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We are seeking to publish two new memoirs a year written by people who are from or in Illinois. We welcome a diversity of background, thought, style, and expression. Send queries and proposals to Ex. Editor Sylvia Frank Rodrigue at acqeditor@siu.edu siupress.com/blog/2024/11/0…
Hastings experienced the rural and small town side of an event that touched all who weathered it—the economic crash of 1929 and its 10-year aftermath. siupress.com/9780809313044/… #autobiography #memoir #greatdepression #illinois #southernillinois #history #localhistory #marion
Hastings is a natural storyteller who can touch upon the detail that makes the tale both poignant and universal. He brings to life a period that marked every man, woman, and child who lived through it siupress.com/9780809313051/… #autobiography #memoir #greatdepression #illinois
This nuanced political biography is also a rare insider's perspective on Illinois politics in the last three decades of the twentieth century. siupress.com/9780809335855/… #biography #politics #illinoispolitics #illinoishistory #politicalhistory #PoliticalBiography #SenatePresident
A refreshingly different view of the period and is certain to be embraced by southern Illinois natives as well as anyone interested in the experiences of a rural family that thrived despite the difficult times. siupress.com/9780809329465/… #memoir #southernillinois #murphysboro
Winner, ISHS Best of Illinois History Award, 2019. In this riveting true story, Hager is plucked from his rural West Virginia home by an uncle in the 1960s and thrown into an underworld of money, cars, crime, and murder on the streets of Chicago Heights. siupress.com/9780809336722/…
"IT'S GOOD TO BE BLACK is more than the story (history) of a black family living in Du Quoin, Illinois... it is a reaffirmation for all of us who know in our hearts that there is still good in the world and that some of that good is black.” siupress.com/9780809331222/… #blackmemoir
In a style reminiscent of the master storytellers of yore, Charless Caraway recounts the story of his life, as a man and a boy, on small farms in Saline and Jackson counties. siupress.com/9780809312986/… #Storytelling #LocalHistory #RuralLife #Memoir #MidwestStories #illinoishistory
This week on ITBF, we catch up with author Charles H. Cosgrove, author of FORTUNE AND FAITH IN OLD CHICAGO and THEY BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN. wsiu.org/2024-11-14/ins… #insidetheblanketfort #podcast #radio #radioshow #authorinterview #interview
Happy Paperback Pub Day to THE POEMS OF JOHN DEWEY! These 98 previously unpublished poems by John Dewey illuminate an emotive aspect in his intellectual life often not manifest in the prose works siupress.com/9780809339594/… #newinpaperback #johndewey #poetry #PaperbackRelease
Author Wayne T. Pitard will be honored today with the 2024 Friends of Morris Library Delta Award at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for “Watchman, Tell Us: John J. Bird and Black Politics in Post-Civil War Illinois. Full Article with Details: ow.ly/BB5550U5i9I
Brush, the eventual founder of Carbondale, Illinois, describes his early life in the northeast, his pioneer family’s move west, and their settlement near the Illinois River in Greene County, Illinois. siupress.com/9780809335480/… #SouthernIllinois #Memoir #CarbondaleIL #PioneerLife
A high-spirited idealist who craved excitement when he enlisted in the Eighth Illinois Volunteers for three months and reenlisted for three years siupress.com/9780809320462/… #CivilWarHistory #IllinoisHistory #AmericanHistory #HistoricalDiaries #MilitaryHistory #LettersFromThePast
Imhoff not only paints a loving picture of his past, he also comments on the alienation and emptiness that mark many lives in the United States siupress.com/9780809318544/… #LifeInUS #SocialAlienation #AmericanLiterature #memoir #autobiography #southernillinois #murphysboro
A classic story of a young man’s journey to adulthood, THE BOY OF BATTLE FORD covers Blackman’s years growing up in early post-settlement Illinois. siupress.com/9780809331284/… #IllinoisHistory #Storytelling #LifeJourney #memoir #autobiography #Illinois #frontier #shawneeclassics
This week on ITBF, we catch up with Larry A. McClellan, author of ONWARD TO CHICAGO! wsiu.org/2024-11-08/ins… #insidetheblanketfort #podcast #radio #radioshow #interview #authorinterview #onwardtochicago
Sunday on #BookBreaks: Leonne M. Hudson discusses "Black Americans in Mourning: Reactions to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln." Join us live on Zoom at 2 pm ET. Register here: ow.ly/aJZ150U3k8X @siupress
BOOKNOTES: "The Lead Mine Men: The Enduring 45th Illinois Volunteer Infantry" cwba.blogspot.com/2024/11/bookno… @siupress
THE GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS entertains as much as it informs, making it a necessary book for everyone interested in Illinois politics. siupress.com/9780809332601/… #memoir #autobiography #statepolitics #democrat #statesenate #IllinoisPolitics #BehindTheScenes #PoliticalBooks
Happy Pub Day to LINCOLN'S CONSERVATIVE ADVISOR by Mark A. Neels, the story of how a traditionalist became part of Lincoln's volatile team of rivals! siupress.com/9780809339495/… #newrelease #outnow #lincoln #politics #history #civilwar #politicalhistory #biography #BookLaunch
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