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 […]

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: 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 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 […]

“In this updated edition of Through Blood and Fire, Acken demonstrates expertise in his editing of Mills’s letters. He provides detailed annotations about Union Army commanders and Mills’s social circle of elite Bostonians and Harvard alumni… Acken’s superb book deserves a space on the bookshelf of any scholar who studies the Union Army, the experiences […]

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NO PLACE FOR A WOMAN BY MIKE PRIDE EARNS THE INAUGURAL NEW HAMPSHIRE PBS AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE
KENT, Ohio, (January 11, 2024) – The Kent State University Press is proud to announce that Mike Pride’s No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame’s Civil War has been awarded the first […]

Emerging Civil War reviews The Creation of a Crusader: Senator Thomas Morris and the Birth of the Antislavery Movement by David C. Crago.
“Crago’s book fills a void in the understanding of the early, national political leaders of the anti-slavery movement. As he points out, Morris has been overshadowed or ignored in the historiography—much of that […]

Civil War Books and Authors reviews The Political Transformation of David Tod: Governing Ohio during the Height of the Civil War by Joseph Lambert
“In the end, Lambert’s biography delivers a strong endorsement of the idea that David Tod’s historical significance in deftly guiding the war effort of one of the Union’s most vitally important states and […]

H-Net Reviews takes a look at Red, White, and Blue on the Runway: The 1968 White House Fashion Show and the Politics of American Style by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell.
“…Red, White, and Blue on the Runway effectively connects the fashion, politics, and history of the turbulent 1960s, while broadening our understandings of a First Lady too long […]

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