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 how you tour Gettysburg on a bicycle this year. The National Park Service announced two major rehabilitation projects that will be in full swing no sooner than July 5, 2022 and continue for 18 months. (The Devil’s Den Rehabilitation Project began on…
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…
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…
Our battlefield photo galleries got a make-over. Sometime during a routine Civil War Cycling website upgrade, “photo galleries” stopped rendering nicely. You would have noticed warped or overlapping images while browsing with a mobile device. The following pages have been repaired. Grouped thematically, these photos will help you to plan…
Hopefully, our performance boost will help you to find the Gettysburg bike maps that you have been looking for. But first, a question about Gettysburg bike maps and cycling loops… Hancock Avenue is one-way heading north. Knowing that, can you complete a cycling loop? In other words, do you think…
Recently, Civil War Cycling announced the availability of PDF maps for biking the Gettysburg battlefield. [Update: Paperback guidebook, Bicycling Gettysburg National Military Park in 2019; and Maps to Bike Gettysburg (mini-book series) in 2021]. Today, this blog post asks the question, so what?! What’s the big deal? You may be wondering…