Bob O'Connor Books
The store will feature my published books, including five non-fiction, two children's books, and thirteen historical novels. The novels are all well researched and mostly true. Each has a local connection to Jefferson County where I live.
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John Lower 103rd Pennsylvania and the Christmas Pickle Tradition
$25.00Civil War novel covering the true story of a soldier from Fryburg, Pennsylvania who developed the tradition of hiding a pickle in the Christmas tree. Lower was a prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison. 248 page, well researched book.
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Little Known Facts of the American Civil War
$10.00Did you know, for instance, that “Stonewall” Jackson’s body parts are interred in two distinctly separate graves located over 100 miles apart? — or that Genral Robert E. Lee was not a citizen of the United States when he died? — or that the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment (freeing the slaves) did not ratify until 2013?? Those are just a few of the many interesting facts this book presents.
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Little Known Facts of the American Civil War — Book 2
$10.00Follow up from book one. This includes complete text of General Robert E. Lee’s resignation letter following the Battle of Gettysburg, information who reportedly invented baseball but actually didn’t, and a tale about a northern town that seceded from the Union during the war. You will amaze your friends with the information you will learn.
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Little Known Facts of the American Civil War — III
$10.00Third in a series of facts that will amaze even the most avid Civil War enthusiast. Did you know for instance that both the Confederates and the Union had Camel Corps? Or that Confederate President Jefferson Davis had a Black “adopted” son? Or that a girl was a Union drummer boy?
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Murphy Farm Refuge From Racism
$14.00The story of the Murphy Farm, a property that has significant Civil War, John Brown, and civil rights history. The farm is now part of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
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Recollections of Michael Minnihan of the 105th Illinois Infantry
$16.00The story of my great uncle who marched with Sherman’s army in the capture of Atlanta and Savannah in Sherman’s March to the Sea. Based on the regimental record and on two diaries of soldiers who marched with his regiment.
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Southern Oasis at Gettysburg
$22.00Story of the northern most Confederate Hospital in the Civil War — located on the Daniel Lady Farm on the extreme left flank of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia — and occupied by Major Edward Johnson’s division during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger Civil War Soldier
$14.00The story of the first amputee of the American Civil War. Injured at Philippi, Virginia in the first land battle of the war, Hanger went on to start a manufacturing company in 1861 to make artificial limbs. His company today, Hanger Inc., is the country’s largest manufacturer of artificial limbs and orthotics.
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The Capture, Trial and Execution of John A. Copeland, Jr. and Shields Green
$10.00Reprint of 2003 book by the Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society facilitated by Bob O’Connor Books of a book that until recently has been out-of-print. Story of two of John Brown’s Black raiders. All proceeds go to the Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society.
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The Centennial History of Ranson, West Virginia 1910-2010
$16.00The interesting history of the planned manufacturing community located “across the tracks” from Charles Town. Laid out by the Charlestown Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company, the streets are named even today from the original town map.
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The History of the United States Colored Troops
$13.95For A to Z, this book covers everything one might want to know about the Black Union soldiers.
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The History of the West Virginia Breeders Classics — 1987 to Present
$48.00This 430-page large format full color book includes photographs of all the horses, races, jockeys, etc. covering the biggest annual race for WV bred horses.