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<p> Civil War Newspaper Maps: A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily PresS compiled by David Bosse begins with scholarly papers that discuss map makers, developing newspaper map enterprise, map production, design and appearance, contemporary criticism, and the published record and map accuracy. Then, entries consists of map title, scale, dimensions, author and engraver (when known), and notes on sources of information and geographic coverage. The 2,000 maps published in 18 daily newspapers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis are grouped by newspaper, arranged alphabetically, and listed chronologically. Bosse is curator of maps at the University of Michigan library. - <p>Communication Booknotes Quarterly

"""Bosse's bibliography is useful for studying 19th-century American journalism as well as military and geographic aspects of the war. Libraries with strong research collections in Civil War history or microfilm runs of at least some of the included newspapers should aquire it."" - Choice ""...a competent work and historians may find it to be helpful and even interesting. The writing itself is so good that at times one might confuse it for a first-hand account. [An] invaluable tool for Civil War scholars."" - Victorian Periodicals Review ""Civil War Newspaper Maps: A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily Press compiled by David Bosse begins with scholarly papers that discuss map makers, developing newspaper map enterprise, map production, design and appearance, contemporary criticism, and the published record and map accuracy. Then, entries consists of map title, scale, dimensions, author and engraver (when known), and notes on sources of information and geographic coverage. The 2,000 maps published in 18 daily newspapers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis are grouped by newspaper, arranged alphabetically, and listed chronologically. Bosse is curator of maps at the University of Michigan library."" - Communication Booknotes Quarterly"

Civil War Newspaper Maps: A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily Press compiled by David Bosse begins with scholarly papers that discuss map makers, developing newspaper map enterprise, map production, design and appearance, contemporary criticism, and the published record and map accuracy. Then, entries consists of map title, scale, dimensions, author and engraver (when known), and notes on sources of information and geographic coverage. The 2,000 maps published in 18 daily newspapers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis are grouped by newspaper, arranged alphabetically, and listed chronologically. Bosse is curator of maps at the University of Michigan library. - Communication Booknotes Quarterly

.,. a competent work and historians may find it to be helpful and even interesting. The writing itself is so good that at times one might confuse it for a first-hand account. [An] invaluable tool for Civil War scholars. -Victorian Periodicals Review

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DAVID BOSSE is curator of maps and newspapers at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. He is the author of the forthcoming Civil War Newspapers Maps: A Historical Atlas.

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