Overland Park, KS Appearance This Saturday
I’ll be at Border’s Books, 93rd & Metcalf in Overland Park this Saturday from 1 – 3 p.m., signing copies of the book. Hope to see you there!
Reenactment @ Baldwin City, Kansas
I will b
e appearing at the 154th Anniversary of the Battle of Black Jack in Baldwin City, Kansas for a lecture and book signing. Arguably the first skirmish of the Civil War, the Battle of Black Jack (1856), focused the lens of national anxiety in antebellum America on Kansas when John Brown’s anti-slavery forces defeated Henry Pate and his pro-slavery guerrillas.
This will be a first class event with something of interest for everyone.
New Review in Scottish Rite Journal
Jim Tresner r
eviews Better Angels in the latest issue of Scottish Rite Journal.
Wichita, April 8 – Kansas Center for the Book event
Dinner and small talk with librarians from all over the state, the 2010 “Speed Dating with Kansas Authors” sponsored by the Kansas State Library’s Center for the Book, is the ultimate bibliophile’s dinner-date in Kansas, and I’m happy to report that I’ve received an invitation.
Held this year as part of the KLA Awards Banquet at the downtown Hyatt Hotel in Wichita on April 8, 2010 at 7.00 p.m., tickets are available at a cost of $25. For further information contact the Center for the Book at 800.432.3919.
Barnes/Noble Reviewer Critiques Better Angels
Like o
ther online booksellers, Barnes & Noble invites reviews by unaffiliated reviewers. One of Barnes & Noble’s reviewers has posted a new review of the book. You can check it out here. Scroll down.
Book Excerpt In this Month’s Scottish Rite Journal

The March/April 2010 issue of the Scottish Rite Journal includes an excerpt from the book – “The Rebellion Came on Like a Cyclone,” published with permission from the University of Alabama Press.
An on-line copy is available here.
Internet Lodge of Research – Canada
Thanks to Hugh Young at Canada’s Internet Lodge of Research for taking notice of the book.
Truman Lecture Series – Missouri Lodge of Research
I will be speaking at the Spring 2010 Truman Lecture Series hosted by the Missouri Lodge of Research in Columbia, Missouri on May 22, 2010.
For registration information, check out the Missouri Lodge of Research website at http://www.momason.org/LOR/
Book Signings in March
The Kansas Grand Lodge session in 2010 will be held at the Ramada Inn in Topeka, and I’ll be there signing books on Friday, March 19, throughout the day.
I will also be appearing at the Lawrence Public Library on Tuesday, March 30 from 7.00 – 9.00 p.m. for a book signing and a short presentation.


