Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Clifford Dowdey

Born: 1904
Died: May 30, 1979 (aged 75)
Bio: Clifford Dowdy was an American author of fiction and nonfiction dealing with the American South, Virginia and especially the Civil War era.
Known for:
- Lee and his men at Gettysburg (1958)
- The Seven Days: The Emergence of Lee (1964)
- Bugles Blow No More (1937)
- Lees Last Campaign (1960)