Ebook by Thinker Media

Documenting events through photography became a popular phenomenon during the Civil War. The Civil War Sesquicentennial Series showcases these historical images and provides detailed commentary for each photograph. Each ebook in the series focuses on an aspect of the war, such as its administration, new technologies, and the people and occupations of the day.

The images in this ebook focus on the most photographed man during the Civil War: Abraham Lincoln. Though photography was still new in the 1860s, Lincoln was photographed many times, both in formal portraits and on battlefields. See what Lincoln looked like without his famous beard, read his handwritten copy of the Emancipation Proclamation and view the last photograph of Lincoln before his assassination. Each portrait includes stories and facts about Lincoln as well as linked references to learn more. Lincoln’s life comes into greater focus with this unique collection.

About the Author

Images in the Civil War Sesquicentennial Series were selected, curated and annotated by writers and editors of Thinker Media, an independent publisher of contemporary and historical works.

Ebook by Robert Wisehart

Soldier, lawyer, statesman, hero, ladies’ man, drunk: General SamHouston’s colorful biography comes to life in Robert Wisehart’saction-filled historical novel Born for the Storm. This booktraces Houston’s beginnings as a teenage runaway living with theCherokee and being adopted by the chief. At nineteen, his storycontinues as a soldier at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend where he beginshis lifelong predilection for collecting serious war wounds. The bookrecounts example after example of Houston’s incomparable drive andcommitment that propel him to leadership positions within the army andgovernment. His passion and courage is no better exemplified than whenhe uses his cane to beat a US congressman who pulls a gun on him for anoffense of honor, something for which he is later brought to trial.Houston became the only person in history to be the governor of twodifferent states and leave both before the end of his term under stormsof controversy. Join the general as he makes friends (and enemies) withstalwarts of American history such as Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun,and James K. Polk. The stormy life of the legendary and uniquelyAmerican character Sam Houston comes alive in this hard-to-put-downnovel.

About the Author

Robert Wisehart is the author of two Sam Houston novels, Born for the Storm and The Lion at Bay.A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Wisehart is a former award-winningjournalist who worked as a reporter and columnist for newspapers inFlorida, North Carolina, Louisiana, and California. His work hasappeared in more than 30 magazines and 200 newspapers. He has writtenspeeches, ghosted books, and, as a restaurant critic, routinely ate toomuch and attempted to regurgitate the experience in words. Moving oftenand traveling wisely, Wisehart lives with his wife, Dana, in Santa Fe,New Mexico, where he works on his next novel and plays enthusiastictennis.

Ebook by Thinker Media

Documenting events through photography became a popular phenomenon during the Civil War. The Civil War Sesquicentennial Seriesshowcases these historical images and provides detailed commentary foreach photograph. Each ebook in the series focuses on an aspect of thewar, such as its administration, new technologies, and the people andoccupations of the day.

The artillery pictures in this ebook provide insight into the weaponrythat was patented and utilized in the mid-1800s. These images, capturedby the nation’s first war photographers, document the brutality behind awar fought by brothers of a divided nation. The West Point and MysticIsland foundries produced many ingenious new weapons manufactured from1861 to 1865, including the Parrott Gun, Dahlgren's Cannon, and theinfamous Swamp Angel. Photographs in this collection also show weaponsused in battlefields and on ships, gunboats, railroad cars and limbers.Rare artillery imported from British foundries like the Blakely andWhitworth cannons are also included. The story of Civil War artilleryunfolds in this unique collection.

About the Author

Images in the Civil War Sesquicentennial Series wereselected, curated and annotated by writers and editors of Thinker Media,an independent publisher of contemporary and historical works.

Ebook by R. Allen Shoaf

Just as the mythical pied-piper’s trance enthralled listeners, the poetry in Pied-Piper Philology: Love Words enchants readers with a new spin on love poems. R. Allen Shoaf’s collection of poems deftly interweaves linguistic insight into the tale of two people learning that a love of words can nurture words of love, in turn fostering acts of love. The poems explore intimacy, discourse and lovers learning how to listen and talk with each other physically. With literary, mythological and etymological allusions, Shoaf’s compilation presents a new outlook on the familiar path of romantic love.

About the Author

R. Allen Shoaf, former Marshall Scholar, Danforth Fellow and recipient of two Fellowships of the National Endowment for the Humanities, is the author, editor or compiler of 12 books, including Chaucer's Body, Shakespeare's Theater of Likeness and Milton, Poet of Duality. Over the past 20 years at the University of Florida, he has won six teaching awards as well as the Alumni Professorship in the Department of English. With the late Julian Wasserman, he co-founded the prize-winning journal Exemplaria. In 2007, he re-issued Simple Rules, a book of poems, in an augmented and revised edition. His second book of poems, Erotic Reckonings, appeared in Spring 2012 from New Plains Press/Summerfield Publishing. He enjoys gardening, bicycling and singing.