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Civil War
Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York
by, Jill Swenson
May 1, 2012

Martin Sweeney from Homer, NY, has written a captivating account of three native sons who played pivotal roles in Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the United States’ history. [Martin Sweeney, Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York: A Painter, an Editor and a Detective, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2011.] The painter, Francis Carpenter, brushed “The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet”—the iconic image of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Andrew White, Civil War, Cornell University, Eli Devoe, elizabeth Candy Stanton, Francis Bicknell Carpenter, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Homer, Lincoln, NY, Seneca Falls, Susan B. Anthony, William Seward, William Stoddard
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Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York
by, Jill Swenson
August 25, 2011

Retired teacher and native son of Homer, New York, Martin Sweeney has written a captivating account of three other native sons who played pivotal roles in Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the United States’ history. Just released from McFarland & Company is Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York: A Painter, an Editor and a Detective. The painter, Francis Carpenter, brushed “The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation… [Read More]

Filed Under: assassination, Auburn, Civil War, Eli Devoe, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emancipation Proclamation, Finger Lakes, Francis Carpenter, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Homer, Lincoln, Lincoln's Gift from Homer New York, Martin Sweeney, New York, Underground Railroad, upstate New York, William Seward, William Stoddard
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The Spur & The Sash: Love and Displacement in the Civil War
by, Bethany Dixon
August 3, 2011

Robert Grede’s first novel has all the makings of a rollicking good story. Based on the life of Sergeant George Van Norman, Grede’s great-great-grandfather, The Spur & The Sash seamlessly combines fiction and fact. The facts, Grede tells us, are these: “Sergeant George Van Norman, a Yankee, was wounded in one of the last battles of the American Civil War, at Nashville(December 15th and 16th,… [Read More]

Filed Under: adventure, Authors, Books, Civil War, conflict, displacement, first novel, Robert Grede, romance, sesquicentennial, travel, war
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