I am excited to announce that McFarland has published my husband’s (Timothy M. Thibodeau) latest book—Henry V, Holy Warrior. The book will appeal to “advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students who are new to the study of Shakespeare’s Henry V, or who are enrolled in a course on medieval English…
Road closures near Little Round Top will impact your Gettysburg bicycle tour this year. The National Park Service announced two major rehabilitation projects that will be in full swing on July 26, 2022 and continue for 18 months. For the latest official information about dates and park conditions, visit the…
NEWS: While researching my 2021 guidebook, Bicycling Chickamauga Battlefield: The Cyclist’s Civil War Travel Guide (paid link), I bought many books on the Battle of Chickamauga (September, 1863). Each book contributed something unique to my studies. All of them helped me to design a historical touring guide for cyclists. Today, I…
NEWS: While researching my 2020 guidebook, Bicycling Antietam National Battlefield: The Cyclist’s Civil War Travel Guide (paid link), I added a large number of reference books to my U.S. Civil War library. (The only downside to that is that I have run out of shelf space!) But it was only…
While bicycling Chickamauga (Georgia) for the first time, I was surprised by the experience. I had not expected the ride to feel much different than a Pennsylvania (Gettysburg) or Maryland (Antietam/Sharpsburg) biking tour. But at Chickamauga, the vegetation seemed bluer, the field grass taller, and the woods darker. In a…
Your Maps to Bike Gettysburg. A Mini-Book Series. How about a little fieldbook to stuff into your jersey while cycling Gettysburg? Civil War Cycling gives you options to lighten your ride while up-sizing your learning. In the Spring of 2021, we are publishing another set of educational products for people…
Armies of Deliverance by Elizabeth R. Varon provides a sweeping, comprehensive, and eminently readable introduction to the U.S. Civil War. Recently published by Oxford University Press in 2021, Varon’s bold yet unassuming 531-page scholarly tome is no endless catalog of facts and opinions. On the contrary, it is a solid…
Civil War Cycling’s online shop has been redesigned so that we can easily offer discounts and sales. Just point your web browser to www.civilwarcycling.com and click the SHOP menu option. Or go directly here: www/civilwarcycling.com/shop/. Help test our new shop and get a free map! THIS OFFER EXPIRES NOVEMBER 20,…
These ten tips for biking Gettysburg are a reprint of an article that I wrote for John Bank’s Civil War Blog on October 26, 2018. Today, I am reposting the article, because Fall is an excellent time to bike Gettysburg, and this weekend promises unusually warm and sunny weather. I…
NEWS – Learn US Civil War history on two wheels! Today, Civil War Cycling announces the immediate availability of digital (PDF) maps for bicycling Antietam National Battlefield. The maps supplement the guidebook, Bicycling Antietam National Battlefield: The Cyclist’s Civil War Travel Guide, which will be published in Fall, 2020. Route…