“Ames lived a very long life (he died in 1933 at the age of 97), so it’s not surprising that Michael Megelsh’s new biography Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America devotes roughly half of its narrative to its subject’s post-Civil War life and political pursuits. Following a very brief summary […]
Don’t miss this fascinating interview with Michael J. Megelsh, author of Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America. This interview is brought to you by Current online.
“Besides being a gripping story that includes battles, adventures abroad, and a gunfight with Jesse James and his associates in Northfield, Minnesota, this work […]
Don’t miss this informative interview from CBC News with Author Steve Herman, chief national correspondent of the Voice of America and author of Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist’s Story of Covering the President—and Why It Matters. He discusses the recent Biden-Netanyahu phone call and Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza.
The Volunteer interviews Alex Vernon, author of Reading Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.
“For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway’s sprawling Spanish Civil War novel first published in October 1940, is still among his most widely read books. It is also widely misunderstood, says Hemingway scholar Alex Vernon. Vernon teaches at Hendrix College (Arkansas), is […]
Congratulations to Jamie Capuzza for winning the Senior Scholar Publication Award from the Ohio Academy of History for book The Fifth Star: Ohio’s Fight for Women’s Right to Vote.
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“Take a look Behind the White House Curtain with this extract from Steve Herman’s upcoming book, courtesy of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.
As a frequent traveling pooler, I was issued a Defense Biometrics Identification System (DBIDS) card to show at the guard post, allowing me to drive directly to the terminal. Subsequent to the perfunctory […]
StrategyPage.com looks at Letters to Lizzie: The Story of Sixteen Men in the Civil War and the One Woman Who Connected Them All, edited by James M. Scythes.
“Letters to Lizzie is a very valuable read for anyone interested in the lives of ordinary Northern men and women during the Civil War, forming a unique resource, with insights […]
Indiana Magazine of History reviews Malabar Farm: Louis Bromfield, Friends of the Land, and the Rise of Sustainable Agriculture by Annaliese Abbott.
“[Malabar Farm] is a pleasure to read and well suited for a broad audience. Ample and well-selected illustrations complement the text. Readers will appreciate the role of Malabar Farm and its place in American soil conservation and sustainability.”—Indiana Magazine of […]
Don’t miss this in-depth review of The Political Transformation of David Tod: Governing Ohio during the Height of the Civil War from EmergingCivilWar.com
“Lambert’s book renders the complicated story of Tod’s metamorphosis from Democrat to Lincoln ally clear and accessible. He also shows how malleable partisan identity could be in the cauldron of the Civil War […]
VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center looks at Inkling, Historian, Soldier, and Brother: A Life of Warren Hamilton Lewis by Don W. King. Reviewed by Paul E. Michelson, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Huntington University
“Don King’s book is a first-rate piece of work that successfully achieves his goals (and more) in a clear, well-organized, and highly readable fashion. It […]
