The Scott Boys – Accolades and Awards

Recognition of your work as an author is quite humbling while also providing a source of inspiration and completion.  The Scott Boys has been selected for the Short List in the American Writers Association Hawthorne Award.  Finalist will be announced next week. The Hawthorne recognition ads to the IAN Finalist, Chanticleer Laramie Finalist, iUniverse Editors Choice and Hoffer Nomination; all citing The Scott Boys as an exemplary example of Historic Fiction. Get a copy today at Amazon, iUniverse, Barnes & Noble, and local book stores across Tennessee.

Remember to join us on Tuesday at the Loudon Public Library between 11 a.m. ~ 1 P.M. to discuss the book and pick up a signed copy.  Hope to see you there!

 

May Book Events for The Scott Boys

Come out and join us for the Civil War Roundtables in Nashville and Clarksville, and at the Loudon County Public Library for a lunch time book signing. The Scott Boys lived just about eight miles from the city of Loudon, so that event will be close to their home!  See you there!

 

Old Oak Festival – Tusculum University

Join us on Author’s Row for the upcoming Old Oak Festival at Tusculum University in Greenville TN.  There will be author discussions and book signing opportunities.  Come out for the fun!

 

 

Direct Orders from General Ulysses S. Grant

I attended the Mid-South Military & Civil War Show this weekend in Southaven MS. The two day event covered from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam Conflict. There were many vendors in attendance, a presentation on the CSA Hundley and some celebrities in the crowd.  One of the best was Dr. Curt Fields who has ‘been’ General Ulysses S. Grant for some years now, on screen, at historic events, and many other Civil War related gatherings. Dr. Fields has just published a work entitled:  Unconditional Surrender: Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War.  

During the event General Grant issued the field order for everyone to rush out and buy a copy of The Scott Boys!  Now do your duty to General Grant and get out there and get a copy!

                       

Mid-South Military & Civil War Show

For those in the Memphis / North Mississippi / Eastern Arkansas areas here is a chance to meet Phillip Perry and I at the Landers Center in Southaven Mississippi. The Mid-South Military & Civil War Show will be held Friday afternoon 6 March and all day Saturday 7 March. Stop by, grab a book, or get yours signed, and let’s talk some Civil War. Both works are relevant to the Sultana Disaster, which occurred just above Memphis on the Mississippi River. Come on out!

Dalton / Chickamauga Civil War Show

Next weekend, Saturday 7 February and Sunday 8 February, come on out to the Dalton / Chickamauga Civil War show at the Dalton Convention Center.  Drop by and visit, pick up a copy of The Scott Boys and get it autographed.  I look forward to seeing you there!  Alongside will be fellow author Phillip Anthony Perry with his work about the events at the end of the Civil War. Join us!

2025 Laramie Award for Americana Fiction – Chanticleer Book Awards

I am excited to share that The Scott Boys has been selected as a Finalist in the 2025 Chanticleer Book Awards in the Laramie Americana Fiction division. Several hundred of us began the contest many months ago, and now we are down to just nineteen books.  It is most humbling to be named as a Finalist in this category which is quite competitive.  The final awards will be announced in April at their annual conference in Bellingham Washington. The Scott Boys continues to receive solid recognition from those who elect to take the journey with them during the Civil War.