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D. Scott Hartwig, The Battle of ...

The Massive Antietam Study w/ Bibliography!

D. Scott Hartwig’s series of books about the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign ... Read More

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Scott Ellsworth, Midnight on the Potomac, ...

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Kenneth Radley, Rebel Watchdog, 1st Ed, ...

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Rogers Group, Council of War

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Abraham Lincoln, Clipped Signature with Original ...

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Peter Cozzens

Deadwood

Airdate: 08/28/2025 @ 3:30 pm c

The true story of the Black Hills gold rush settlement ... Read More

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Alphonso Iannelli Abraham Lincoln Bust

Iannelli Bust in Paris!

UPDATE: Our own Bjorn Skaptason visited the Iannelli bust in person. Watch him talk about it! UPDATE: The bust is completed and installed in Paris! Read about the unveiling ceremony. UPDATE:  Thanks to Judy Barclay and the Paris-Chicago Sister City Committee the Iannelli bust is being replicated. The replica travelling to Paris! We are thrilled to play a small role in this ... Read More

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A Look at Lakeside Classics

Richard Robert Donnelley opened his Chicago printing company in 1864. In 1870, he changed the name to Lakeside Printing and Publishing Company. Rising from the ashes of the 1871 fire, by 1901 they moved into their own building. Located in today's Printer's Row neighborhood, the building is architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's very first design of a commercial building. The ... Read More

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Abraham Lincoln Book Shop Featured in ...

Take a look at today's Chicago Tribune article and accompanying video about Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. Owner and President, Daniel Weinberg shares insights about the shop, our new Authors Voice® program ... Read More