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 […]

Don’t miss this informative interview with Virginia McConnell at Vice.com
In her, The Belle of Bedford Avenue: The Sensational Brooks-Burns Murder in Turn-of-the-Century New York, Virginia A. McConnell explores what happened in decisive and painstaking detail. National headlines of the day read “Brooklyn is a Modern Sodom” and called the situation a “disgusting state of affairs.” But VICE […]

“The stories and poems in this anthology are varied, educational, entertaining, and poignant. Whether the reader is a nurse or not, all will learn that nursing has come a long way as Learning to Heal stories excellently show…”
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Find out more about Learning to Heal: Reflections on Nursing School in Poetry and Prose.

Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons author Angela M. Zombek is the featured speaker during Living History Weekend at Andersonville National Historic Site. She’ll speak on the topic “Catholics in Captivity: Finding God at Andersonville”
“Andersonville National Historic Site holds a Living History Weekend each year in March. During this event, living historians and park staff share stories of […]

H-Net Reviews calls Robert J. Wynstra’s At the Forefront of Lee’s Invasion: Retribution, Plunder, and Clashing Cultures on Richard S. Ewell’s Road to Gettysburg “…superb narrative history that adds to our understanding of the Civil War’s most chronicled campaign.”
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“A collaboration between two faculty members and a student at DePauw University has brought to print a story that, in the words of John T. Schlotterbeck, A. W. Crandall Professor of History, Emeritus, is “important to DePauw’s history while providing an unprecedented account of one man’s civil war.” Schlotterbeck, Wesley W. Wilson, coordinator of archives […]

“There is little to criticize about Wynstra’s exhaustively researched, skillfully written, and nuanced history. While this book is certainly a necessity for students of the Gettysburg Campaign, those who seek a deeper understanding of the interactions between Confederate soldiers and white civilians, Confederates and African Americans, or how soldiers justified bringing war to people’s doorsteps will […]

“Kent’s dynamic music scene belied the image of a sleepy rural town in Portage County as it embraced acts ranging from Duke Ellington to Pink Floyd to the homegrown Numbers Band. “
In this online interview, Prufer speaks on the city of Kent, Kent State, and why so many top-notch acts performed on campus.
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