Kent Press imprint: 601 books
The Struggle for the Life of the Republic
A Civil War Narrative by Brevet Major Charles Dana Miller, 76th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Although a successful businessman in Newark, Ohio, prior to the Civil War, Charles Dana Miller understood the necessity of leaving his business and his home to take part in the "struggle for the life of the republic." His account of what he saw, how he felt, and the hardships he endured...
The Dragon, the Lion, and the Eagle
Chinese-British-American Relations, 1949-1958
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
The establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 and the subsequent conclusion of the Sino-Soviet Alliance Treaty destroyed the old balance of power in East Asia and introduced new forces into the international system. These developments had important implications for Great Britain...
George B. McClellan and Civil War History
In the Shadow of Grant and Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
A History Book Club Selection
Perhaps no other Union commander’s reputation has been the subject of as much controversy as George B. McClellan’s.
Thomas J. Rowland presents a framework in which early Civil War command can be viewed without direct comparison to that of the final two...
The Fourth Battle of Winchester
Toward a New Civil War Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
“Counterfactual questions, if kept within the parameters of what was possible at the time and place, can often help us better understand events of the past. In so doing, they can sometimes bring about a ‘paradigm shift’—a new way of thinking about history and hence of grasping its meaning......
They Have Left Us Here to Die
The Civil War Prison Diary of Sgt. Lyle G. Adair, 111th U.S. Colored Infantry
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
The chronicle of a Union soldier’s seven months in captivity
Besides the risks of death or wounding in combat, the average Civil War soldier faced the constant threat of being captured by the enemy. It is estimated that one out of every seven soldiers was taken captive—more than 194,000...
Conflicting Memories on the 'River of Death'
The Chickamauga Battlefield and the Spanish-American War, 1863-1933
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
How veterans of two wars constructed contrasting meanings for one sacred landscape
On September 19 and 20, 1863, the Union Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of Tennessee fought a horrific battle along Chickamauga Creek in northern Georgia. Although the outcome of this chaotic...
Memoirs of a Dutch Mudsill
The "War Memories" of John Henry Otto, Captain, Company D, 21st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
John Henry Otto was born September 12, 1822, in Westphalia, Germany, and enlisted in the Prussian army sometime around 1845. According to his own account, he served in the war between Prussia and Denmark in 1848 and as a sergeant fought to suppress revolution in southern Germany. He was discharged in...
The Frontier Republic
Ideology and Politics in The Ohio Country, 1780-1825
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2011
Conflict invariably characterizes the period following any revolution, and post-revolutionary America was no exception. After the unity inspired by opposition to a common enemy dissipates, revolutionary movements generally splinter into different groups that compete with each other for the right to...
One Nation Divided by Slavery
Remembering the American Revolution While Marching toward the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
The centrality of the American Revolution in the antebellum slavery controversy
In the two decades before the Civil War, free Americans engaged in “history wars” every bit as ferocious as those waged today over the proposed National History Standards or the commemoration at the Smithsonian...
V. L. Parrington
Through the Avenue of Art
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
“Consciously I was neither radical nor conservative, and yet my reading was drawing me inevitably out of the narrower field of polite literature into the new world of social thought that was rising about me. Carlyle, Ruskin, Morris became increasingly my teachers-above all others Morris. I have...
Hudson's Heritage
A Chronicle of the Founding and the Flowering of the Village of Hudson, Ohio
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2001
Grace Goulder Izant spent the last six decades of her long and productive life in Hudson, Ohio, and this, her final book, was the one that lay closest to her heart. Bringing to it her knowledge as a historian of Ohio, she lifts the story beyond the limitations of local history and makes it illuminate...
A Sailor's Log
Water-Tender Frederick T. Wilson, USN, on Asiatic Station, 1899-1901
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Frederick T. Wilson was an engineer who carried the rank of first-class petty officer and served on one of the Navy’s first modern battleships, the USS Oregon, at the turn of the twentieth century.
Wilson offers a rare uncensored picture of enlisted life, with descriptions of bar girls and...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
First published in 1962 as a special edition of Civil War History journal, Civil War Prisons remains the standard on the topic. Editor Hesseltine tackles the historiography of northern and southern prisons during the American Civil War. He attempts to bring closure to the legendary northern myth that...
Campfires of Freedom
The Camp Life of Black Soldiers during the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 1998
Three related themes are examined in this fascinating study: the social dynamics of race relations in Union Army camps, the relationship that evolved between Southern and Northern black soldiers, and the role off-duty activities played in helping the soldiers meet the demands of military service and...