Xulon Press author Ed Harrell, survivor of the worst Naval disaster in US History, speaks with Mike Huckabee on the 68 year anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. The interview with Ed Harrell and the details about his book are available below. [...]
For all those history buffs out there, it can be a common complaint when it comes to fiction books. You pick up a book that takes place in a time period you enjoy (at least that’s what you read from the back cover) and prepare your mind to take a journey into another era of history. However, the setting, plot scenarios and even characters don’t seem to embrace the time period, making it a disjointed jaunt with no connection or enjoyment for the reader. How can you establish an image of a medieval castle in your mind unless the author…
In eighth grade, my American History class was required to memorize the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and my teacher offered two points of extra credit for each word we memorized after that. I memorized the entire thing. Yes, you read that right. My fourteen-year-old-self memorized all 1,337 words of blissful Jeffersonian jargon in the Dec. of Indy. My love for Americana continued as a political science major in college, so it’s no wonder that few things get my nerd-nerves tingling like some good ol’ patriotic prose: Common Sense, The Federalist Papers…I know, I know, fight the inner urge to run outside…
Xulon Press author Kevin Horgan, author of “The March of the 18th”, a book about crippled heroes in the Civil War, is pictured with SSgt Lisa Bieler, Center Commander of the US Army Recruiting Center in Roswell, GA. The event was a book signing at the Barnes & Noble North Point Mall [...]