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The FCCJ presents an extract from Steven L Herman’s Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist’s Story of Covering the President—and Why It Matters

Mar 12th, 2024 | Filed as: News

“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 reviews Letters to Lizzie, edited by James M. Scythes

Mar 1st, 2024 | Filed as: News


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 calls Annaliese Abbott’s Malabar Farm “a pleasure to read”

Mar 1st, 2024 | Filed as: News

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 […]

 


Emerging Civil War calls The Political Transformation of David Tod “…one of the more insightful monographs on Northern [Civil War] politics…”

Feb 27th, 2024 | Filed as: News

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

Feb 25th, 2024 | Filed as: News

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 […]

 


Civil War Monitor reviews From the Wilderness to Appomattox

Feb 23rd, 2024 | Filed as: News

Civil War Monitor reviews From the Wilderness to Appomattox: The Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery in the Civil War by Edward A. Altemos.
“From the Wilderness to Appomattox is a solid regimental history for an outfit that deserves it. The unit’s ranks spoke German in an age of pervasive nativism, and its service prior to joining Grant’s […]

 


H-Net Online looks at Letters to Lizzie, edited by James M. Scythes

Feb 9th, 2024 | Filed as: News

H-Net Online reviews Letters to Lizzie: The Story of Sixteen Men in the Civil War and the One Woman Who Connected Them All. Ed. James M. Scythes. 
“…the collection will prove useful as a teaching tool, supplying students with primary sources from multiple perspectives in one volume. Scythes also ensures the letters will be easy to read and understand, as […]

 


Review: The Political Transformation of David Tod: Governing Ohio during the Height of the Civil War

Jan 31st, 2024 | Filed as: News

The Warren Tribune Chronicle reviews The Political Transformation of David Tod: Governing Ohio during the Height of the Civil War by Joseph Lambert Jr..
“How do leaders balance the needs of the nation against their own political goals? What are the levers that move a politician to change positions? How did David Tod’s remarkable transformation on […]

 


The Political Transformation of David Tod named a “Best of 2023”

Jan 22nd, 2024 | Filed as: News

The Political Transformation of David Tod: Governing Ohio during the Height of the Civil War is named a “Best of 2023” by Bob on Books blog.
“Though never a presidential candidate, he might be one of Ohio’s greatest political leaders. Ohio was a key to the Union victory, and Tod’s war leadership a major factor in that. Tod […]

 


UC Santa Cruz Newscenter Interviews Sister Tongue زبان خواهر author Farnaz Fatemi

Jan 18th, 2024 | Filed as: News

UC Santa Cruz Newscenter speaks to farina Fatemi Santa Cruz Poet Laureate and author of Sister Tongue.
“Humanities Dean Jasmine Alinder emphasizes the impact Fatemi has had on the Santa Cruz community.
‘Farnaz exemplifies the powerful impact writers and poets have on our local community and society at large,’ Alinder said. ‘I couldn’t be more proud of […]

 


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