Southern Illinois University Press- Big Name in Civil War History
Small Press Becoming a Big Name in Civil War History
Since it began publishing in 1956, Southern Illinois University Press has produced major works on American history, particularly from the Civil War era. One need look no further than the thirty-one volumes of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant to see that SIU Press is dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of this major epoch in our history. In the last few years, however, SIU Press has stepped up its output of high quality, well researched books on the Civil War and President Lincoln.
With such 
luminaries in the field as Allen C. Guelzo, Harold Holzer, and Michael Burlingame, along with rising stars like Jason Emerson, whose The Madness of Mary Lincoln has catapulted him into the top ranks of 
Right now SIU Press is offering a 25% discount and free domestic shipping on all orders purchased on their website through December 18th. Just go to siupress.com, add your purchases to your shopping cart and enter the promotion code CUST09 on the order confirmation page at checkout. The 25% discount and free domestic shipping will be automatically calculated.
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- Following the Underground Railroad Route By Bicycle
- March is Women's History Month! Read the fascinating accounts of women spies hiding coded messages in women's hair, conductors of the Underground Railroad, soldiers disguised as men, surgeons, and advisors to the President!
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- The President's Hymn: 'Give Thanks All Ye People'
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- Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time: ‘one heart and one voice by the whole American People’
- What Abraham Lincoln found reading the Book of Job amid civil war
- Civil War stories on display at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
- Who was Henry Benning, for whom Fort Benning in Columbus was named?
- Fort Gordon Army Base: Who was John Brown Gordon?
- From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
- History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
- How to Reframe the Civil War in the Classroom
- Man scores Abraham Lincoln autograph in box of trading cards
- Native Americans' role in the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.
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- A Southern Democrat survived impeachment trap and came to be in charge of Reconstruction
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