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Thinking about Food

I loved that everyone who went to Bologna this year came back talking about the food. There was a steak dish, with greens and shaved parmesan on top, that really caught everyone’s attention. I plan to make it as soon as it’s warm enough to grill on my deck. I came back from my Paris […]Read more "Thinking about Food"
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Civil War Week Winner!

Congratulations to Dana! She is the winner of our Civil War Week book giveaway! Her fabulous Civil War Week book bundle includes: Dana, please send an email with your address to lmatvick@lernerbooks.com and I will get your books in the mail for you ASAP! Thanks for honoring the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with […]Read more "Civil War Week Winner!"
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Six Questions about the Civil War

Of course, one could ask far more than six questions about this conflict that ravaged our country and took the lives of so many men and boys, as well as some women. Our series Six Questions of American History tackles iconic events in American history and uses the journalistic six questions—who, what, when, where, why, […]Read more "Six Questions about the Civil War"
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Letters Home

I can trace my own interest in the Civil War (1861-1865) to a story on the maternal side of my mother’s family, who were from the border state of Missouri. The tale centers on a great-great-grand uncle who first saw the woman he would eventually marry on a train platform while rolling through the South […]Read more "Letters Home"
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Civil War Week

“All were quiet, serious, and thoughtful, as we [went] back to our quarters to tell our children and our wives that all our hopes of peace were blasted and that our once happy and prosperous country was plunged into the horrors of civil war.” –a Union army officer At 4:30 AM on April 12, 1861, […]Read more "Civil War Week"