Category Archives: The American Civil War

Teaser Tuesdays: A Separate Country

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Allie

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly book meme hosted by Should Be Reading.Instructions: Grab your current read. Open to a random page, and share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page, but be sure not to include any spoilers! Make sure you also include your book’s title and author.“But he was out of his mind and tore at the bedclothes I tried to

Posted in John Bell Hood, Robert Hicks, Teaser Tuesdays, The American Civil War | 8 Comments

The Sunday Salon: A Switch to Some American History

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Allie

Happy Sunday! I haven’t posted in a while because I’ve been sick (yes, again! That’s twice so far this season), and it has not been fun dealing with yet another horrific cold. But I promise I’ll be back to commenting on your blogs and making my regular loops as soon as I’m feeling a bit better. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in… Continue reading...

Posted in 19th Century, America, Anna Marie Hennen, John Bell Hood, Robert Hicks, Sports, The American Civil War, The Sunday Salon, The Yankees | 11 Comments

Robert Hicks Interview on BlogTalkRadio, With A Question from Hist-Fic Chick!

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Allie

This afternoon, I had the opportunity to ask Robert Hicks (author of Widow of the South and A Separate Country, which releases today) a question on BlogTalkRadio! Miriam Parker of Grand Central Publishing led the hour-long interview, and Robert answered questions from Miriam and also took questions from outside callers as well as from members of the BlogTalkRadio chat room. You can listen to the interview at BlogTalkRadio here