiction ‎(57)
lincoln-assassination ‎(53)
not-in-my-library- ‎(45)
19th-century-fashion ‎(34)

19th-century-medical ‎(32)
victorian-fiction ‎(30)
native-american ‎(27)
american-terrorism ‎(27)
books-for-children-of-all-ages ‎(26)
endlessly-rereadable ‎(26)
graphic-novels ‎(25)

civil-war--memoir ‎(25)
spiritual ‎(24)
stage-and-screen ‎(23)
photographica ‎(23)
civil-war--prisons ‎(21)
civil-war--gettysburg ‎(18)
19th-century-education ‎(17)

christmas-stories ‎(16)
poetry ‎(15)
jack-the-ripper ‎(15)
stephen-king ‎(14)
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	06/11 Boots is currently reading: Medicines for the Union Army: The United States Army Laboratories During the Civil War (Pharmaceutical Heritage) (Pharmaceutical Heritage) by George Winston Smith bookshelves: 19th-century-medical, currently-reading	my rating:
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	04/07 Boots gave to: The Lincoln Assassination: The Evidence (Hardcover) by William C. Edwards bookshelves: american-terrorism, civil-war--prisons, currently-reading, lincoln-assassination	my rating:
	Boots said: "so i have knocked a number of stars off of this after having a chance to begin reading it. the text itself is amazing (you cannot argue the sheer volume of pages and the joy of having a transcription of them all). however, in typical steers fashion, ...more " add a comment
	02/26 Boots is currently reading: Battle Scars: Gender and Sexuality in the American Civil War (Paperback) by Nina Silber bookshelves: 19th-century-medical, american-terrorism, currently-reading	my rating:
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July 02

Boots gave

to:
800 Paces to Hell: Andersonville (Hardcover)
by John W. Lynn
bookshelves: american-terrorism, civil-war--prisons

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Boots said: "Hard to say you "liked" a book that is about suffering and horrors. While I think this is an excellent resource that collects a lot of material on this grim subject, the format is a bit hard to get through. First of all, the book is enormou...more "

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Boots gave

to:
The Story of a New York House (Hardcover)
by H. C. Bunner (Author)
bookshelves: victorian-fiction

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Boots said: "Nice little slice of life book centered on a New York house from the period 1807 to about 1887. Most of the story focuses on the early part of the century, following the fortunes of the Dolphs and Van Ripers. The plot is pretty standard: money woes a...more "

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June 29

Boots gave

to:
PRISONERS OF TWILIGHT (Hardcover)
by Don Robertson
bookshelves: civil-war--fiction

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Boots said: "Holy cow, what a book! It starts off a slow burn, but turns downright harrowing toward the end (I couldn't put it down). This is not the same old tired Civil War story recycled in a lot of other books; the characters are painfully real, and their cir...more "

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June 22

Boots gave

to:
Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad (Paperback)
by Betty De Ramus

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June 13

Boots took the Never-Ending Book Quiz.

questions answered:	168
correct:	139 (82.7%)
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best streak:	30
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June 11

Boots marked as to-read:
How I Found the Strong (Mass Market Paperback)
by Margaret McMullan
bookshelves: books-for-children-of-all-ages, civil-war--fiction, to-read

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Boots marked as to-read:
Civil Blood: A Civil War Mystery (Civil War Mysteries)
by Ann McMillan
bookshelves: civil-war--fiction, to-read

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Boots marked as to-read:
Shadows of Glory (Hardcover)
by Owen Parry
bookshelves: civil-war--fiction, to-read

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Boots gave

to:
General Washington's Christmas Farewell: A Mount Vernon Homecoming, 1783 (Paperback)
by Stanley Weintraub
bookshelves: christmas-stories

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Boots marked as to-read:
Long Remember (Paperback)
by MacKinlay Kantor
bookshelves: civil-war--fiction, civil-war--gettysburg, to-read

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Boots's favorite quotes

"Laugh and grow strong"
— Ignatius of Loyola

1 person liked it

"The music is not in the notes,
but in the silence between."
— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

tags: music

24 people liked it

"People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like."
— Abraham Lincoln

11 people liked it

Boots's groups (recent posts)

The American Civil War — 116 members — last activity 1 day ago, 09:35AM
Focuses on books, discussions, comments, reviews, and questions on the American Revolution. Just kidding.

Goodreads Librarians — 2951 members — last activity 59 minutes ago
A place where members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog.

Activities include combining editions, fixing book and auth...more

Jack the Ripper — 19 members — last activity 01/19/2009 02:47PM
For the amateur Ripperologist. Come discuss your favorite Ripper books, movies, theories, and suspects.

Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy — 3 members — last activity 04/29/2008 07:37PM
A community for discussing the Lincoln Assassination and all things related.