We all have the capacity for the leaping thought of a poem, to be coached in the right way, to find some emotional truth, or to recall a memory that only we can tell. We all have the capacity for a poetic voice. It really becomes a thread that empowers communities and gives them a sense of themselves.
Writing for the Wall Street Journal, historian Peter S. Carmichael has named “This Infernal War”: The Civil War Letters of William and Jane Standard as one of the five best books on the lives of Civil War Soldiers.
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Kudos from Strand Magazine on Virginia McConnell’s latest book The Bell of Bedford Avenue: The Sensational Brooks-Burns Murder in Turn-of-the-Century New York.
“Ultimately, McConnell does a splendid job of re-creating early twentieth-century New York City and provides the reader with a compelling look at the lives of adolescents with a taste for mayhem and destruction. The […]
Don’t miss this informative interview with Resurrection of the Wild author Deborah Fleming in conjunction with her recent appearance at the Cleveland Heights Public Library.
For those on the go, the audio interview is available from Biblio Radio, WJCU, as well.
Read more about Resurrection of the Wild.
Small Town Big Music author Jason Prufer is interviewed on Black Squirrel Radio.
“‘All stories were triggered by photos. If I didn’t have an artifact, I didn’t go after the story,’ Prufer said. ‘I would say to people look at this photo, what do you see here?’
The people that shared their stories could be temporarily young […]
A Family and Nation Under Fire author Georgiann Baldino writes of “A House Once More Divided” at the History News Network.
“Abraham Lincoln and supporters like Joseph Medill taught that politics must not violate human rights. Immoral behavior must never be subject to a majority vote. Robert Todd Lincoln explained his father’s views on democracy eloquently […]
Congratulations to Georgiann Baldino. Her book A Family and Nation under Fire: The Civil War Letters and Journals of William and Joseph Medill is a 2018 Foreword INDIES finalist in the History (adult non-fiction) category.
About the book…
Zachery A. Fry has won the John T. Hubbell Prize for the best article published in Civil War History during 2018. His study, “McClellan’s Epidemic: Disease and Discord at Harrison’s Landing, July-August 1862,” appeared in the March 2018 issue of Civil War History. The prize recipient was selected by the journal’s editorial advisory board. The prize earns the recipient a $1,000 award from The Kent State University Press.
Kirkus Reviews The Insanity Defense and the Mad Murderess of Shaker Heights Examining the Trial of Mariann Colby by William L. Tabac
“Did Colby get away with murder? You be the judge. Recommended.”
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The Hampton Roads Naval Museum reviews “Our Little Monitor“: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War by Anna Gibson Holloway and Jonathan W. White.
“This book will undoubtedly set a standard for Monitor research in the future and should be included in any serious historiography. It ought to be considered a “must” for any serious student of the […]
