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Larry P. and Donna J. Mahan’s 20 Day Trips in and around the Shawnee National Forest was named “Best Travel Guide of the Year” for 2013 by Booklist. See page 3 to read more about this guide to one of southern Illinois’ hidden treasures.

Lincoln and Medicine by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein was chosen as one of the thirteen “Best of the Best” University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries by the American Library Association for 2013. See page 30 for more information on Lincoln and Medicine.

Southern Illinois University Press books have won many awards from the Illinois State Historical Society over the years. In 2014, Dennis Cremin’s book Grant Park: The Evolution of Chicago’s Front Yard was named their Book of the Year. Other books receiving awards in 2014 include Chicago’s Greatest Year, 1893: The White City and the Birth of a Modern Metropolis; The Gentleman From Illinois: Stories from Forty Years of Elective Public Service; A Decisive Decade: An Insider’s View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s; Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer; Battleground 1948: Truman, Stevenson, Douglas, and the Most Surprising Election in Illinois History. In 2013, seven SIUP books won awards including Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln, by Jason Emerson, which received the Book of the Year award.

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“If you’re looking for authentic, local Illinois wine, Illinois Wine and Wineries gives you all the information you need.” Mark Ganchiff, Publisher of the Midwest Wine Press

Illinois wine is coming into its own. Long a state best known for other crops such as corn, there are now wineries in every corner of the Land of Lincoln. In fact, wine production has been a part of the agricultural landscape of Illinois for more than a century. This sophisticated yet practical guidebook will, for the first time, provide connoisseurs and casual enthusiasts alike all the information they need to explore and appreciate Illinois’ rich winemaking legacy.

Orban, a certified sommelier, begins with the history of Illinois wine production and wineries. She then enlightens readers on such wine basics as the most common grapes grown in Illinois, optimal food and wine pairings, and the tenets of wine tasting. The fascinating science of wine also is discussed, including the particulars of Illinois soil and climate and their effects on the industry. The second part of the book is a guide to wineries in Illinois. For each win-ery, she offers a succinct history, information regarding the varieties of grapes used, hours of operation, location, and contact information. The wines and wineries are showcased in beautiful full-color photos throughout the book.

Clara Orban, a certified sommelier and a professor of French at DePaul University, is the author of a number of books, the most recent of which is Wine Lessons: Ten Questions to Guide Your Appreciation of Wine.

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“Six hundred ninety-five people died in this tornado—the worst ever to hit the United States. The communities of southern Illinois to this day have never fully recovered from this March 1925 shocker. So few people have any understanding of this event and its aftermath. . . . It needs to become a part of the history of southern Illinois.”—Jim Brigham, former president of the Southern Illinois University Foundation

The tri-state tornado of 1925 hugged the ground for 219 miles, generated wind speeds in excess of 300 miles per hour, and killed 695 people. Drawing on survivor interviews, public records, and newspaper archives, America’s Deadliest Twister offers a detailed account of the storm, but more important, it describes life in the region at that time as well as the tornado’s lasting cultural impact, especially on southern Illinois.

Author Geoff Partlow follows the storm from town to town, introducing us to the people most affected by the tornado. Their narratives, along with the stories of the heroes who led recovery efforts in the years following, add a hometown perspective to the account of the storm itself. In the discussion of the aftermath of the tornado, Partlow examines the lasting social and economic scars on the area, but he also looks at some of the technological firsts associated with this devastating tragedy. Partlow shows how relief efforts in the region began to change the way people throughout the nation thought about disaster relief, which led to the unified responses we are familiar with today.

Geoff Partlow is a historian specializing in stories about southern Illinois, his beloved Egypt. He is also an expert in nineteenth-century American glass and its industry and has performed many antique road shows, appraisals, and public lectures.

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America’s Deadliest Twister: The Tri-State Tornado of 1925Geoff Partlow

Illinois Wines and Wineries: The Essential GuideClara Orban

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The State of Southern Illinois: An Illustrated HistoryHerbert K. Russell

20 Day Trips in and around the Shawnee National ForestLarry P. and Donna J. Mahan

 Chosen as the Best Travel Guide of the Year by Booklist

One of the most scenic treasures in the Midwest, the Shawnee National Forest spans more than 279,000 acres deep in southern Illinois. The natural beauty, stunning vistas, and diverse flora and fauna of this picturesque region in-vite exploration by all who love nature. This guidebook highlights twenty exciting day or weekend trips within and near the Shawnee National Forest, making it easy to take advantage of the forest’s myriad opportunities for outdoor recreational activity.

Intended for those without extensive hiking or camping experience, the guide provides all of the information nec-essary to safely and proficiently explore all the forest has to offer. Entertaining narratives describe each journey in vivid detail, offering advice on needed supplies, pointing out shortcuts, and spotlighting not-to-miss views. Entries also include thorough directions, GPS coordinates, trail difficulty ratings, landform descriptions, exact distances between points, and a list of available facilities at each location.

From biking and bird watching to hiking, horseback riding, and rock climbing, the Shawnee National Forest is home to an abundance of possibilities for outdoor fun. With this practical guide in hand, adventure seekers and nature lovers alike can make the most of southern Illinois’ own natural treasure.

Larry P. Mahan, recently retired from the teaching profession with 50 years of service, is the author of In Search of Large Trees. His wife, Donna, a native of southern Illinois, has also retired from teaching in the Springfield area.

“My most pleasurable research has involved problems that needed solving. I love solving old mysteries.”—Herbert K. Russell, via the Southern Illinoisan

In The State of Southern Illinois: An Illustrated History, Herbert K. Russell offers fresh interpretations of a number of important aspects of Southern Illinois history. Focusing on the area known as “Egypt,” the region south of U.S. Route 50 from Salem to Cairo, he begins his book with the earliest geologic formations and follows Southern Illinois’ history into the twenty-first century. The volume is richly illustrated with maps and photographs, mostly in color, that highlight the informative and straightforward text.

Perhaps most notable is the author’s use of dozens of heretofore neglected sources to dispel the myth that Southern Illinois is merely an extension of Dixie. He corrects the popular impressions that slavery was intro-duced by early settlers from the South and that a majority of Southern Illinoisans wished to secede. Further-more, he presents the first in-depth discussion of twelve pre–Civil War, free black communities in the region. He also identifies the roles coal mining, labor violence, gangsters, and the media played in establishing the area’s image. He concludes optimistically, unveiling a twenty-first-century Southern Illinois filled with myri-ad attractions and opportunities for citizens and tourists alike.

The State of Southern Illinois is the most accurate all-encompassing volume of history on this unique area that often regards itself as a state within a state. It offers an entirely new perspective on race relations, provides insightful information on the cultural divide between north and south in Illinois, and pays tribute to an often neglected and misunderstood region of this multidimensional state, all against a stunning visual backdrop.

Herbert K. Russell, formerly the Executive Director for College Relations at John A. Logan College, is a literary scholar and Southern Illinois historian who has been a college teacher, an editor, and a writer. He is the author of Edgar Lee Masters: A Biography and the editor of A Southern Illinois Album, Southern Illinois Coal: A Portfolio, and The Enduring River: Edgar Lee Masters’ Uncollected Spoon River Poems.

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Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the HeartlandJeff Biggers

Coming March 2015

“As the Shawnee National Forest celebrates its 75th birthday, Ms. Rippelmeyer’s account of the CCC in southern Illinois and the establishment of the Shawnee National Forest is a timely contribution to understanding the history of the area at a time of one of America’s greatest national challenges.”—Robert Pasquill, author of The Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama, 1933-1943: A Great and Lasting Good

Drawing on more than thirty years of meticulous research, Kay Rippelmeyer details the Depression-era histo-ry of the simultaneous creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. Through the stories of the men who worked in CCC camps devoted to soil and forest conservation projects, she offers a fascinating look into an era of utmost significance to the identity, citizens, wildlife, and natural landscape of the region. Detailing both the economic hardships and agricultural land abuse plaguing the region during the Depression, she reveals how the creation of the CCC under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt coincided with the regional campaign for a national forest and how locals first became aware of and involved with the program. An extensive camp compendium augments the volume, featuring numerous photographs, camp locations and dates of operation, work history, and company rosters.

Kay Rippelmeyer, a southern Illinois native, is the author of Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conser-vation Corps: A History in Words and Pictures. A program liaison for the Illinois Humanities Council, she has researched southern Illinois history for more than thirty years and has lectured widely on the Civilian Conservation Corps and river work in the region.

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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern IllinoisKay Rippelmeyer

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“This is a world-shaking, belief-rattling, immensely important book. If you’re an American, it is almost a patriotic duty to read it.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of  Eat, Pray, Love

Set in the ruins of his family’s strip-mined homestead in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, award-winning journalist and historian Jeff Biggers delivers a deeply personal portrait of the overlooked human and environmental costs of our nation’s dirty energy policy. Beginning with the policies of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, chronicling the removal of Native Americans and the hidden story of legally sanctioned black slavery in the land of Lincoln, Reckoning at Eagle Creek vividly describes the mining wars for union recognition and workplace safety, and the devastating consequences of industrial strip-mining. Biggers exposes the fallacy of "clean coal" at the heart of our national debate over climate change and the crucial transition toward clean energy and shatters the marketing myth that southern Illinois represents the "Saudi Arabia of coal."

Jeff Biggers  is the American Book Award–winning author of  The United States of Appalachia,  In the Sierra Madre, and State Out of the Union. His award-winning stories have appeared on National Public Radio and Public Radio International, and in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, the Nation, Atlantic Monthly, and Salon, among others.

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“The year was a turning point in the city’s fortunes, and readers will find Gustaitis’s recounting enjoyable, whether one is from Chicago or not.”—Publishers Weekly

In 1893 the 27.5 million visitors to the Chicago World’s Fair feasted their eyes on the impressive architecture of the White City, lit at night by thousands of electric lights. In addition to marveling at the revolutionary exhibits, most visitors discovered something else: beyond the fair’s 633 acres lay a modern metropolis that rivaled the world’s greatest cities. But even without the splendor of the fair, 1893 would still have been Chicago’s greatest year.

An almost endless list of achievements took place in Chicago in 1893. Chicago’s most important skyscraper was com-pleted in 1893, and Frank Lloyd Wright opened his office in the same year. African American physician and Chicagoan Daniel Hale Williams performed one of the first known open-heart surgeries in 1893. Sears and Roebuck was incorpo-rated, and William Wrigley invented Juicy Fruit gum that year. The Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Science and Industry all started in 1893. The Cubs’ new ballpark opened in this year, and an Austro-Hun-garian immigrant began selling hot dogs outside the World’s Fair grounds. His wares became the famous “Chicago hot dog.” “Cities are not buildings; cities are people,” writes author Joseph Gustaitis. Throughout the book, he brings forgotten pioneers back to the forefront of Chicago’s history, connecting these important people of 1893 with their ef-fects on the city and its institutions today. The facts in this history of a year range from funny to astounding, showcasing innovators, civic leaders, VIPs, and power brokers who made 1893 Chicago about so much more than the fair. 

Joseph Gustaitis is a freelance writer and editor living in Chicago. He is the author of many articles in the popular history field. After working as an editor at Collier’s Year Book, he became the humanities editor for Collier’s Encyclopedia. He has also worked in television and won an Emmy Award for writing for ABC-TV’s FYI program.

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Chicago’s Greatest Year, 1893The White City and the Birth of a Modern Metropolis

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Grant Park: The Evolution of Chicago’s Front YardDennis H. Cremin

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“If there is one place to see the rich panoply of Chicago history unfold, I can think of no better spot than Chicago’s lakefront park. Dennis Cremin has crafted a rich chronicle of Grant Park that highlights its central place in the history of Chicago.”—Ann Keating, Toenniges Professor of History, North Central College

Long considered the showplace and cultural center of Chicago, Grant Park has been the site of tragedy and tension as well as success and joy. In addition to serving as the staging grounds for Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession through the city, the park has been the setting for civil rights protests and the 1968 Democratic National Convention demonstrations. The faithful attended the open-air mass of Pope John Paul II in Grant Park, and fans gathered there to cheer for the Chicago Bulls after their championship wins.

In 1836, only three years after Chicago was founded, Chicagoans set aside the first narrow shoreline as public ground and declared it “forever open, clear, and free.” Chicago historian and author Dennis H. Cremin reveals that despite such intent, the transformation of Grant Park to the spectacular park it is more than 175 years later was a gradual process, at first fraught with a lack of funding and organization, and later challenged by erosion, the railroads, auto-mobiles, and a continued battle between original intent and conceptions of progress. Throughout the book, Cremin shows that while Grant Park’s landscape and uses have changed throughout its rocky history, the public ground continues to serve “as a display case for the city and a calling card to visitors.”

Dennis H. Cremin, the coauthor of Chicago: A Pictorial Celebration, has extensive experience as a public historian, serving as director of research and public programs for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Gaylord Building Historic Site and as a State Scholar for the Illinois Humanities Council. He served on the Road Scholars Speakers Bureau, provided guided tours for the City of Chicago’s Office of Cultural Affairs, and worked as an archivist for the Grant Park Music Festival. He is an associate professor of history at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.

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A Decisive Decade: An Insider’s View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960sRobert B. McKersie, Foreword by James R. Ralph Jr.

Surveying the power and politics of the Chicago mayoral tradition

The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition gathers some of the finest minds in political thought to provide shrewd analysis of Chicago’s mayors and their administrations. Twenty-five years after its initial publication, this fourth edition continues to illuminate the careers of some of Chicago’s most respected, forceful, and even notorious may-ors, leaders whose lives were often as vibrant and eclectic as the city they served.

In addition to chapters on the individual mayors, The Mayors offers an insightful overview of the Chicago mayoral tradition throughout the city’s history; rankings of the mayors by their leadership and political qualities; an appen-dix of Chicago’s mayors and their years of service; and additional updated materials.

Chicago’s mayoral history is one of corruption and reform, scandal and ambition. This well-researched volume presents an intriguing and informative glimpse into the fascinating lives and legacies of Chicago’s most influential leaders.

Paul M. Green is the Arthur Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies, chairman of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, and director of the Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of several books about Chicago and Illinois politics.

Melvin G. Holli, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the author of numerous books, including The American Mayor: The Best and Worst Big-City Leaders and The Wizard of Washington: Emil Hurja, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Birth of Public Opinion Polling.

The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, Fourth EditionEdited by Paul M. Green and Melvin G. Holli

Fifty years after the March on Washington, Robert McKersie offers a rare glimpse inside the turbulent events of Chicago’s civil rights struggle.

The deeply personal story of a historic time in Chicago, Robert B. McKersie’s A Decisive Decade follows the unfold-ing action of the Civil Rights Movement as it played out in the Windy City. McKersie’s participation as an activist for black rights offers an insider’s viewpoint on the debates, boycotts, marches, and negotiations that would change the face of race relations in Chicago and the United States at large.

McKersie offers intimate observations on events as they developed during his participation in such historic occasions as the impassioned marches for open housing in Chicago; the campaign to end school segregation under Chicago schools superintendent Benjamin Willis; Operation Breadbasket’s push to develop economic opportunities for black citizens; and dialogs with corporations to provide more jobs for blacks in Chicago. In addition, McKersie provides up-close and personal descriptions of the iconic civil rights leaders who spearheaded some of the most formative battles of Chicago’s Civil Rights Movement, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Reverend Jesse Jackson, Timuel Black Jr., and W. Alvin Pitcher. Packed with historical detail and personal anecdotes of these history-making years, A Decisive Decade offers a never-before-seen perspective on one of our nation’s most tumultuous eras.

Robert B. McKersie, the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor (emeritus) at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is the coauthor of A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations and the award-winning The Transformation of American Industrial Relations.

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Knock at the Door of Opportunity Black Migration to Chicago, 1900–1919Christopher Robert Reed

“[This] is a powerfully informative, richly textured study . . . grounded in meticu-lous research [and] written in a clear and dynamic fashion. This brilliant history [is] essential and rewarding reading for students, teachers, and the general popula-tion.”—Darlene Clark Hine, Board of Trustees Professor of African American studies and pro-fessor of history at Northwestern University, and coeditor of The Black Chicago Renaissance

Disputing the so-called ghetto studies that depicted the early part of the twentieth century as the nadir of African American society, this thoughtful volume by Christopher Robert Reed investigates black life in turn-of-the-century Chicago, revealing a vibrant community that grew and developed on Chicago’s south side in the early 1900s. Reed explores the impact of the fifty thousand black southerners who streamed into the city during the Great Migration of 1916–1918, effectively doubling Chicago’s African American population. Those already residing in Chicago’s black neighborhoods had a lot in common with those who migrated, Reed demonstrates, and the two groups became unified, building a broad community base able to face discrimination and prejudice while contributing to Chicago’s growth and development.

Christopher Robert Reed is a professor emeritus of history and a former director of the St. Clair Drake Center for African and African American Studies at Roosevelt University in Chicago.  He is the author of five books, includ-ing The Depression Comes to Chicago’s South Side: Protest and Politics, 1930–1933 and The Rise of Chicago’s Black Metropolis, 1920–1929.

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“If Chicago were a jungle, along the lines of the urban cliché, this would make for a stellar field manual.”—Chicago Weekly

Chicago seems an ideal environment for public housing because of the city’s relatively young age among major cities and well-deserved reputation for technology, innovation, and architecture. Yet The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago shows that the city’s experience on the whole has been a negative one, raising serious ques-tions about the nature of subsidized housing, whether we should have it and, if so, in what form.

Bowly, a native of the city, provides a detailed examination of subsidized housing in the nation’s third-largest city. Now in its second edition, The Poorhouse looks at the history of public housing and subsidized housing in Chicago from 1895 to the present day. Five new chapters cover the decline and federal takeover of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and its more recent “transformation,” which involved the demolition of the CHA family high-rise buildings and in some cases their replacement with low-rise mixed-income housing on the same sites.

Devereux Bowly Jr. has published more than three dozen articles on Chicago history and architecture and has been actively involved with community and civic groups in Chicago, including the Hyde Park Historical Society.

The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago, Second EditionDevereux Bowly Jr.

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Nobody Calls Just to Say HelloReflections on Twenty-Two Years in the Illinois SenatePhilip J. Rock, with Ed Wojcicki

 "Like Alan, The Gentleman from Illinois is entertaining, enlightening, and informative, and  I highly recommend it.”—Sam Nunn, former U.S. senator from Georgia

In 1993 Alan J. Dixon’s political career came to an end with a defeat—the first one in his forty-three years of elected service. Beginning his legislative career in 1950 as a Democrat in the Illinois House of Representatives, Dixon also served in the Illinois State Senate, worked as state treasurer and secretary of state, and concluded his political career as a U.S. senator. With a degree of candor rarely found in political memoirs, Dixon pulls no punches when it comes to detailing the personalities of major political figures such as Mayor Richard J. Daley, Adlai Stevenson, Paul Simon, and presidents of the United States. The Gentleman from Illinois entertains as much as it informs, making it a necessary book for everyone interested in Illinois politics.

Alan J. Dixon served in the Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois State Senate, and U.S. Senate. He has also held the Illinois state offices of treasurer and secretary of state and was a partner in the Bryan Cave law firm in St. Louis until 2012, at which time he became a senior counsel.

The Gentleman from IllinoisStories from Forty Years of Elective Public ServiceAlan J. Dixon

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 “Just when it is fashionable to bemoan the loss of bipartisanship in politics, along comes a book  that waxes nostalgic for the days when legislators threw punches at each other.”—Illinois Times

A loyal partisan and highly principled public official, Democrat Philip J. Rock served twenty-two years in the Illinois Senate. Rock takes readers through his legislative successes, bipartisan efforts, and political defeats, and reveals his reverence for the in-stitutions of government and his reputation as a problem solver who, despite his ardent Democratic beliefs, disavowed political self-preservation to cross party lines and make government work for the people.

Philip J. Rock served as Illinois senate president for fourteen years. He now practices law in Chicago.

Ed Wojcicki teaches in the public administration program at the University of Illinois–Springfield. He is the author of A Crisis of Hope in the Modern World.

The Essential Paul Simon: Timeless Lessons for Today’s PoliticsEdited by John S. Jackson, Foreword by David Yepsen

“Had people done some of the things he suggested years ago, we wouldn’t be having a repeat of those discussions today.”—David Yepsen

Senator Paul Simon often used his prolific writings as tools to establish a straightforward dialogue with his constituents. In The Essential Paul Simon: Timeless Lessons for Today’s Politics, editor John S. Jackson carefully selects the best of Simon’s writings, which include newspaper columns, editorials, book chapters, and newsletters. Jackson provides an introduction to each chapter, setting Senator Simon’s work into the context of its time and emphasizing the connection to today’s continuing political ques-tions and conflicts. He also contributes an annotated bibliography covering all of Paul Simon’s twenty-two books.

Years after their publication, Simon’s eloquent and energetic conversations continue to provide witty, informative guidance through the maze of American politics.

John S. Jackson is an emeritus professor of political science at SIUC and is currently a visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. He founded and is the editor of the Simon Review papers, and was a long-time friend and supporter of Paul Simon.

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Battleground 1948: Truman, Stevenson, Douglas, andthe Most Surprising Election in Illinois HistoryRobert E. Hartley

 Exploring the corrupt and stormy Illinois political scene of the 1940s

To this day, the election year of 1948 remains one of the most astonishing in U.S. political history. During this first general election after World War II, Americans looked to their governments for change. As the battle for the nation’s highest office came to a head in Illinois, the state was embroiled in its own partisan showdowns. In Battleground 1948, Robert E. Hartley offers the first comprehensive chronicle of this historic election year and its consequences, which still resonate today. Focusing on the races that ushered Adlai Stevenson, Paul Douglas, and Harry Truman into office, Battleground 1948 details the pivotal events that played out in the state of Illinois, from newspaper wars in Chicago to tragedy in a coal mine at Centralia.

In addition to revealing the inner workings of the American election machine in 1948, Hartley probes the dark underbelly of Illinois politics in the 1930s and 1940s to set the stage, spotlight key party players, and expose the behind-the-scenes influences of media, money, corruption, and crime. In doing so, he draws powerful parallels between the politics of the past and those of the present. Above all, Battleground 1948 tells the story of grassroots change writ large on the American political landscape—change that helped a nation move past an era of conflict and depression, and forever transformed Illinois and the U.S. government.

Robert E. Hartley is the author of a number of books for Southern Illinois University Press, including Paul Powell of Illinois: A Lifelong Democrat and Paul Simon: The Political Journey of an Illinois Original. He was a journalist for Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers in Illinois from 1962 to 1979 and served as executive editor of the Toledo Blade and as publisher of the Journal-American in Bellevue, Washington. He was associated with a Seattle public relations firm for twelve years

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A view of Illinois history via portraits of all the state’s senators

This sweeping survey constitutes the first comprehensive treatment of the men and women who have been cho-sen to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 1818 to the present day. David Kenney and Robert E. Hartley underscore nearly two centuries of Illinois history with these biographical and political portraits, compiling an incomparably rich resource for students, scholars, teachers, journalists, historians, politicians, and any Illinoisan interested in the state’s senatorial heritage.

Originally published as An Uncertain Tradition: U.S. Senators from Illinois, 1818–2003, this second edition brings readers up to date with new material on Richard Durbin, as well as completely new sections on Barack Obama, Roland Burris, and Mark Kirk. Kenney and Hartley offer incisive commentary on the quality of Senate service in each case, timeline graphs relating to the succession of each senator, the geographical distribution of senators within the state, and the variations in party voting for Senate candidates. Rigorously documented and supremely readable, this convenient reference volume is enhanced by portraits of many of the senators.

David Kenney served in the cabinet of Illinois governor James Thompson and is a professor emeritus of political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His books include A Political Passage: The Career of Stratton of Illinois and (with Robert E. Hartley) Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters (both published by SIU Press).

Robert E. Hartley is the author of a number of books for Southern Illinois University Press, including Paul Powell of Illinois: A Lifelong Democrat and Paul Simon: The Political Journey of an Illinois Original.

The Heroic and the Notorious: U.S. Senators from IllinoisDavid Kenney and Robert E. Hartley

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 A tragic story of abuse, abandonment, annihilation, and atonement

On November 8, 1985, 18-year-old Tom Odle brutally murdered his parents and three siblings in the small south-ern Illinois town of Mount Vernon, sending shockwaves throughout the nation. The murder of the Odle family remains one of the most horrific family mass murders in U.S. history. Odle was sentenced to death and, after seventeen years on death row, expected a lethal injection to end his life. However, Illinois governor George Ryan’s moratorium on the death penalty in 2000, and later commutation of all death sentences in 2003, changed Odle’s sentence to natural life.

Hanlon tells a gripping story of Odle’s life as an abused child, the life experiences that formed his personality, and his tragic homicidal escalation to mass murder, seamlessly weaving into the narrative Odle’s unadorned reflec-tions on his childhood, finding a new family on death row, and his belief in the powers of redemption.

As our nation attempts to understand the continual mass murders occurring in the U.S., this book sheds some light on the psychological aspects of why and how such acts of extreme carnage may occur. Survived by One offers a never-been-told perspective from the mass murderer himself as he searches for the answers concurrently being asked by the nation and the world.

Robert E. Hanlon is a clinical neuropsychologist with a specialization in the psychological assessment of violent criminal offenders. An associate professor of clinical psychiatry and clinical neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, he has evaluated hundreds of murder defendants and death row inmates.

Thomas V. Odle is an inmate at the Dixon Correctional Center, Illinois Department of Corrections, serving a life sentence for murder.

Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass MurdererRobert E. Hanlon with Thomas V. Odle

Cloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-3262-56 × 9 • 224 pages • 23 illus.Johnson Series in Criminology

Prairie Justice: A History of Illinois Courts under French, English and American LawRoger L. Severns. Edited by John A. Lupton

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“Prairie Justice . . . is a useful resource and a good read for anyone interested in early Illinois law and culture.”—Joseph A. Ranney, attorney and Marquette Law School adjunct professor

A concise legal history of Illinois through the end of the nineteenth century, Prairie Justice covers the region’s pro-gression from French to British to early American legal systems, which culminated in a unique body of Illinois law that has influenced other jurisdictions. Written by Roger L. Severns in the 1950s and published in serial form in the 1960s, Prairie Justice is available now for the first time as a book, thanks to the work of editor John A. Lupton, who also contributed an introduction.

Severns uses several rulings to examine political movements in Illinois and their impact on the local judiciary. Through legal decisions, the Illinois judiciary became an independent, co-equal branch of state government. By the mid-nineteenth century, Illinois had established itself as a leading judicial authority, influencing not only the growing western frontier but also the industrialized and farming regions of the country. With a close eye for detail, Severns reviews the status of the legal profession during the 1850s by looking at new members of the Court, the nostalgia of circuit riding, and how a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln rose to prominence.

Roger L. Severns (1906–61) taught law at Chicago Kent College of Law and practiced law at the firm of Isham, Lincoln, and Beale before leaving that firm to form Parkhill, Severns, and Stansell.

John A. Lupton is the executive director at the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission in Springfield. He has published a number of articles and chapters about Illinois history and about Abraham Lincoln as an Illinois lawyer.

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Foothold on a HillsideMemories of a Southern Illinoisan

Charless Caraway, Foreword by Paul SimonPaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-1298-6 8¼ × 8 • 120 pages • 43 illus.Shawnee Books

In a style reminiscent of the mas-ter 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, particularly around Eldorado, Makanda, and Etherton Switch. He makes no bones about the hardships of those “old days,” first helping his father eke out a living from the land, then scrambling for a living as a sharecropper and fruit picker, as he scrimped and saved for the day when he and his young wife, Bessie Mae Rowan Caraway, could buy a piece of land of their own.

“This real story about real people captures the flavor as well as the facts of life in Southern Illinois in the early days of the century.”—Ben Gelman

Growing Up in a Land Called EgyptA Southern Illinois Family Biography

Cleo CarawayPaper, $22.95 • 978-0-8093-2946-5 8 × 8 • 160 pages • 52 illus.Shawnee Books

A delightful follow-up to her father’s popular Foothold on a Hillside: Memories of a Southern Illinoisan, Caraway’s book is a

pleasant change from the typical accounts of southern Illinois before, during, and after the Great Depression. Instead of hardscrabble grit, Growing Up in a Land Called Egypt offers a refreshingly different view of the period and is certain to be embraced by southern Illinois natives, as well as anyone inter-ested in the experiences of a rural family that thrived despite the difficult times. The author’s lighthearted prose, self-deprecating humor, and genuine affection for her family make reading this book a rich and memorable ex-perience.

Legends and Lore of Southern Illinois978-0-8093-2967-0 • 37 illus.

It Happened in Southern Illinois978-0-8093-2968-7 • 43 illus.

Both by John W. AllenPaper, $24.95 • 6 × 9 • 440 pagesShawnee Classics

In the 1950s and ’60s, John W. Allen told the people of southern Illinois about them-selves—about their region, its history, and its folkways—in his series of newspaper articles, “It Happened in Southern Illinois.” Each installment of the series depicted a single item of interest—a town, a building, an enterprise, a person, an event, a custom. Originally published in the 1960s, these two

books bring together a selection of these articles preserving a valuable body of significant local history and cultural lore.

“Allen has published a southern Illinois omnibus, a Jack Horner pie that can be cut into anywhere with a good chance of pulling out a plum.” —St. Louis Globe Democrat

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History as They Lived ItA Social History of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois

Margaret Kimball BrownPaper, $24.50 • 978-0-8093-3340-0 6 × 9 • 376 pages • 38 illus.Shawnee Books

Since its settlement, the village of Prairie du Rocher has survived changes of government from French to British to Virginian to territorial to the state of Illinois. Although these changes affected the villagers, they persisted in main-

taining the community and its values. Margaret Kimball Brown’s study looks at the history of one of the oldest towns in the region utilizing extensive research in archives and public records to give historians, anthropologists, and general readers a lively depiction of this small community and its people.

“[History as They Lived It] brings together the fully ripened thoughts of a mature scholar at the very moment that students of the Illinois Country need such a book.”—Carl J. Eckberg, author of Colonial Ste.Genevieve: An Adventure in the Mississippi Valley

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A Nickel’s Worth of Skim MilkA Boy’s View of the Great Depression978-0-8093-1305-1 • 168 pages • 22 illus.

A Penny’s Worth of Minced HamAnother Look at the Great Depression978-0-8093-1304-4 • 120 pages • 19 illus.

Both by Robert J. Hastings

Paper, $15.95 • 5 × 8Shawnee Books

Told from the point of view of a young boy, this account shows how a family “faced the 1930s head on and lived to tell the story.” It is the tale of growing up in southern Illinois, specifically the Marion area, during the Great De-pression.

Always of HomeA Southern Illinois Childhood

Edgar Allen ImhoffPaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-1854-4 5¼ × 9¼ • 184 pagesShawnee Books

Edgar Allen Imhoff renders a series of touching, colorful vignettes about growing up in southern Il-linois during the Great Depression. He writes poi-gnantly of his family and their struggles (includ-ing his father’s exhausting but successful effort at

self-education) as he revisits his early childhood years in the country and his eventual move to the town of Murphysboro, where he encountered school bullies, outstanding teachers, first love, World War II, and adolescence.

“Imhoff takes an imaginative approach to recording life near Mur-physboro, Ill. Introducing vignettes of rural life with poems and quips, [Always of Home] is a well-designed jewel that stresses values of lessons learned through careful listening.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Colonial Ste. GenevieveAn Adventure on the Mississippi Frontier

Carl EkbergPaper, $32.50 • 978-0-8093-3380-6 6 × 9 • 542 pages • 74 illus.Shawnee Books

This book is a comprehensive history of the French colonial town of Ste. Genevieve, Mis-souri, from its founding circa 1750 to the Lou-isiana Purchase. It covers topics ranging from

politics to agriculture to family life and religion and includes some period maps and more than fifty illustrations.

“Ekberg’s work is among the current best in a field usually labeled borderlands history. . . . The analysis and narrative in Colonial Ste. Genevieve disclose a world that cannot be excluded from any revised understanding of American history.”—Journal of Southern History

All Anybody Ever Wanted of Me Was to WorkThe Memoirs of Edith Bradley Rendleman

Edited by Jane AdamsCloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-1931-2 Paper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2059-2 7 × 8 • 240 pages • 62 illus.Shawnee Books

“Recalling the details of a long and well-remembered life, these memoirs communicate a way of living far different from that lived now. In the small and large details of daily life, this account reveals many of the changes that worked a revolution in farm life. It is told neither to celebrate the past—that life was far too difficult and love-less to wish to return to—nor to celebrate the present—there is too much heartache and loneliness for that. Rather, Edith seems moti-vated by an urge to communicate across the generations, to break through the loneliness imposed by being formed in a different time, a time that those raised since World War II have difficulty imagining.” —Jane Adams, from the introduction

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The Outlaws of Cave-in-RockOtto A. Rothert Foreword by Robert A. ClarkPaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2034-9 6 × 9 • 370 pages • 7 illus.Shawnee Classics

This riveting saga of the outlaws and scoun-drels of Cave-in-Rock chronicles the adven-tures of an audacious cast of river pirates and highwaymen who operated in and around the famous Ohio River cavern from 1795 through

1820. Compellingly lively, The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock is nonetheless the work of a scholar, a historian who documents his findings and leaves a de-tailed bibliographical trail. Presenting many eyewitness accounts, Rothert supplies the lore and legend of the colorful villains of Cave-in-Rock and pro-vides both a fascinating narrative and a valuable regional history.

A Knight of Another SortProhibition Days and Charlie Birger Second EditionGary DeNealPaper, $23.95 • 978-0-8093-2217-6 6 × 9 • 376 pages • 72 illus.Shawnee Classics

“DeNeal’s research and recording, into one book, of all of the data on Char-lie Birger and his contemporary cut-throats is a masterpiece not only in crim-inal history, but it is interestingly woven

into a period of Illinois history that attracts ‘old-timers’ like me.” —Harold Hartley, author of Way Down in Egyptland

“[A Knight of Another Sort] has the authenticity that comes from ex-pert scholarship; the reading pleasure that comes from a fine writing talent; and the insights and understanding that come from Gary’s having grown up in ‘Charlie Birger country.’ For the first time, the veil of dusty legend that has so long obscured the real personality has been cleared away, and DeNeal has revealed the complex and trag-ic lineaments of one of southern Illinois’ most fascinating heroes.” —Henry Dan Piper, coauthor of Land Between the Rivers

Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation CorpsA History in Words and Pictures

Kay RippelmeyerCloth, $34.95 • 978-0-8093-2921-2 Paper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2922-9 8 × 10 • 232 pages • 191 illus.Shawnee Books

Many recognize Giant City State Park as one of the premier recreation spots in

southern Illinois, with its unspoiled forests, glorious rock formations, and famous sandstone lodge. But few know the park’s history or are aware of the remarkable men who struggled to build it. Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps: A History in Words and Pictures provides the first in-depth portrait of the park’s creation, drawing on rarely seen photos, local and national archival research, and interviews to present an intriguing chapter in Illinois history, honoring one of Illinois’ unforgettable places and the men who built it.

A Southern Illinois AlbumFarm Security Administration Photographs, 1936–1943

Herbert K. Russell, Foreword by F. Jack HurleyPaper, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-1589-5 10 × 8⅞ • 160 pages • 114 illus.Shawnee Books

Featured in this book are more than one hundred photographs from the col-lection of a quarter of a million taken by Farm Security Administration pho-tographers between 1935 and 1943. These pictures capture life during the Great Depression as viewed in the coal-mining towns, river communities, and farming regions of southern Illinois—more than two dozen southern Illinois county seats, hamlets, and landings. Together they comprise a pho-tographic portrait of the determination, hard work, and capacity to find ways to celebrate life exemplified by the people of southern Illinois during one of the most difficult periods of American history.

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Death UndergroundThe Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters

Robert E. Hartley and David KenneyPaper, $22.95 • 978-0-8093-2706-56 × 9 • 250 pages • 30 illus.

“Illinois possesses a fascinating labor his-tory that offers historians an opportuni-ty to explore the working lives of men and women in a variety of trades and industries over the course of many decades. Robert E. Hartley and David Kenney have made a

useful addition to that history in their collaborative monograph Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters. Hartley and Kenney present a detailed account of these two mine tragedies of the mid-twentieth century when coal mining was still a major indus-try and trade for the state’s working class. The authors take the reader on a journey into the mines, the state bureaucracy of mine inspections and party politics, and into the lives of the miners and their families. This comprehensive history is both academically sound and inter-esting to read. The voices of the historical actors are present through-out the narrative, making this a work of history that could appeal to a popular audience as well as to students of Illinois and labor history.” —Journal of Illinois History

The Archaeology of Carrier Mills10,000 Years in the Saline Valley of Illinois

Richard W. JefferiesPaper, $25 • 978-0-8093-3305-98 × 10 • 182 pages • 96 illus.

Archaeological sites throughout south-ern Illinois provide a chronicle of change, showing the varying ways people have lived in that area over the past 10,000 years. One of the richest and most envi-ronmentally diverse sites (low uplands,

lakes, swamps, the Saline River, the Shawnee Hills) in southern Illinois is approximately two miles south of Carrier Mills. This book focuses on the results of a five-year archaeological investigation at three sites in a 143-acre area known as the Carrier Mills Archaeo logical District.

It’s Good to Be BlackRuby Berkley GoodwinPaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3122-2 5 × 8 • 280 pages

“Is it good to be black? To Ruby Berkley Goodwin it was. . . . The black she writes about has nothing to do with skin color, but it does have a great deal to do with self-im-ages, values, spiritual strength, and most of all, love. Unlike the contradicting definitions of blackness we see reflected in today’s crime statistics, movies, television, newspapers, political speeches, advertisements, and so-ciological reports, Ruby Berkley Goodwin’s

definition of blackness is simple and to the point: black is good. It’s Good to Be Black is more than the story (history) of a black family liv-ing in Du Quoin, Illinois, during the early 1900s; 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.”—From the preface by Carmen Kenya Wadley

Southern Illinois CoalA Portfolio

C. William HorrellCloth, $29.95978-0-8093-1341-9 11½ × 11 • 132 pages • 78 illus.Shawnee Books

The coal mining photographs of C. William Horrell, taken across the southern Illinois Coal Belt over a twenty-year

period from 1966 to 1986, are extraordinary examples of documentary photography—so stark and striking that captions seem superfluous. Hor-rell’s photographs capture the varied phenomena of twentieth-century coal mining technology, reveal the picturesque remnants of closed mines, and re-flect the beauty of the commonplace—the clothes of the miners, their dinner pails, and their tools. His portraits of coal miners show the strength, dignity, and enduring spirit of the men and women who work the southern Illinois coal mines.

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Black Writing from ChicagoIn the World, Not of It?

Edited by Richard R. GuzmanPaper, $22.95 • 978-0-8093-2704-16 × 9 • 360 pages

“Richard Guzman’s new collection of Af-rican American writing from Chicago is a heady mix of old-school agitprop and lit-erary wonderment, a testimony not only to the multitude of great black writers who were born or passed through here but also to the myriad forms literature may take.

“Guzman has approached his task like a curator. He’s chosen work from such luminaries as Brooks and Richard Wright that identifies their idiosyncratic styles, even if they’re not quintessential selections. Similarly, he’s included pieces that would otherwise now be inaccessi-ble to contemporary readers.”—Time Out Chicago

ChicagoMetropolis of the Mid-ContinentFourth Edition

Irving CutlerPaper, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-2702-77 × 9½ • 464 pages • 300 illus.

“Cutler gives us a popular survey of Chi-cago’s ‘physical and human processes and phenomena that make it work.’ Now in its fourth edition, [this book] offers a detailed look at the city’s geography, in-

frastructure, history of immigration, and economy in an attempt to explain how ‘Chicago’s remarkable population growth was achieved in the last century and a half.’

“[The book] is lavishly illustrated with a large number of original and historical maps. This is a wonderful overview for anyone interested in the geography and development of Chicago.”—Chicago Tribune

Chicago Death TrapThe Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903

Nat BrandtPaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2721-86 × 9 • 240 pages • 48 illus.

“Nat Brandt has unearthed a plethora of interesting, off-beat, and unusual tales and facts that balance a methodical min-ute-by-minute account of the most horrific building fire disaster in Chicago history. . . . The depth of research Brandt brings to the topic is the best compilation of historical

material dealing with the fire and its subsequent hearings that I have ever read.”—Richard Lindberg, author of Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago

Walter’s PerspectiveA Memoir of Fifty Years in Chicago TV News

Walter Jacobson Foreword by Bill KurtisCloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-3112-3 6 × 9 • 216 pages • 28 illus.

“Readers will love the sweep of this memoir, one written with a winning voice and per-spective.”—Chicago Tribune

“In this lively romp through Chicago pol-itics and the world of broadcast news, Ja-

cobson provides key insights into the workings of the city and the high-stakes world of broadcast reporting. Told in the same lively, con-versational, and forthright tone he has used to report and comment on the news over several decades, Jacobson’s memoir makes for great reading for anyone interested in the news business or seeking more insight into how Chicago works.”—Jacqueline Taylor, dean of the College of Communications, DePaul University, and author of Wait-ing for the Call

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Crusade against SlaveryEdward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom

Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. CarvethCloth, $34.95 • 978-0-8093-3042-3 6 × 9 • 280 pages • 9 illus.

“In their well-crafted study, Crusade against Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom, Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth en-hance understanding of the Virginia-born governor of Illinois who freed his slaves while ‘drifting down the Ohio River’ and

later helped them carve new lives on free soil.”—Virginia Magazine of History & Biography

“A worthy contribution to the growing scholarship on Edward Coles.” —Journal of Southern History

Cooking PlainIllinois Country Style

Helen Walker LinsenmeyerPaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3073-7 6½ × 9½ • 288 pages

Cooking Plain, Illinois Country Style by Hel-en Walker Linsenmeyer presents a collection of family recipes created prior to 1900 and perfected from generation to generation, mir-roring the delicious and distinctive kind of cookery produced by the mix of people who settled the Illinois Country during this period. The recipes specify the use of natural ingredi-ents (including butter, lard, and suet) rather

than synthetic or ready-mixed foods, which were unavailable in the 1800s. Cooking at the time was pure and unadulterated, and portions were large. Strength-giving food was essential to health and endurance; thus fare was pure, hearty, flavorful, and wholesome.

A working cookbook complete in its coverage of every area of food prepara-tion, Cooking Plain, Illinois Country Style will be used and treasured as much today as its recipes were by families of an earlier century.

From Slave to State LegislatorJohn W. E. Thomas, Illinois’ First African American Lawmaker

David A. JoensCloth, $34.95 • 978-0-8093-3058-46 × 9 • 288 pages • 22 illus.

“Beginning as a slave owned by a doctor’s family in Alabama, John W. E. Thomas (1847–1899) became a wealthy and well-known attorney committed to improving the lives of those in his community. He

played a key role in the passage of Illinois’ first civil rights act, yet his legacy has been sadly neglected by history. From Slave to State Legis-lator remedies this with a carefully researched, in-depth account ac-cessible to scholars and lay readers alike.”—Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

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The Stars are BackThe St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, and Player Unrest in 1946

Jerome M. MileurCloth, $34.95 • 978-0-8093-3271-76 × 9 • 328 pages • 37 illus.

“Neither baseball nor America was the same after 1946.”—Ronald Story, author of A Con-cise Historical Atlas of World War II

“In the first post–World War II season, with their greatest players Stan Musial and

Ted Williams back, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox squared off in a dramatic seven-game World’s Series. But the season was more than a summer of great baseball; it portended changes to come as the modern era of major league baseball emerged. The Stars are Back tells this story in a compelling, artful, and insightful man-ner.”—Roger D. Launius, Smithsonian Institution, coauthor of Char-lie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball’s Super Showman

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We Are a College at WarWomen Working for Victory in World War II

Mary Weaks-Baxter, Christine Bruun, and Catherine ForslundCloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2992-26 × 9 • 256 pages • 20 illus.

“In We Are a College at War, authors Mary Weaks-Baxter, Christine Bruun, and Cath-erine Forslund recount the activist experi-ences of female students at Rockford Col-lege during and after World War II. Based

on alumni letters and other archival material, the authors build a story of women’s lives at one midwestern women’s college. . . . [T]he book is delightfully readable and written in a style that makes it ac-cessible to many. The suggested readings also provide interested read-ers with valuable historical sources. Undoubtedly the book speaks to the strong activist traditions of Rockford College, nurtured by its strong female presidents, faculty, and the memory of Jane Addams.” —Journal of Illinois History

Land of Big RiversFrench and Indian Illinois, 1699–1778

M. J. MorganPaper, $26.50 • 978-0-8093-2988-5 6 × 9 • 304 pages • 16 illus.Shawnee Books

“This study of riverine ecology focuses on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River between its intersections with the Missouri and Ohio rivers in the years after French immigration began in 1699, but before

large numbers of US citizens began flooding into the area during the early 19th century . A beautifully woven combination of information from several academic fields .”—Choice

Drawing on research from a variety of academic fields, such as archaeology, history, botany, ecology, and physical science, M. J. Morgan explores the in-tersection of people and the environment in early eighteenth-century Illinois Country. Arguing against the traditional narrative that describes Illinois as an untouched wilderness until the influx of American settlers, Morgan illus-trates how the story began much earlier.

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2016The Peoples of Illinois Series

Series Editor: Jeff Hancks

Illinois has a long and proud history of attracting immigrant popula-tions from around the globe. The Celebrating the Peoples of Illinois series seeks to educate and entertain readers with well-researched yet readable histories of ethnic groups residing in the state. Books in this series will explore and celebrate the unique historical and cultural contributions of these groups to Illinois.

Each book will focus on a specific ethnic group and provide historical background about their homeland, the reasons for and timing of their migration, how they adapted to life in Illinois, and a description of their presence in the state today. Each book in this series will contain an annotated bibliography or bibliographic essay of available resourc-es for further reading, as well as illustrations, such as photographs, maps, and sidebars, that will give readers unique insight into each ethnic group’s history and culture.

Spring 2015Looking for Lincoln in Illinois:

Lincoln’s SpringfieldBryon C. Andreasen

St. Louis and Empire: 250 Years of Imperial Quest and Urban Crisis

Henry W. Berger

Following Father Chiniquy: Immigration, Religious Schism, and

Social Change in Nineteenth-Century IllinoisCaroline B. Brettell

Fall 2015A New Deal for Bronzeville:

Housing, Employment, and Civil Rights in Black Chicago, 1935-1955

Lionel Kimble, Jr.

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Wings Over IllinoisArthur E. Abney

Cloth, $30 • 978-0-8093-2768-36 × 9 • 280 pages • 8 illus.

God Knows His Name:The True Story of John Doe No. 24

Dave BakkePaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2327-2

6 × 9 • 180 pages • 16 illus.

Beyond Mammoth Cave: A Tale of Obsession in

the World’s Longest CaveJames D. Borden and Roger W. Brucker

Paper, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2346-36 × 9 • 392 pages

Stagecoach and Tavern Talesof the Old Northwest

Harry Ellsworth ColePaper, $22.95 • 978-0-8093-2125-4

6 × 9 • 384 pages • 31 illus.

The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago:A Biography of William B. Ogden

Jack HarpsterCloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2917-5

6 × 9 • 328 pages • 26 illus.

Prairie Albion:An English Settlement in Pioneer Illinois

Charles BoewePaper, $23 • 978-0-8093-2283-1

6 × 9 • 360 pages • 14 illus.

The Conquest of The IllinoisGeorge Rogers Clark

Paper, $19.50 • 978-0-8093-2378-44¼ × 6½ • 224 pages • 1 illus.

The Last of the Market HuntersDale Hamm and David Bakke

Paper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2076-96 × 9 • 144 pages • 21 illus.

Kaskaskia under the French RegimeNatalia Maree Belting

Paper, $19.50 • 978-0-8093-2536-86¼ × 8 • 152 pages

The Longest CaveRoger W. Brucker and Richard A. Watson

Paper, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-1322-86 × 9¼ • 352 pages • 49 illus.

The Great Cyclone at St Louisand East St. Louis, May 27, 1896

Edited by Julian CurzonPaper, $19.50 • 978-0-8093-2124-7

5 × 7½ • 432 pages • 128 illus.

Paul Powell of Illinois:A Lifelong Democrat

Robert E. HartleyPaper, $22.50 • 978-0-8093-2272-5

6 × 9 • 264 pages • 13 illus.

The Boy of Battle Ford and the ManW. S. Blackman

Paper, $18 • 978-0-8093-3128-46 × 8½ • 164 pages • 6 illus.

Wheat Flour Messiah:Eric Jansson of Bishop Hill

Paul ElmenPaper, $27 • 978-0-8093-2118-65½ × 8½ • 240 pages • 11 illus.

Paul Simon: The Political Journey of an Illinois Original

Robert E. HartleyCloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2945-8

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Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders: Chicago’s Private War Against Capone

Dennis E. HoffmanPaper, $22.95 • 978-0-8093-3004-1

6 × 9 • 208 pages • 13 illus.

A History of the Cityof Cairo, IllinoisJohn M. Lansden

Paper, $28 • 978-0-8093-2936-66 × 9 • 346 pages • 33 illus.

Shattered Sense of Innocence:The 1955 Murders of Three Chicago Children

Richard C. Lindberg and Gloria Jean SykesCloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2736-2

6 × 9 • 440 pages • 50 illus.

The Man Who Emptied Death Row:Governor George Ryan and the Politics of Crime

James L. MerrinerCloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2865-9

6 × 9 • 224 pages • 19 illus.

Eight Months in IllinoisWilliam Oliver

Paper, $17.50 • 978-0-8093-2437-85½ × 8 • 264 pages

To Serve and Collect:Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager

Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal, 1855–1960Richard C. Lindberg

Paper, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2223-76 × 9 • 408 pages • 36 illus.

Grafters and Goo Goos:Corruption and Reform in Chicago

James L. MerrinerPaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2874-1

6 × 9 • 344 pages • 18 illus.

Tales and Songs of Southern IllinoisCharles Neely

Paper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2183-46 × 9 • 296 pages • 10 illus.

Asylum, Prison, and Poorhouse:The Writings and Reform Work

of Dorothea Dix in IllinoisDavid L. Lightner

Paper, $29 • 978-0-8093-2163-65½ × 8½ • 184 pages • 15 illus.

Governor Henry Horner,Chicago Politics, and the Great Depression

Charles J. MastersCloth, $24.50 • 978-0-8093-2739-3

6 × 9 • 272 pages • 8 illus.

Mr. Chairman:Power in Dan Rostenkowski’s America

James L. MerrinerPaper, $22.50 • 978-0-8093-2473-6

5½ × 8¾ • 360 pages • 11 illus.

Governor Richard OgilvieIn the Interest of the State

Taylor PensoneauPaper: $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2907-6

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The Gambler King of Clark Street:Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of

Chicago’s Democratic MachineRichard C. Lindberg

Cloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2893-26 × 9 • 328 pages • 30 illus.

French and Indians of the Illinois RiverNehemiah Matson

Paper, $19.50 • 978-0-8093-2364-74½ × 6¼ • 280 pages

Making the Heartland Quilt:A Geographical History of Settlement and

Migration in Early Nineteenth-Century IllinoisDouglas K. Meyer

Cloth, $50 • 978-0-8093-2289-36 × 9 • 360 pages • 67 illus.

Escape Betwixt Two Suns:A True Tale of the Underground Railroad in Illinois

Carol PirtlePaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2301-2

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Books by Robert H. Mohlenbrock

Tell Us a Story:An African American Family in the Heartland

Shirley Motley PortwoodPaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2314-2

6 × 9 • 272 pages • 24 illus.

Freedom’s Champion:Elijah Lovejoy

Paul SimonPaper, $22.50 • 978-0-8093-1941-1

5½ × 8½ • 240 pages • 9 illus.

In Lincoln’s Shadow:The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois

Roberta Senechal de la RochePaper, $22.50 • 978-0-8093-2909-0

6 × 9 • 264 pages • 22 illus

A Woman’s Story of Pioneer IllinoisChristiana Holmes Tillson

Edited by Milo M. QuaifePaper, $19.50 • 978-0-8093-1981-7

5½ × 8½ • 184 pages • 1 illus.

Wetlands Drainage, River Modification, and Sectoral Conflict in the Lower Illinois Valley,

1890–1930John Thompson

Cloth, $60 • 978-0-8093-2398-26 × 9 • 304 pages • 42 illus.

The Maverick and the Machine:Governor Dan Walker Tells His Story

Dan WalkerCloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2756-0

6 × 9 • 376 pages • 30 illus.

Labor, Loyalty, and Rebellion:Southwestern Illinois Coal Miners and World War I

Carl R. WeinbergPaper, $30 • 978-0-8093-2635-8

6 × 9 • 280 pages • 24 illus.

The Chicago Diaries ofJohn M. Wing 1865–1866

Robert WilliamsCloth, $20 • 978-0-8093-2483-5

6 × 9 • 208 pages • 13 illus.

• Acanthaceae to Myricaceae: Water Willows to Wax Myrtles• Cyperaceae: Sedges• Filicineae, Gymnospermae, and Other Monocots, Excluding

Cyperaceae: Ferns, Conifers, and Other Monocots, Excluding Sedges

• Flowering Plants: Asteraceae, Part 1 (Spring 2015)• Flowering Plants: Basswoods to Spurges • Flowering Plants: Flowering Rush to Rushes

• Flowering Plants: Lilies to Orchids• Flowering Plants: Magnolias to Pitcher Plants• Flowering Plants: Nightshades to Mistletoe• Flowering Plants: Pokeweeds, Four-o’clocks,

Carpetweeds, Cacti, Purslanes, Goosefoots, Pigweeds, and Pinks

• Flowering Plants: Smartweeds to Hazelnuts (Robert H. Mohlenbrock and Paul M. Thomson Jr.)

• Flowering Plants: Willows to Mustards• Grasses: Bromus to Paspalum• Grasses: Panicum to Danthonia• Nelumbonaceae to Vitaceae: Water Lotuses to

Grapes• Sedges: Carex• Sedges: Cyperus to Scleria• Vascular Flora of Illinois

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*SIU Press publishes Civil War books on a broad range of Civil War topics . We've highlighted titles of regional interest in this catalog . Books on other Civil War topics from SIU Press can be found on our website at www .siupress .com

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“The Prairie Boys Go to War does in excellent fashion what so many Civil War regimental histories continue to do poorly.”—Civil War Books and Authors

Cavalry units from Midwestern states remain largely absent from Civil War literature, and what little has been written largely overlooks the individual men who served. The Fifth Illinois Cavalry has thus remained obscure despite participating in some of the most important campaigns in Arkansas and Mississippi. In this pioneering examination of that understudied regiment, Rhonda M. Kohl offers the only modern, comprehensive analysis of a southern Illinois regiment during the Civil War and combines well-documented military history with a cultural analysis of the men who served in the Fifth Illinois.

The regiment’s history unfolds around major events in the western theater from 1861 to September 1865, including campaigns at Helena, Vicksburg, Jackson, and Meridian, as well as numerous little-known skirmishes. Although they were led almost exclusively by Northern-born Republicans, the majority of the soldiers in the Fifth Illinois remained Democrats. As Kohl demonstrates, politics, economics, education, social values, and racism separated the line officers from the common soldiers, and the internal friction caused by these cultural disparities led to poor leadership, low morale, disciplinary problems, and rampant alcoholism. The narrative pulls the Fifth Illinois out of historical oblivion, elucidating the highs and lows of the soldiers’ service as well as their changing attitudes toward war goals, religion, liberty, commanding generals, Copperheads, and alcoholism. By reconstructing the cultural context of Fifth Illinois soldiers, Prairie Boys Go to War reveals how social and economic traditions can shape the wartime experience.

Rhonda M. Kohl is a historian and writer in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Civil War History, and Illinois Historical Journal.

Union Heartland The Midwestern Home Front during the Civil WarEdited by Ginette Aley and J. L. Anderson, Foreword by William C. Davis

Cloth, $39.50 • 978-0-8093-3264-96 × 9 • 224 pages • 14 illus.

Cloth, $39.95 • 978-0-8093-3203-86 × 9 • 328 pages • 22 illus.

Bringing together an assortment of home front topics from a variety of fresh perspectives, this collection offers a view of the Civil War that is unabashedly midwestern.

Historians have broadened the somewhat simplistic interpretation of the Civil War as a battle between the North and the South by revealing the “many Souths” that made up the Confederacy, but the “North” has remained largely undifferentiated as a geopolitical term. In this welcome collection, seven Civil War scholars offer a unique regional perspective on the Civil War by examining how a specific group of Northerners—Midwesterners, known as West-erners and Middle Westerners during the 1860s—experienced the war on the home front. From the exploitation of Confederate prisoners in Ohio to wartime college enrollment in Michigan, these essays reveal how Midwestern men, women, families, and communities became engaged in myriad war-related activities and support.

Agriculture figures prominently in the collection, with several contributors exploring the agricultural power of the region and the impact of the war on farming, farm families, and farm women. Contributors also consider student debates and reactions to questions of patriotism, the effect of the war on military families’ relationships, women’s deference to male authority, and the treatment of political dissent and dissenters.

Ginette Aley is a Carey Fellow at Kansas State University and an adjunct professor at Washburn University.  She has authored numerous chapter essays and articles on nineteenth-century rural life and westward migration, north and south of the Ohio River and west of the Mississippi River. 

J. L. Anderson, an associate professor of history at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, is the author of Industrializing the Corn Belt: Agriculture, Tech-nology, and Environment, 1945–1972.

The Prairie Boys Go to War: The Fifth Illinois Cavalry, 1861–1865Rhonda M. Kohl

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Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential LibraryEdited by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein

We Called Him Rabbi Abraham Lincoln and American Jewry, a Documentary HistoryEdited by Gary Phillip Zola

“A rich, scholarly, instructive reminder that there’s always more to learn about Honest Abe.”—Kirkus Reviews

“It is a great tribute to Gary Zola’s passion, research skills, and narrative talent that after thousands of books on Abraham Lincoln, he has produced a stunningly original work that throws new light not only on our sixteenth president and his relationship with the Jewish community but also on the broader story of the American experi-ence.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

“Everyone interested in Lincoln and the Civil War, students, scholars, and lovers of history alike, owe Gary Zola a debt of thanks for compiling this fascinating book.”—Eric Foner, author of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

Over the course of American history, Jews have held many American leaders in high esteem, but they maintain a unique emotional bond with Abraham Lincoln. American Jews have persistently viewed Lincoln as one of their own, casting him as a Jewish sojourner and, in certain respects, a Jewish role model. The first volume of documents to focus on the history of Lincoln’s image, influence, and reputation among American Jews, this pioneering com-pendium considers how Lincoln acquired his exceptional status and how, over the past century and a half, this fascinating relationship has evolved.

Gary Phillip Zola is the executive director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives and a professor of the American Jewish expe-rience at Hebrew Union College. His books include The Americanization of the Jewish Prayer Book and the Liturgical Development of Congregation Ahawath Chesed, New York City; and Isaac Harby of Charleston: Jewish Reformer and Liberal.

Cloth, $49.50 • 978-0-8093-3292-26⅛ × 9¼ • 480 pages • 59 illus.

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“One of the greatest of all Lincoln collections at last has a guidebook worthy of its fascinating treasures. This lavishly illustrated, well-written treasury is the next best thing to visiting the library and museum itself. A must!”—Harold Holzer, chairman, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, houses a trove of invaluable his-torical resources concerning all aspects of the Prairie State’s past. Treasures of the Abraham Lin-coln Presidential Library  commemorates the institution’s 125-year history and its contributions to scholarship and education by highlighting a selection of eighty-five treasures from among more than twelve million items in the library’s collections. After opening with a historical overview and extensive chronology of the Library, the volume organizes the items by various topics. Each entry includes a thorough description of the item, one or more images, and a discussion of its history and how the library acquired it, if known. Featured items include the Everett copy of the Gettysburg Address, Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s letters, Governor Dan Walker’s boots, WPA publications, Civil War newspapers, the Mary Lincoln insanity verdict, and Lincoln’s stovepipe hat. Although these treasures only scrape the surface of the vast holdings of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, together they epitomize the rich, varied, and sometimes quirky resources available to both serious scholars and curious tourists alike at this valuable cultural institution.

Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein, a manuscript librarian at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, is the author of Lincoln and Medicine, The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine, and Confederate Hospitals on the Move: Samuel H. Stout and the Army of Tennessee.

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Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher StatesmanJoseph R. Fornieri

 “Put away the treacly little handbooks which promise to deliver Lincoln’s  ‘leadership secrets’—here is the real stuff of Lincoln’s statesmanship.”—Allen Guelzo

The political genius of Abraham Lincoln remains unequivocal. As a great leader, he saved the Union, presided over the end of slavery, and helped to pave the way for an interracial democracy. In his speeches and letters, he offered enduring wisdom about human equality, democracy, free labor, and free society. This rare combination of theory and practice in politics cemented Lincoln’s legacy as one of the most talented statesmen in American history. Providing an accessible framework for understanding Lincoln’s statesmanship, this thoughtful study examines Lincoln’s political intellect in terms of the traditional moral vision of statecraft as understood by the political philosophers Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. The enduring wisdom and timeless teachings of these great thinkers, author Joseph R. Fornieri shows, can lead to a deeper appreciation of statesmanship and of its embodiment in Abraham Lincoln.

Statesmanship, Fornieri posits, is a moral greatness that stems from six virtues: wisdom, prudence, duty, mag-nanimity, rhetoric, and patriotism. Drawing on insights from history, politics, and philosophy, Fornieri tackles the question of how Lincoln evidenced each of these virtues and reveals Lincoln to be a philosopher statesman in whom political thought and action were united. Lincoln’s character is best understood, he contends, in terms of Aquinas’s understanding of magnanimity or greatness of soul, the crowning virtue of statesmanship. True political greatness, as evidenced by Lincoln, involves both humility and sacrifice for the common good.

Joseph R. Fornieri is a professor of political science at the Rochester Institute of Technology and the director of the Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty. He is the author or editor of five books, including Abraham Lincoln’s Political Faith and, with Sara Vaughn Gabbard, Lincoln’s America, 1809–1865.

Cloth, $34.50 • 978-0-8093-3329-56 × 9 • 248 pages • 20 illus.

“Its words are magnificent in their brevity and their meaning. Yet, until the appearance of Jared Peatman’s book, no one had shown as clearly as he does the long-term effect of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on friend and foe alike. Must reading for all Americans.”—John F. Marszalek, executive director and managing editor, Ulysses S. Grant Association

When Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 at the dedication ceremony of the Sol-diers' National Cemetery, he intended it to be his most eloquent statement on the link between equality and democ-racy. However, unwilling to commit to equality at that time, the nation stood ill-prepared to accept his full message. In the ensuing century, groups wishing to advance a particular position hijacked Lincoln’s words for their own ends, obscuring his true purpose. In this incisive work, Jared Peatman considers Lincoln’s intentions at Gettysburg and how his speech was received, invoked, and interpreted over time, providing a timely and insightful analysis of one of America’s legendary orations. He examines immediate responses to the ceremony and chronicles the address’s use by proponents of various ideals, from reunification early in the twentieth century to American democracy and patriotism during the world wars and, finally, to Lincoln’s full intended message of equality during the Civil War centennial commemorations and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Peatman also explores foreign invocations of the Gettysburg Address, highlights recent applications, and hints at ways the speech might be used in the future. By tracing the evolution of Lincoln’s brief words at a cemetery dedication into a revered American document, this revealing work provides fresh insight into the enduring legacy of Abraham Lincoln and his Gettysburg Address in American history and culture.

Jared Peatman is a leadership development consultant and the director of curriculum for the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg.

Cloth, $34.50 • 978-0-8093-3310-36 × 9 • 264 pages • 16 illus.

The Long Shadow of Lincoln’s Gettysburg AddressJared Peatman

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“An effective lesson on the importance of political networking [and] an excellent primer for aspiring politicians.”—Jim Edgar, Illinois governor, 1991–1999

Throughout his twenty-three-year legal career, Abraham Lincoln spent nearly as much time on the road as an attorney for the Eighth Judicial Circuit as he did in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. Yet most historians gloss over the time and instead have Lincoln emerge fully formed as a skillful politician in 1858. In this innovative volume, Guy C. Fraker provides the first-ever study of Lincoln’s professional and personal home away from home and demonstrates how the Eighth Judicial Circuit and its people propelled Lincoln to the presidency. 

Each spring and fall, Lincoln traveled to as many as fourteen county seats in the Eighth Judicial Circuit to appear in consecutive court sessions over a ten- to twelve-week period. Fraker describes the people and counties that Lincoln en-countered, discusses key cases Lincoln handled, and introduces the important friends he made, friends who eventually formed the team that executed Lincoln’s nomination strategy at the Chicago Republican Convention in 1860 and won him the presidential nomination.

As Fraker shows, the Eighth Judicial Circuit provided the perfect setting for the growth and ascension of Lincoln. A complete portrait of the sixteenth president depends on a full understanding of his experience on the circuit, and Lin-coln’s Ladder to the Presidency provides that understanding, as well as a fresh perspective on the much-studied figure, thus deepening our understanding of the roots of his political influence and acumen.

Guy C. Fraker, an attorney in Bloomington, Illinois, has written extensively and lectures frequently on the Eighth Circuit.  He was a consultant on the award-win-ning PBS documentary Lincoln, Prelude to the Presidency and co-curated Prologue to the Presidency: Abraham Lincoln on the Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit, a traveling exhibit also on permanent display at the David Davis Mansion, a state historic site in Bloomington. He served as an advisor to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.  A graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, he is a past president of the McLean County Bar Association.

Cloth, $34.95 • 978-0-8093-3201-46 × 9 • 352 pages • 34 illus.

1863: Lincoln’s Pivotal YearEdited by Harold Holzer and Sara Vaughn Gabbard

Lincoln’s Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial CircuitGuy C. Fraker, Foreword by Michael Burlingame

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 The first in-depth examination of the Civil War’s most revolutionary yearOnly hours into the new year of 1863, Abraham Lincoln performed perhaps his most famous action as president by signing the Emancipation Proclamation. Rather than remaining the highlight of the coming months, however, this monumental act marked only the beginning of the most pivotal year of Lincoln’s presidency and the most revolution-ary twelve months of the entire Civil War.

The ten essays in this book explore the year’s important events and developments, including the response to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation; the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and other lesser-known con-frontations; the New York City draft riots; several constitutional issues involving the war powers of President Lincoln; and the Gettysburg Address and its continued impact on American thought. Other topics include the adaptation of photography for war coverage, the critical use of images, the military role of the navy, and Lincoln’s family life during this fiery trial.

With an informative introduction by noted Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer and a chronology that places the high-pro-file events of 1863 in context with cultural and domestic policy advances of the day, this remarkable compendium opens a window into a year that proved decisive not only for the Civil War and Lincoln’s presidency but also for the entire course of American history.

Harold Holzer is the author, coauthor, or editor of forty-two books on Lincoln and the Civil War. Among his many honors are a second-place Lincoln Prize for Lincoln at Cooper Union, numerous awards for history, research, and children’s literature, and the National Humanities Medal from the President of the United States.

Sara Vaughn Gabbard is the executive director of Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana. She is the editor of Lincoln Lore and a coeditor (with Harold Holzer) of Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment and (with Joseph Fornieri) of Lincoln’s America, 1809–1865.

Cloth, $32.95 • 978-0-8093-3246-56 × 9 • 216 pages • 28 illus.

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“The story of this friendship belongs in every good collection of Lincolniana.”—Journal of Illinois History

In 1849, while traveling as an attorney on the Eighth Judicial Circuit in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln befriended Leon-ard Swett (1825–89), a fellow attorney sixteen years his junior.  Despite this age difference, the two men built an enduring friendship that continued until Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. Until now, no historian has explored Swett’s life or his remarkable relationship with the sixteenth president. In this welcome volume, Robert S. Eckley provides the first biography of Swett, crafting an intimate portrait of his experiences as a loyal member of Lincoln’s inner circle. 

Eckley chronicles Swett’s early life and the part he played in Lincoln’s political campaigns, including his role as an essential member of the team behind Lincoln’s two nominations and elections for the presidency. Swett counseled Lincoln during the formation of his cabinet and served as an unofficial advisor and sounding board during Lincoln’s time in office. Throughout his life, Swett wrote a great deal on Lincoln. He planned to write a biography about him, but Swett’s death preempted the project. His eloquent and interesting writings about Lincoln are described and reproduced in this volume, some for the first time.

With Lincoln’s Forgotten Friend, Eckley removes Swett from the shadows of history and sheds new light on Lincoln’s personal relationships and their valuable contributions to his career. 

The late Robert S. Eckley was the president of Illinois Wesleyan University from 1968 to 1986. He served as president of the Abraham Lincoln Association from 2002 to 2004 and was honored with their Logan Hay Medal in 2007. He published an article on Swett in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society.

Cloth, $34.95 • 978-0-8093-3205-26 × 9 • 336 pages • 22 illus.

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Reading with LincolnRobert Bray

Lincoln’s Forgotten Friend, Leonard SwettRobert S. Eckley

“In this subtle, insightful study, Robert Bray offers the first scholarly account of Lincoln’s reading. Bray has a keen literary sensibility and broad culture that enable him to shed bright light on the development of Lincoln’s taste and on the ways in which the books he read influenced his thinking and writing.” —Michael Burlingame, author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life 

Through extensive reading and reflection, Abraham Lincoln fashioned a mind as powerfully intellectual and su-perlatively communicative as that of any other esteemed American political leader. Reading with Lincoln explains Lincoln’s inspiring rise to greatness by connecting the content of his reading to the story of his life. At the core of Lincoln’s success was his self-education, centered on his love of and appreciation for learning through books. This unique study delves into those books, pamphlets, poems, plays, and essays that influenced Lincoln’s thoughts and actions. From his early studies of grammar school handbooks and children’s classics to his interest in Shake-speare’s Macbeth and the Bible during his White House years, what Lincoln read helped to define who he was as a person and as a politician.

Robert Bray is the Colwell Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University. He is the author or editor of numer-ous articles and books, including Rediscoveries: Literature and Place in Illinois.

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Winner of the Illinois State Historical Society Book of the Year Award“Jason Emerson’s The Madness of Mary Lincoln will become a classic of American history. It has everything—a compel-ling story; a fascinating cast of characters; the thrilling discovery of long-lost documents; shrewd analysis of the peo-ple, the period, and the sources; and it’s a pleasure to read. Here is a model of the historian’s art.” —American Spectator

“Jason Emerson has written the definitive work on Mary Todd Lincoln’s mental health in general and her insanity problems in particular. Written with verve and complete understanding of the subject, The Madness of Mary Lincoln is a masterpiece.” —Wayne C. Temple, author of Abraham Lincoln: From Skeptic to Prophet

“Jason Emerson is a very, very good writer and a superior historical detective. This is a most original book, taking new evidence to new heights of sophisticated analysis.” —Harold Holzer, author of The Lincoln Family Album

In 2005, historian Jason Emerson discovered a steamer trunk formerly owned by Robert Todd Lincoln’s lawyer and stowed in an attic for forty years. The trunk contained a rare find: twenty-five letters pertaining to Mary Todd Lin-coln’s life and insanity case, letters assumed long destroyed by the Lincoln family. Mary wrote twenty of the letters herself, more than half from the insane asylum to which her son Robert had her committed, and many in the months and years after. The Madness of Mary Lincoln is the first examination of Mary Lincoln’s mental illness based on the lost letters, and the first new interpretation of the insanity case in twenty years.

Jason Emerson is a journalist and an independent historian who has been researching and writing about the Lincoln family for nearly twenty years. He is a former National Park Service park ranger at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, in Springfield, Illinois. He is the author of several books, including Lincoln the Inventor, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters, and Giant in the Shadows: The LIfe of Robert T. Lincoln. He lives near Syracuse, New York.

Paper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3010-26 × 9 • 272 pages • 17 illus.

 Winner of the Illinois State Historical Society Book of the Year Award

Although he was Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s oldest and last surviving son, the details of Robert T. Lincoln’s life are misunderstood by some and unknown to many others. Nearly half a century after the last biography about Abraham Lincoln’s son was published, historian and author Jason Emerson illuminates the life of this remarkable man and his achievements in Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln.

Born in a boardinghouse but passing his last days at ease on a lavish country estate, Robert Lincoln played many roles during his lifetime. As a president’s son, a Union soldier, an ambassador to Great Britain, and a U.S. secretary of war, Lincoln was indisputably a titan of his age. Much like his father, he became one of the nation’s most respected and influential men, building a successful law practice in the city of Chicago, serving shrewdly as president of the Pullman Car Company, and at one time even being considered as a candidate for the U.S. presidency. Giant in the Shadows also reveals Robert T. Lincoln’s complex relationships with his famous parents and includes previously unpublished insights into their personalities.

Meticulously researched, full of never-before-seen photographs and new insight into historical events, this work is the missing chapter of the Lincoln family story. Emerson’s riveting work is more than simply a biography; it is a tale of American achievement in the Gilded Age and the endurance of the Lincoln legacy.

Jason Emerson is a journalist and an independent historian who has been researching and writing about the Lin-coln family for nearly twenty years. He is a former National Park Service park ranger at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, in Springfield, Illinois. His previous books include The Madness of Mary Lincoln (named Book of the Year by the Illinois State Historical Society), Lincoln the Inventor, and The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters. He lives near Syracuse, New York.

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Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. LincolnJason Emerson

The Madness of Mary LincolnJason Emerson

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Abraham Lincoln and Horace GreeleyGregory A. BorchardCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3045-45 × 8 • 168 pages • 10 illus.

Concise Lincoln Library

“In a fresh and insightful way, Borchard’s book offers a fine general introduction of Lincoln and Greeley to novice read-ers, while at the same time his rigorous research will be of compelling interest to seasoned scholars. This book will en-

gage anyone interested in Civil War–era journalism and politics.” —Adam-Max Tuchinsky, author of Horace Greeley’s “New-York Tri-bune”: Civil War-Era Socialism and the Crisis of Free Labor

Gregory A. Borchard is an associate professor of mass communication and journalism in the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the coauthor of Journalism in the Civil War Era and has published journal articles focusing on the nine-teenth-century press.

Lincoln and the Civil WarMichael BurlingameCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3053-95 × 8 • 176 pages

Concise Lincoln Library

“Masterful! Michael Burlingame offers a por-trait of Lincoln in the Civil War that is at once wide angle and zoom lens in scope. He por-trays the complex issues Lincoln faced and allows us to go behind the scenes to grasp the manifold dimensions of his leadership. Bur-lingame’s reputation for meticulous scholar-

ship is presented here in an accessible study just in time for the ses-quicentennial remembrances of the Civil War.”—Ronald C. White Jr., author of A. Lincoln: A Biography

Michael Burlingame, holder of the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distin-guished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, is the author of The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln: A Life, which won the 2010 Lincoln Prize

Lincoln and the ConstitutionBrian R. DirckCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3117-85 × 8 • 184 pages

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“Anyone who reads [this] accessible, viv-id, even entertaining book will understand why Abraham Lincoln cannot be ignored in any account of the constitutional history of the United States.”—Mark E. Neely, Mc-Cabe-Grier Professor of the History of the Civil War Era at Penn State University

"I am grateful to Brian Dirck for providing such an eloquent articula-tion of what I have long believed to be the path Lincoln (and the na-tion) would have taken, if only John Wilkes Booth had abandoned his plans for that terrible evening at Ford’s Theater.”—Civil War Monitor

Brian R. Dirck, a professor of history at Anderson University, is the author of Lincoln the Lawyer, Lincoln Emancipated: The President and the Politics of Race, and Lincoln and Davis: Imagining America, 1809–1865.

Lincoln and the Election of 1860Michael S. GreenCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3035-55 × 8 • 152 pages

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This book reveals a new side of Abraham Lin-coln—that of the astute political manipulator—and examines how Lincoln journeyed from Re-publican underdog to an improbable victor.

“Michael S. Green provides the best available synthesis of Abraham Lincoln’s first presiden-

tial campaign. In unusually clear and crisp prose, Green’s fast-paced book captures the flavor and spirit of the moment and the man.”—John David Smith, Charles H . Stone Distinguished Professor of American History, UNC-Charlotte

Michael S. Green, a professor of history at the College of Southern Nevada, is the author of seven books, including Politics and America in Crisis: The Coming of the Civil War and Freedom, Union, and Power: Lincoln and His Party during the Civil War.

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Lincoln and ReconstructionJohn C. RodrigueCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3253-35 × 8 • 176 pages

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“Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction is generally shunted off to a single chapter or less in broader histories of the period. John Rodrigue gives the subject the full attention it deserves in this well- researched and carefully argued book.”—James Oakes, author of Freedom National: The Destruc-tion of Slavery in the United States

John C. Rodrigue is the Lawrence and Theresa Salameno Professor and a professor of history at Stonehill College in North Easton, Massachusetts. He is the author of several books, including Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana’s Sugar Parishes, 1862–1880.

Lincoln and the Union GovernorsWilliam C. HarrisCloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-3288-55 × 8 • 184 pages • 9 illus.

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“This book represents this generation’s most thorough, important, and persuasive analysis of Lincoln’s political and personal relationship with the governors of the loyal states during the Civil War.”—Kenneth J. Winkle, author of Abraham and Mary Lincoln and Lincoln’s Cita-del: The Civil War in Washington D.C.

William C. Harris, a professor emeritus of history at North Carolina State University, is the author or editor of eleven books. His most recent book, Lincoln and the Border States: Preserving the Union, won the prestigious Lin-coln Prize in 2012.

Lincoln’s Campaign BiographiesThomas A. HorrocksCloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-3331-85 × 8 • 168 pages • 9 illus.

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More than twenty biographies of Abraham Lin-coln were published for the 1860 and 1864 pres-idential campaigns. In this unique study, Hor-rocks examines the role these publications played in shaping an image of Lincoln that would reso-nate with voters. He explores the image that was

crafted and promoted by these campaign biographies, how it changed over the course of four years, and the impact (so far as it can be determined) of these publications on the outcome of the presidential elections.

Thomas A. Horrocks is the director of both Special Collections and the John Hay Library at Brown University. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of six books, including The Living Lincoln and President James Buchanan and the Crisis of National Leadership.

Lincoln and the MilitaryJohn F. MarszalekCloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-3361-55 × 8 • 168 pages • 10 illus.

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“John Marszalek’s briskly written survey of the Civil War illuminates and underscores the central, even decisive, role that Lincoln played in crafting Union strategy and managing his often uncooperative generals.  In particular, Marszalek shows clearly how a politically skilled Lincoln integrated his anti-slavery policy with war planning.”—Craig L. Symonds, author of Lincoln and his Admirals

“[This book] ably demonstrates how Lincoln’s think-ing impacted military affairs great and small. [He] integrated political, material, and social weaponry in his handling of his armies and their commanders, apply-ing statecraft in his personal relations and keen—though not infallible—insight in his strategic counsel. This book is a fine précis of Lincoln’s interaction with his military, demonstrating yet again that Father Abraham was himself one of the Union’s most potent weapons of war.”—Dr. William C. Davis

John F. Marszalek is the Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, Mississippi State University; the executive director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association’s Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State Uni-versity; and the editor of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including Sherman: A Soldier’s Passion for Order.

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Lincoln and RaceRichard StrinerCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3077-55 × 8 • 120 pages • 4 illus.

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“With lawyerly precision, Richard Striner mines the speeches and writing of our six-teenth president to make a compelling case for a President Lincoln who, contrary to contemporary belief, had a long and abid-ing commitment not just to the end of slav-ery but also to equality before the law for all men, whatever the color of their skin.” —Clay Risen, staff editor, New York Times

Richard Striner is professor of history at Washington College in Chester-town, Maryland.    An interdisciplinary scholar, he has written on political and intellectual history, economics, historic preservation, architecture, lit-erature, and film.

Lincoln and MedicineGlenna R. Schroeder-LeinCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3194-9 5 × 8 • 152 pages • 5 illus.

Concise Lincoln Library

Chosen as one of the thirteen “Best of the Best” University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries by the American Library Association

Since his assassination in 1865, Lincoln has been diagnosed with no fewer than seventeen con-

ditions by doctors, historians, and researchers, including congestive heart failure, epilepsy, Marfan syndrome, and mercury poisoning. This book offers objective scrutiny of the numerous speculations and medical mysteries that continue to be associated with the president’s physical and mental health.

Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein is manuscripts librarian for the non-Lincoln manuscripts at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Il-linois.

Lincoln and the U.S. Colored TroopsJohn David SmithCloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-3290-85 × 8 • 168 pages

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“A fine, concise exploration of the formation, engagement, sacrifices, and contributions of the USCT during the Civil War, rich with pri-mary source material and alive with the voices of those who participated in this transforma-tive development in American history.”—Eliz-

abeth D. Leonard, author of Men of Color to Arms! Black Soldiers, In-dian Wars, and the Quest for Equality

John David Smith, the Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of Amer-ican History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is the author, editor, or coeditor of twenty-four books.

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Lincoln’s AssassinationEdward Steers, Jr.Cloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-3349-35 × 8 • 176 pages • 11 illus.

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“Edward Steers has packaged his vast knowl-edge of the Lincoln assassination and its perpetrators in this concise, fast-paced, and penetrating narrative. If you can read only one book on the subject, this is the one to se-lect.”—James M. McPherson

“Steers is well known as one of America’s leading assassination schol-ars. In Lincoln’s Assassination Steers provides a concise summary of his decades of research and writing about the death of the sixteenth president. This book is highly recommended. . . .”—Thomas R. Turn-er, editor of The Lincoln Herald

Edward Steers, Jr., a scientist retired from the National Institutes of Health, is the author, editor, coauthor, or coeditor of thirteen books, including Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; The Lincoln Assassina-tion Encyclopedia; and Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Abraham Lincoln.

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Lincoln and ReligionFerenc Morton Szasz with Margaret Connell SzaszCloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-3321-95 × 8 • 136 pages • 10 illus.

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Tracing the evolution of his faith through Lincoln’s childhood, his move into law and politics, the election of 1860, and the years of his presidency, Lincoln and Religion follows the subtle shifts in Lincoln’s religious views by focusing on both his connections to events, people, and cultural trends and his words on the topic .

Ferenc Morton Szasz taught at the University of New Mexico for more than 40 years and is the author of many books, including The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945; Religion in the Modern American West; Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns: Connect-ed Lives and Legends; and Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World.

Margaret Connell Szasz, a professor of history at the University of New Mexico, is the author of several books.

Lincoln as HeroFrank J. WilliamsCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3217-55 × 8 • 144 pages • 10 illus.

Concise Lincoln Library

Frank Williams reminds us of what a good political biography once was—concise, an-ecdotal, revealing, commanding, and rem-iniscent—minus the drawbacks of hagio-graphy. Abraham Lincoln comes  alive in this vivid introduction  to the sixteenth president’s legal mind and career, and re-

minds readers of his flaws and achievements as a politician and wartime president. And, as always, Williams never stints on his in-sistence concerning the lessons Lincoln’s legacy offers us today.” —Catherine Clinton, Queen’s University Belfast

Frank J. Williams,  retired chief justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, is the founding chair of the Lincoln Forum and a board member of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Judging Lincoln, The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views, and Lincoln Lessons: Reflections on America’s Greatest Leader.

Lincoln and the War’s EndJohn C. WaughCloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-3351-65 × 8 • 152 pages • 10 illus.

Concise Lincoln Library

“In a vivid recounting of the critical five months between Lincoln’s reelection in November of 1864 and Lee’s surrender at Appomattox in April of 1865, John C. Waugh combines a thoughtful analysis of political activities with a vibrant, fast-paced narrative of the military campaigns to il-luminate the almost breathtaking denouement of the Civil War.”—Craig L. Symonds, author of Lincoln and his Admirals

“Bravo to master storyteller John Waugh for this fast-paced and enthralling account of the Civil War’s decisive final weeks!—Richard A. Baker, coauthor of The American Senate: An Insider’s History

John C. Waugh, a reporter at the Christian Science Monitor for many years, is the coeditor of How Historians Work and the author of eleven other books on the Civil War era, including The Class of 1846, Reelecting Lincoln, and Lincoln and McClellan.

Abraham and Mary LincolnKenneth J. WinkleCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3049-25 × 8 • 160 pages • 10 illus.

Concise Lincoln Library

“This deft biography of the Lincoln mar-riage manages…to convey both the com-plexity and the importance of the relation-ship between Abraham and Mary while recognizing the reality of discord and divi-sion between the two. Winkle . . . emphasiz-es instead the strength of the ties between the

couple and, in the end, the essential conventionality of their marriage . . . This is an excellent introduction to the Lincoln marriage.”—Journal of Illinois History

Kenneth J. Winkle is the Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of American Histo-ry at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of The Politics of Community: Migration and Politics in Antebellum Ohio, The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln, and The Oxford Atlas of the Civil War.

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The Lincoln Family AlbumMark E. Neely Jr. and Harold HolzerPaper, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-2713-38½ × 11 • 192 pages • 161 illus.

The Lincoln Family Album offers a rare and revealing glimpse into the private life of Abraham Lincoln and the first family. Showcasing original and previ-ously unpublished photographs collected and preserved by Mary Lincoln and four generations of descendants, the volume includes pictures displayed in a family album when the Lincolns lived in the

White House. Chronicled are the lives of the Lincolns’ three sons, including the tragic death of Willie in 1862, the rapid change of Tad during the war, and Robert’s marriage, children, and political career. Soldiers and statesmen of the Civil War, period figures such as Tom Thumb and Henry Ward Beech-er, and even the family dog also graced the album that became the nucleus of the Lincolns’ personal collection.

The Insanity FileThe Case of Mary Todd Lincoln

Mark E. Neely Jr. and R. Gerald McMurtryPaper, $20 • 978-0-8093-1895-76 × 9¼ • 224 pages • 25 illus.

“Neely and McMurtry had to acquaint themselves with the principals in the case, study the judicial procedures and medi-cal practices prevailing in the 1870s, piece together from here and there items of in-formation relating to the trial, and trace historical controversies that have unfolded

through the years. Their sensitive and thorough research has led them to the conclusion that Mrs. Lincoln was treated fairly, that human considerations and civil justice did not work to Mrs. Lincoln’s disad-vantage.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“A fair-minded, comprehensive account based on new documents. Unlike their predecessors, Neely and McMurtry have placed Mary Lincoln’s trial within the legal, social, and medical context of the times. So viewed, what happened to Mary Lincoln was governed as much by procedures and collective attitudes as by personal motiva-tions.”—American Historical Review

Lincoln’s Gettysburg AddressEchoes of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer

A. E. ElmoreCloth, $32.50 • 978-0-8093-2951-96 × 9 • 280 pages

“A . E . Elmore demonstrates Lincoln’s skill as a wordsmith and shows in intricate and persuasive detail how his language in the Gettysburg Address closely reflect both the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer . Lincoln borrowed from these texts, refracted the words through his own experi-

ence and sense of rhythm, and produced the most elegant public ad-dress in American history . Elmore’s book should be essential reading for anyone interested in the language, ideas, and impact of Lincoln’s statement .”—John B . Boles, author of The South through Time: A His-tory of an American Region

Lincoln and DarwinShared Visions of Race, Science, and Religion

James LanderCloth, $32.95 • 978-0-8093-2990-86⅛ × 9¼ • 384 pages • 15 illus.“A superbly sympathetic discussion of the core beliefs of two of the greatest minds of the nineteenth century, linked in their fight against the twin monsters of scientific racism and religious bigotry. In lucid prose and copious historical detail, Lander uses Darwin to shed light on Lincoln and Lincoln to shed light on Darwin. As Lander demonstrates, their

humanity and intelligence shine forth even more brightly when seen in juxtaposition. A compelling book.”—Christoph Irmscher, author of The Poetics of Natural History and Longfellow Redux

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Chicago’s Irish LegionThe 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War

James B. SwanCloth, $32.95 • 978-0-8093-2890-16⅛ × 9¼ • 328 pages • 26 illus.

“Not as famous as some other units, the Irish Legion saw hard action at Mission-ary Ridge and the Atlanta Campaign, and marched with General William T. Sherman to the sea and the Carolinas. James B. Swan clearly and crisply recounts their memora-ble story, giving readers a fresh look at the

Civil War in the west and at the immigrant soldier experience.”—Les-ley J. Gordon, author of General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend

“In content and presentation, Swan’s Chicago’s Irish Legion is a fine reg-imental history of the 90th Illinois, a notable contribution to military and ethnic Civil War literature.”—Civil War Books and Authors

Abraham Lincoln and Robert BurnsConnected Lives and Legends

Ferenc Morton SzaszCloth, $27.95 • 978-0-8093-2855-06 × 9 • 256 pages • 12 illus.

“Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns is comparative history at its best.”—Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, author of Judging Lincoln

“The fruit of meticulous research on both sides of the Atlantic, this beautifully craft-ed, sensitive analysis offers intriguing and

instructive insights into the numerous parallels and intersections be-tween the life stories of two men who were to become the embodi-ment of their respective nations in all their contradictions.”—Marjory Harper, University of Aberdeen, author of Adventurers and Exiles: The Great Scottish Exodus

The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow, as Revealed by Her Own LettersMyra Helmer Pritchard Edited and annotated by Jason EmersonCloth, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-3012-66 × 9 • 208 pages • 20 illus.

“Jason Emerson’s tremendous patience and diligence in finding this manuscript and its lost Mary Lincoln letters, along with his judi-cious contextual notes, provide a major new

story on the ever-changing bibliographic timeline for Mary Lincoln. Here, Myra and James Bradwell are exposed by Emerson as the interfering lawyers, publicity-seekers, and fair-weather friends to Mary Lincoln that their grand-daughter, in her long-hidden manuscript, could not see through. The pity is that Mary’s mental instability was politicized in her own day, and her sorrow blamed on her son for more than a century.”—James M. Cornelius, Curator, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

Abraham LincolnA Biography

Benjamin P. Thomas Foreword by Michael BurlingamePaper, $22.95 • 978-0-8093-2887-15½ × 8¼ • 576 pages • 33 illus.

Long considered a classic, Benjamin P. Thom-as’s Abraham Lincoln: A Biography takes an in-cisive look at one of American history’s greatest figures. Originally published in 1952 to wide ac-claim, this eloquent account rises above previ-ously romanticized depictions of the sixteenth president to reveal the real Lincoln: a complex,

shrewd, and dynamic individual whose exceptional life has long intrigued the public.

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Lincoln’s New SalemBenjamin P. ThomasPaper, $14.95 • 978-0-8093-1389-15 × 7½ • 188 pages

Thomas tells the story of the village where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. This three-part examination of the village of-ten referred to as Lincoln’s “Alma Mater” fea-tures the founding and early history of New Salem, Lincoln’s impact on the village and its effects on him, and the story of the Lincoln leg-end and the reconstruction of the town.

The Mary Lincoln EnigmaHistorians on America’s Most Controversial First Lady

Edited by Frank J. Williams and Michael Burkhimer with an Epilogue by Catherine ClintonCloth, $32.95 • 978-0-8093-3124-6 6 × 8 • 392 pages • 34 illus.

“This provocative collection goes a long way toward demolishing the one-dimen-sional caricatures that have dogged Mary Lincoln over the last century and a half.

Leaving no controversial subject unaddressed, each chapter brings original research together with the insights of a wide-ranging assort-ment of experts in history, law, psychiatry, fashion, and the arts, and confronts the enduring myths with hard realities. Sensitively written and multifaceted in focus, this volume eschews simplistic conclu-sions in favor of opening new questions and embracing conflicting answers about the precise dimensions of Lincoln’s life. A compelling and important book about an ‘enigmatic’ nineteenth-century wom-an.”—Amy Murrell Taylor, author of The Divided Family in Civil War America

Spring 20151865: America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln’s Final Year

Edited by Harold Holzer and Sara Vaughn Gabbard

Lincoln and Emancipation(Concise Lincoln Library)Edna Greene Medford

Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment(Concise Lincoln Library)

Christian G. Samito

The National Joker: Abraham Lincoln as Satirist-SatirizedTodd Nathan Thompson

Fall 2015Lincoln and the Immigrant

(Concise Lincoln Library)Jason H. Silverman

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Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton:Civil War Surgeon, 1861–1865

John H. BrintonPaper, $33.50 • 978-0-8093-2044-8

5½ × 8 • 380 pages • 1 illus.

At Lincoln’s Side:John Hay’s Civil War Correspondence

and Selected WritingsEdited by Michael Burlingame

Paper, $24 • 978-0-8093-2711-95½ × 8¾ • 328 pages

The Flag on the HilltopMary Tracy Earle

Paper, $17.95 • 978-0-8093-3051-55 × 7¼ • 160 pages • 4 illus.

Lincoln’s America:1809–1865

Edited by Joseph R. Fornieri and Sara Vaughn GabbardCloth, $32.95 • 978-0-8093-2878-9

6 × 9 • 256 pages • 13 illus.

Dear Mr. Lincoln:Letters to the PresidentEdited by Harold Holzer

Paper, $25 • 978-0-8093-2686-06 × 9¼ • 400 pages

The Lincoln Mailbag:America Writes to the President, 1861–1865

Edited by Harold HolzerPaper, $23.50 • 978-0-8093-2685-3 • 296 pagesCloth, $32.50 • 978-0-8093-2072-1 • 288 pages

61⁄8 × 9¼ • 14 illus.

Behind the Guns:The History of Battery I, 2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery

Thaddeus C. S. Brown, Samuel J. Murphy, and William G. Putney

Paper, $18 • 978-0-8093-2342-56 × 9 • 208 pages • 17 illus.

Abraham Lincoln:The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay

Edited by Michael BurlingameCloth, $26.50 • 978-0-8093-2738-6

6 × 9 • 192 pages

Inside Lincoln’s White House:The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay

Edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

Paper, $32 • 978-0-8093-2262-66 × 9 • 416 pages • 1 illus.

With Lincoln in the White House:Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings

of John G. Nicolay, 1860–1865Edited by Michael Burlingame

Paper, $28 • 978-0-8093-2683-9 • 51⁄8 x 8½Cloth, $45 • 978-0-8093-2332-6 • 6 × 9 • 304 pages

Lincoln’s Journalist:John Hay’s Anonymous Writings

for the Press, 1860–1864Edited by Michael Burlingame

Paper, $30 • 978-0-8093-2712-66 × 9 • 424 pages • 1 illus.

An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln:John G. Nicolay’s Interviews and Essays

Edited by Michael BurlingamePaper, $22 • 978-0-8093-2684-6

6 × 9 • 192 pages

Lincoln the InventorJason Emerson

Cloth, $25 • 978-0-8093-2898-75 × 8 • 128 pages • 12 illus.

Abraham Lincoln as a Man of IdeasAllen C. Guelzo

Cloth, $29.95 • 978-0-8093-2861-16 × 9 • 232 pages • 1 illus.

Lincoln and Freedom:Slavery, Emancipation, and the

Thirteenth AmendmentEdited by Harold Holzer and Sara Vaughn Gabbard

Cloth, $34.95 • 978-0-8093-2764-56 × 9 • 280 pages • 18 illus.

Lincoln Looks West:From the Mississippi to the Pacific

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The Living LincolnEdited by Thomas A. Horrocks, Harold Holzer, and

Frank J. WilliamsCloth, $24.95 • 978-0-8093-3029-4

6 × 9 • 256 pages • 22 illus.

Black Jack:John A. Logan and Southern Illinois in the Civil War Era

James Pickett JonesPaper, $19.95 • 978-0-8093-2002-8

6 × 9 • 354 pages • 9 illus.

John A. Logan:Stalwart Republican from Illinois

James Pickett JonesPaper, $22.95 • 978-0-8093-2389-0

6 × 9 • 304 pages • 6 illus.

History 31st Regiment:Illinois Volunteers Organized by John A. LoganW. S. Morris, J. B. Kuykendall, and L. D. Hartwell

Paper, $19.50 • 978-0-8093-2184-16 × 9 • 256 pages • 29 illus.

A History of the Ninth Regiment:Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with the Regimental Roster

Marion MorrisonPaper, $17.50 • 978-0-8093-2042-4

6 × 9 • 176 pages • 15 illus.

Life and Letters ofGen W. H. L. Wallace

Isabel WallacePaper, $19.50 • 978-0-8093-2348-7

5½ × 7¾ • 264 pages • 16 illus.

Judging LincolnFrank J. Williams

Paper, $17.95 • 978-0-8093-2759-1 • 5.5 x 8.6256 × 9 • 232 pages • 49 illus.

Army Life of an Illinois SoldierCharles W. Wills

Paper, $19.50 • 978-0-8093-2046-26 × 9 • 392 pages

Autobiography of Silas Thompson Trowbridge M.D.

Paper, $14.95 • 978-0-8093-2591-74½ × 6½ • 320 pages

Reminiscences of a Soldier’s Wife:An AutobiographyMrs. John A. Logan

Paper, $21.95 • 978-0-8093-2157-55½ × 8½ • 530 pages • 20 illus.

Lincoln Lessons:Reflections on America’s Greatest Leader

Edited by Frank J. Williams and William D. Pederson

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Lincoln’s White House Secretary:The Adventurous Life of William O. Stoddard

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