Kyle Harrison
to-read
Battle Cry of Freedom
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
- Author
- James M. McPherson
- Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 916
- Recommended
- 2 times
Why it’s on the list: The single-volume Civil War history, and the Pulitzer winner most others are measured against — politics, economics and battlefield in one continuous argument.
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — recommended in the replies when he asked on X “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025.
- On Patrick Collison’s Bookshelf — Patrick Collison’s catalog of the physical books he owns (unflagged). Saved in Kyle’s April 19th, 2020 Roam daily note.
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- James McPherson · Abraham Lincoln · History — where this sits in the corpus.