It's a Book Giveaway

Hi everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. As you now know yesterday I activated the chat feature for paid subscribers. I am really enjoying the new space and can see a number of uses for it. Thanks to those of you who have already made the jump to a paid subscriber. As I mentioned yesterday, your support will make it possible for me to continue to bring you the kind of content that you’ve come to expect over the years.

In honor of University Press Week and as a way to entice you to make the move to a paid subsriber, I’ve decided to raffle off three copies of my most recent book, Searching For Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth (2019). For those of you who already own a copy, I will give you the option to choose my first book, Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder. (2012).

You can subscribe for $5 per month or at a discount of $50 for an entire year. This will give you full access to the chat room, which will provide a space for a book/article discussion group, Q&A, Open Threads, among other things.

And this from a longtime reader:

To anyone still on the fence about subscribing - do it! And if you don’t win a book, buy them, you’ll thank me. I have them both and they have been very valuable in my understanding of the Civil War. I grew up much like Ty Seidule in what I believed about the war, and I’m thankful to Kevin for enhancing my education.—Suzanne Crockett

All you have to do is download the Substack app for your phone. This feature will soon be available for your desktop as well. It’s easy and takes just a few minutes.

I’ve already started a few chat threads, accessible to everyone, in order to give you a sense of what it looks like.

Once you are subscribed as a paid member you will automatically be entered for the book raffle. Winners will be announced on November 30.

Good luck!