Amazon, Georgia Public Broadcasting, C-Span, and MORE!

The Georgia book tour was a whirlwind of excitement!  I've been catching up with mailing books, preparing for the next round of events, and keeping up with all kinds of exciting news!

We are working very hard to make LeRoy the youthful voice of the Old South, and he is getting notice in all kinds of wonderful places...

This is from Georgia Public Broadcasting: https://tinyurl.com/y8pfzy4s and includes me talking about LeRoy. I got to meet the interviewer, Sophie Peel, at the first event that we held in Macon, which was so nice of her to attend!

We don't know when it is going to be on their schedule, but my presentation will be on C-Span's American History programming.  I'll let you know when that happens.

But THIS is the latest:

LeRoy's diary has been selected by Amazon to be featured on its Flagship page and a Gold Box Kindle deal for ONE DAY!

You can download The War Outside My Window for a reduced price of $2.99 on their US site for this one day only!  This is a very significant honor for the book, and for spreading the word about LeRoy and his remarkable life!  Let your friends and family know that they can also get to know LeRoy and his family!

Interested in all kinds of history?  Well, LeRoy is being selected by the History Book Club as a new selection as well!

This is also a big honor for the book!

Both of these selections are difficult to achieve, and I am so pleased that The War Outside My Window is getting such superb publicity from all kinds of different sources!  Radio, print, C-Span, Amazon, book clubs... and I don't think we are quite done yet! 

Stay tuned... I still need to post the tour pictures...!  They're wonderful!

Review: I Am Perhaps Dying: The Medical Backstory of Spinal Tuberculosis Hidden in the Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham

I Am Perhaps Dying: The Medical Backstory of Spinal Tuberculosis Hidden in the Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham by Dennis A. Rasbach
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Totally enjoyed reading this -- it is an excellent companion piece to my edited work "The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diaries of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865." It gives the reader a lot more information about the terminal illness that LeRoy was struggling with, and which he did not know he had. Dr. Rasbach's input added a great deal to my overall work!

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LeRoy's journals are an important piece of the historical record of not just the Civil War, although they are exactly that.  But they also add a great deal of depth to the history of 19th century medicine, and without Dr. Rasbach's contribution to the completed work, we probably still would not know what the truth was behind LeRoy's early passing.

**spoiler alert**

While working on transcription and with Ted adding his very valuable contributions to the footnotes, we discussed LeRoy's illness frequently.  We never could come to an agreement, but he changed the ambiguity by asking one of his other authors to help with this mystery.  Dr. Dennis Rasbach has an extensive medical background and has a great deal of interest in the medical profession of the 19th century as well.  Ted had me prepare what I like to call "LeRoy's Medical Records" for him; it included his compliants, doctor visits, medications, treatments, everything that could be related to his health.