Last week, I sat with seven or eight members of a local St. Louis book club. I was there at their invitation to discuss my historical novel Brookhaven, which they’d chosen for their monthly reading. I was there to talk about the book and answer their questions.
The hostess was more than knowledgeable about the Civil War, having an ancestor who served on the Union side. She even had his picture and other memorabilia. Her husband had an ancestor who published Origins of the Late War in 1866.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Dancing Priest.
Photograph: The Brookhaven, Miss., train station about 1915.
Some Wednesday Readings
Le Pen mightier than the sword? – David Warren at Essays in Idleness.
Another Look at Ulysses Grant – review by Gould Hagler at Emerging Civil War.
Contemplation in Action: Booth Tarkington and the Art of Business – Steve Soldi Jr. at Front Porch Republic.
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