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Books and history in the news: The Kentucky Derby’s just around the corner. Read how black jockey Kevin Krigger hopes to make history in this year’s Derby (and browse our horse racing history). How many of these did you read? 6 Movie Adaptations that Made the Authors Famous. Attorney Christina Rainville called this the “worst Ponzi [...]
Visit the History Press website, and you’ll notice a giant ribbon announcement touting the recent acknowledgement from Publishers Weekly as a 2012 Fastest-Growing Independent Publisher. For a company that began in 2004 with a small band of committed publishing professionals and enthusiastic authors working together to produce 20 titles, it’s an impressive leap to today’s bustling office [...]
For History Press author John Muller the nomination of his debut, Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia, as a finalist for the D.C. Public Library’s 2013 D.C. READS selection, alongside works by Pulitzer Prize-winning Edward P. Jones and 2012 MacArthur Fellow Dinaw Mengestu, continues to build on the book’s growing recognition as [...]
Today we’re traveling back to 1662 and peeking into nineteen-year-old Isaac Newton’s notebook. Inside, we’ll find a guilt-ridden young man, whose “sins” ranged from falling short of his own spiritual standards to more humorous misdeeds such as “Using Wilfords towel to spare my own.” Without further ado, we present: Nineteen-year-old Isaac Newton’s list of recently [...]
Hello everybody! We hope that you’ve had a great start to 2013. As we move forward into the new year, we can’t thank you enough for your participation in celebrating local history throughout 2012. In this post, we’ve got great photos from author events, a quick poll (so we can focus on bringing you more [...]
We’ve moved! The new headquarters are just a couple of blocks from our previous location, but our mailman will tell you it makes a world of difference. Some of us might have driven to the old office in early-morning moments of autopilot, but for the most part you’ll find us at the following location: 645 [...]
The research of History Press author Garrett Peck has helped inspire the name of a new local gin, which features a historical twist. The drink, called the “Green Hat Gin,” will be produced out of New Columbia Distillers—D.C.’s first distillery in over a century—as the Washington City Paper reports: “Just as so many cocktail bars riff [...]
Bill Traughber’s book signing for Vanderbilt Football: Tales of Commodore Gridiron History last night coincided with an unveiling event for the team’s new uniforms: “The evening opened at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt with Head Coach James Franklin joining the Voice of the Commodores, Joe Fisher, for a question and answer session. Topics ranged from Franklin’s summer [...]
(Richmond, Va.) – On Saturday, June 9, 2012, William S. Connery received the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal for outstanding contributions in furthering the study and preservation of Confederate history through extensive research, writing and public speaking. The medal is designed with a red enamel Maltese Cross in the center, bearing the United Daughters of the [...]
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Guest post by author Cindy Grisham Long before he explored the wilds of the Congo in search of a lost missionary and uttered the now famous words, “Dr. Livingston, I presume?” Sir Henry Morton Stanley explored the wilds of Arkansas. He often spent evenings with local families who shared what little they had with him. [...]
Guest post by Sarah Falter, History Press Publicity & Marketing Wisps of smoke floated through the crisp November sky towards the palmetto trees that framed the battlefield, and then curled casually towards the bright Charleston sun. … [Read More...]
