Anna Gibson Holloway, author of  “Our Little Monitor”: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War, is the subject of this informative interview by NCPH (National Council on Public History).
“My experience with The Mariners’ Museum then opened up a new opportunity for me. When the NPS revived its Maritime Heritage Program in 2014, I knew I wanted […]

Kent State University Press author Bradley Keefer gets the last word in this New York Times article regarding the uncertain future of Civil War Re-enactors.

Adam H. Domby has won the John T. Hubbell Prize for the best article published in Civil War History during 2017. His study, “Captives of Memory:  Contested Legacy of Race at Andersonville National Historic Site,” Civil War History (September 2017), was selected by the journal’s editorial advisory board. The prize earns the recipient a $1,000 award from The Kent State University Press.

An excellent new review in Choice calls “Our Little Monitor” “highly recommended” and “a superior work for all collections.”
Find out more about “Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War”.

Press author Paul Taylor participates in a most insightful Q&A at Civil War Books and Authors online. He sheds more light on the subject of the Civil War era Union Leagues covered in his recent book The Most Complete Political Machine Ever Known: The North’s Union Leagues in the American Civil War.

The results are in and KSU Press author David Finoli has been named Local Author of the Year in Pittsburgh Magazine’s Best of the ‘Burgh 2018: Readers’ Choice Poll.
It’s a well deserved honor in light of his output chronicling the history of Pittsburgh sports teams, including these from the Press:

Cartoonist Tom Batiuk is featured in a great write up on Cleveland.com. He speaks about his long running comic strip Funky Winkerbean as well as his Lisa’s Legacy Trilogy, published right here at the Kent State University Press.

Find out more about this intriguing book and why it’s helping to make history in this C-Span discussion with author Ann Marie Ackerman.
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More about the Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee

Our award winning title Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee is the subject of this insightful article from the Washington Post. Our story gets more interesting yet as evidenced by the article recounting the quest to distribute reward money on a 183 year old case.
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Here’s an excellent interview with Timothy Mason Roberts, author of This Infernal War: 
The Civil War Letters of William and Jane Standard at Civil War Books and Authors.
Find out more about the book here