S. C. Gwynne

S.C. Gwynne is the author of the New York Times bestseller EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He spent most of his career as a journalist, including stints with Time as bureau chief, national correspondent, and senior editor, and with Texas Monthly as executive editor. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and daughter. (adicionado a partir de Simon & Schuster)… (mais)

Title: EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON: Quanah Parker & the Rise & Fall of the Commanche, The Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

Author: S. C. Gwynne

Location: Street: 7419 Madison St. City: Forest Park, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60130-1502 Country: United States (adicionado a partir de IndieBound)… (mais)

Embattled Rebel James McPherson Professor Emeritus at Princeton University James McPherson is the author of more than 20 popular and critically lauded books about the Civil War, including Tried by War, For Cause and Comrades, and Battle Cry of Freedom, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Embattled Rebel is a reassessment of Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ historical reputation as a failed military commander. Rebel yell S.C. Gwynne A former long-time correspondent and editor at Time magazine, S.C. Gwynne has also written for the New York Times, Harper’s, and The Los Angeles Times, among several other publications. Gwynne’s books include Selling Money, Outlaw Bank, and Empire of the Summer Moon, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Rebel yell humanizes the legendary life of Civil War General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Liar, temptress, soldier, spy Karen Abbott The pioneer of “sizzle history” (USA Today), Karen Abbott is the bestselling author of American Rose, a rollicking biography of chanteuse Gypsy Rose Lee; and Sin in the Second City, an historical account of America’s most famous turn-of-the-century brothels. In Liar, temptress, soldier, spy, Abbott tells the true story of four women—a socialite, a farmgirl, an abolitionist, and widow—who were spies in the Civil War. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a FREE event; no tickets or reservations are required. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (adicionado a partir de IndieBound)… (mais)

Wednesday, October 8 at 7PM BookPeople Presents New York Times-bestselling Austin Author S.C. Gwynne speaking & signing Rebel yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and New York Times-bestselling author of Empire of the Summer Moon, S.C. Gwynne comes to BookPeople with his latest book Rebel yell. Written with Gwynne's swift and vivid narrative, his latest book delves into the career of Stonewall Jackson, one of the most brilliant military minds in US history and an iconic figure of the Confederacy. Join us for an evening of history with S.C. Gwynne, starting at 7PM!

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About Rebel yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson: Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon, even Robert E. Lee, he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country's greatest military figures. His brilliance at the art of war tied Abraham Lincoln and the Union high command in knots and threatened the ultimate success of the Union armies. Jackson's strategic innovations shattered the conventional wisdom of how war was waged; he was so far ahead of his time that his techniques would be studied generations into the future. Rebel yell is written with the swiftly vivid narrative that is Gwynne's hallmark and is rich with battle lore, biographical detail, and intense conflict between historical figures. Gwynne delves deep into Jackson's private life, including the loss of his young beloved first wife and his regimented personal habits. It traces Jackson's brilliant twenty-four-month career in the Civil War, the period that encompasses his rise from obscurity to fame and legend; his stunning effect on the course of the war itself; and his tragic death, which caused both North and South to grieve the loss of a remarkable American hero.

S.C. Gwynne is the author of the New York Times-bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He spent most of his career as a journalist, including stints with Time as bureau chief, national correspondent, and senior editor, and with Texas Monthly as executive editor. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and daughter. In order to have anything signed at a BookPeople event, a copy of the event book must be purchased from BookPeople. If you purchase your book from BookPeople in advance of the event, please save your receipt and present it at the event.

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Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (adicionado a partir de IndieBound)… (mais)

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From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON comes a thrilling account of how Civil War general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson became a great and tragic American hero.

Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon, even Robert E. Lee, he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country's greatest military figures. His brilliance at the art of war tied Abraham Lincoln and the Union high command in knots and threatened the ultimate success of the Union armies. Jackson's strategic innovations shattered the conventional wisdom of how war was waged; he was so far ahead of his time that his techniques would be studied generations into the future.

In April 1862 Jackson was merely another Confederate general in an army fighting what seemed to be a losing cause. By June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western world. He had, moreover, given the Confederate cause what it had recently lacked--hope--and struck fear into the hearts of the Union.

Rebel yell is written with the swiftly vivid narrative that is Gwynne's hallmark and is rich with battle lore, biographical detail, and intense conflict between historical figures. Gwynne delves deep into Jackson's private life, including the loss of his young beloved first wife and his regimented personal habits. It traces Jackson's brilliant twenty-four-month career in the Civil War, the period that encompasses his rise from obscurity to fame and legend; his stunning effect on the course of the war itself; and his tragic death, which caused both North and South to grieve the loss of a remarkable American hero.

S.C. Gwynne is the author of the New York Times bestseller EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He spent most of his career as a journalist, including stints with Time as bureau chief, national correspondent, and senior editor, and with Texas Monthly as executive editor. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and daughter.

Location: Street: 160 Courthouse Sq City: Oxford, Province: Mississippi Postal Code: 38655-3914 Country: United States (adicionado a partir de IndieBound)… (mais)

Next to Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was the greatest southern hero of the Civil War. Prior to the war he was a physics professor at a military college, a full-blown eccentric with bad eyesight and a host of physical problems who was one of his school's least popular professors. Fourteen months after the start of the Civil War he had revolutionized the art of war and become the most famous military man in the world. In Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson, S.C. Gwynne recounts and examines that transformation.

S.C. Gwynne took the publishing world by storm when his first historical work, Empire of the Summer Moon, about Quanah Parker and the legendary Comanche tribe, was published in 2010. A front-page New York Times Book Review that called the book "transcendent" and "nothing short of a revelation," propelled the book onto the bestseller list, where it sat through 19 printings-and then, as a paperback, for over a year. A finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Critic's Circle Award, and won both the prestigious Texas and Oklahoma Book Awards.

Support: The Livingston Lectures are made possible with generous funding from the Livingston Foundation of Atlanta.

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THUR, JUNE 26 at 5:30PMWhat’s better than talking about a book with a group of friends? Talk about a book with a group of friends during Happy Hour at Opa (2050 S. Lamar Blvd)! Come hang out with Mandy and Joel the last Thursday of every month at 5:30pm where we'll discuss books over cocktails. This month's book is EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON by S.C. Gwynne.

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (adicionado a partir de IndieBound)… (mais)

The Northshire History Reading Group will meet on Tuesday March 18th at 5pm (note time change) in the bookstore conference room to discuss EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON By S. C. Gwynne.

If you are a member of this reading group, please stop by the bookstore to pick up your reserved copy of this title (and receive a 20% discount) For more information call the bookstore at 802.362.2200

Location: Street: Northshire Bookstore Conference Room Additional: 4869 Main Street City: Manchester Center, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05255 Country: United States (adicionado a partir de IndieBound)… (mais)

EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON By S. C. Gwynne
The Paris wife by Paula McLain

Book Group This book group meets over in front of the Newsstand for a great book discussion. February's Selection will be The Paris wife by Paula McLain. March 19 the group will be reading EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON By S. C. Gwynne. (adicionado a partir de Barnes & Noble)… (mais)