Books by J D Dickey and Complete Book Reviews

Empire of Mud: The Secret History of Washington
Empire of Mud: The Secret History of Washington, DC
J.D. Dickey. Lyons, $26.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7627-8701-2
Certain adjectives spring to mind when reading this eye-opening, in-depth look at the history of America’s capital city in the 19th century: sordid, squalid, tawdry, filthy, and corrupt. Dickey (The Rough Guide to Washington, DC) pulls no punches as
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Rising in Flames: Sherman’s March and the Fight for a New Nation
Rising in Flames: Sherman’s March and the Fight for a New Nation
J.D. Dickey. Pegasus, $29.95 (420p) ISBN 978-1-68177-757-3
This superlative, impeccably researched account of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s march through Georgia in 1864–1865 brings to life Civil War history through personal accounts and vivid descriptions of military strategy. Sherman, an avowed and...
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The Republic of Violence: The Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America
The Republic of Violence: The Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America
J.D. Dickey. Pegasus, $29.95 (408p) ISBN 978-1-64313-928-9
Historian Dickey (American Demagogue) delivers a colorful if uneven revisionist history of the abolitionist movement in the U.S. Between 1833 and 1838, Dickey contends, America endured “some of the worst violence the nation has ever seen,” with...
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