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.
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Congratulations to our award winning authors. This year we have four authors who won medals in the 2018 IPPYs (Independent Publisher Book Awards).

Our congratulations and best wishes to Susan Cash, Assistant Director and Marketing Manager for Kent State University Press, on her well-deserved retirement! Susan came to the Press as its Marketing Manager in 1998. She will be greatly missed by all who’ve worked with her.
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Lincoln’s Generals’ Wives: Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War—for Better and for Worse by Candice Shy Hooper has won the 2017 Sarton Women’s Book Award in the biography category.
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Clevelanders still remember Beverly Potts, the young girl who vanished without a trace 67 years ago. This cleveland.com article speaks to the case as well as the new documentary “Dusk & Shadow: The Mystery of Beverly Potts.”
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/03/beverly_potts_vanished_67_year.html

Find out more about her case in the book Twilight of Innocence by James Jesson Badal.