"The Civil War on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites", compiled and edited by William G. Thomas, Director of the Virginia Center for Digital History, and Alice E. Carter of The New York Times on the Web will be available in early November 2000. The authors combed and evaluated thousands of websites to prepare this book. They have included only the most carefully constructed, highly informative, beautifully designed sites on the Civil War. A CD-ROM with hotlinks to all reviewed sites accompanies the book. The prepublication reviews of The Civil War on the Web have been outstanding. Civil War historian Gary Gallagher writes in the foreword, "It deserves a place on any shelf of basic reference books on the Civil War." Pulitzer Prize winning author James M. McPherson calls it "a fantastic time-saver for anyone who wants to study the war on the Web." Gabor Boritt, Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, calls The Civil War on the Web "indispensable." A review in the December issue of Civil War Times Illustrated raves that "if you buy only one book this year on the Civil War, The Civil War on the Web should be it."