“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 […]

It’s not too late to pick up the perfect gift. From history, to nature, to rock ‘n’ roll, check out these gift recommendations from the Kent State Today online magazine.
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An in-depth interview with Tolkien scholar and author Thomas P. Hillman speaking on his new book Pity, Power, and Tolkien’s Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many.
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EmergingCivilWar.com interviews Edward Altemos, author of From the Wilderness to Appomattox: The Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery in the Civil War.
“…the contributions of the Fifteenth—along with the other heavy artillery regiments that fought as infantry in the Army of the Potomac from May of 1864—cannot be underestimated. These large units infused new blood into a […]

Christian Scholars Review looks at Inkling, Historian, Soldier, and Brother: A Life of Warren Hamilton Lewis by Don W. King.

“This book provides a much-needed picture of the life of a man who had a significant literary career on his own and played a major role in the dynamics of the Inklings. Without Warnie’s diaries and […]

Yours Affectionately, Osgood author Sarah Tracy Burrows speaks at the North Andover, Massachusetts Historical Society. October 16, 2023. 

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