Paul Taylor is an insurance professional and award-winning author of five books pertaining to the American Civil War, including Orlando M. Poe: Civil War General and Great Lakes Engineer.
Drawing heavily from primary sources including newspapers,
correspondence, and legislative records, this is a well-researched
book by a scholar who is clearly deeply knowledgeable about the
city and its history.--Michael T. Smith "American Historical
Review"
Taylor's "Old Slow Town" (named for a derisive comment about
Detroit at the beginning of the war) is a thoughtful,
well-researched, and accessible study. It is replete with
carefully-chosen historical quotations and includes numerous
vignettes illustrative of the volume's themes. Interesting
photographs of Detroit individuals and scenes of the era are
scattered through the text. A period street map of Civil War
Detroit is reproduced inside the front and back covers. Scholars or
other interested parties wishing to go further will find Taylor's
extensive bibliography to be an essential first stop. A very
helpful index rounds out the volume. Readers will find that, in
spite of the title, this book is anything but slow reading.--Roy E.
Finkenbine "Civil War Book Review"
This smoothly-written and well-researched narrative is strongly
recommended for anyone with an interest in the Civil War's impacts
on the home front or in the many crosscurrents that affected the
residents of an increasingly important urban center.--John Foskett
"Civil War News"
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