Books by James Marten

Provides a comprehensive introduction to the civilian history of the Civil War. This book describes the home front through the lives of individuals and the histories of events and institutions in the North and South.

Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age America

The "Kentucky Tragedy" was early America's best known true crime story. In 1825, Jereboam O. Beauchamp assassinated Kentucky attorney general Solomon P. Sharp. The murder, trial, conviction, and execution of the killer, as well as the suicide of his wife,

The first biography of one of the Civil War's most famous disabled veterans and most prominent public figures in the Gilded Age. An examination of the dynamics of disability, the culture and politics of the Gilded Age, and the aftereffects of the Civil War.