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Our Next Cool Adventure: Turning Points

Posted on August 11, 2017 by

Look what arrived in my mailbox on Monday:

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Sylvia Frank Rodrigue Receives ECW’s Thomas Greeley Stevenson Award

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

Emerging Civil War has announced Sylvia Frank Rodrigue as the recipient of this year’s Thomas Greeley Stevenson Award. Rodrigue is an acquisitions editor for Southern Illinois University Press (SIUP), where she worked with Emerging Civil War to establish the new … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

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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A Q&A About Publishing

Posted on April 26, 2016 by

“I hope you can find a way to make it clear SB is ‘your’ press and will remain so,” Ted Savas said to me this week. Ted, the managing partner of Savas Beatie, LLC, has been Emerging Civil War’s publisher … Continue reading →

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Engaging the Civil War Series Announcement

Posted on April 26, 2016 by

All of us at Emerging Civil War are proud to announce a new partnership with Southern Illinois University Press. This new partnership has created Engaging the Civil War, a new book series that will tie the rigors of academic history, … Continue reading →

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Editing the Civil War in the Heartland

Posted on January 15, 2016 by

Since becoming co-editor of his own Civil War book series, Charles “Chuck” Grear seems like a kid in an 1860s-era candy store. Except, of course, Grear is 39 and it’s books, not candy, that has him so delighted. There are … Continue reading →

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“The National Joker” is Serious Stuff: An Interview with Todd Thompson

Posted on December 8, 2015 by

Todd Thompson didn’t start out as a Lincoln man. An English professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Thompson has long been interested in satire and humor. But a few years ago, Lincoln’s sense of humor caught his attention, and Thompson … Continue reading →

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