Tag Archives: Engaging the Civil War

Holiday Book Deals from Southern Illinois University Press

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

If you’re still looking for some great books for the holidays, don’t forget the Engaging the Civil War Series, ECW’s groovy collaboration with Southern Illinois University Press! SIUP put together a cool interactive holiday catalogue, and you can see our … Continue reading →

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Imagining Wild Bill

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

ECW is pleased to welcome our friend Paul Ashdown, co-author of the newest book in our Engaging the Civil War Series, published in partnership with Southern Illinois University Press: Imagining Wild Bill: James Butler Hickok in War, Media, and Memory. … Continue reading →

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New from the “Engaging the Civil War” Series: Imagining Wild Bill

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

It’s always exciting when a new book arrives from the printer, but right now, it’s especially exciting. Since the onset of COVID, our Emerging Civil War books have been racked up like airplanes circling O’Hare Airport waiting out a Christmas … Continue reading →

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The Spirits of Bad Men Now Available

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

We spend a lot time around here talking about our work on the Emerging Civil War Series published by Savas Beatie—of which we are immensely proud—but we do have a second book series, too: the “Engaging the Civil War” Series, published … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Turning Points

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

Earlier this fall, we let you know about the upcoming release of our first book in the new “Engaging the Civil War” Series that ECW is publishing with Southern Illinois University Press: Turning Points of the American Civil War. We’re … Continue reading →

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Our Next Cool Adventure: Turning Points

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

Look what arrived in my mailbox on Monday:

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Let Us Know Which “Engaging” Cover Mock-Up You Like Best

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

We’re getting excited about the fall release of the first book in our “Engaging the Civil War” Series, a publishing collaboration with Southern Illinois University Press. The first book in the series is an essay collection edited by ECW co-founders … Continue reading →

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Mezurek Highlights the “Cause” of U.S.C.T. regiment from Ohio

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

by ECW correspondent Amelia Kibbe Dr. Kelly Mezurek remembered watching the popular film Gone With the Wind (1939) on a Saturday afternoon when she was only a teenager. The movie, she said, gave her a first taste of the Civil War. … Continue reading →

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