Another nice review has come out regarding "'An Arch Rebel,'" this time in The Civil War Monitor. Written by Evan Rothera, a history professor at Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, Texas), he kindly acknowledges the thoroughness of our research on Dan Showalter and commends the picture we've painted of him -- as well as acknowledging that we have been forthright in indicating where we as well have had to resort to conjecture based simply on the paucity of remaining evidence.
Rothera's sole criticism is that our focus on Showalter has limited the extent to which we could expand our work to include various related events and other pivotal personalities of the time. I, frankly, agree -- what is interesting is that he's hit upon an issue we ourselves confronted: limiting ourselves so closely to Showalter's biography was in fact a conscious decision we made when writing and editing this book. There was more than enough fascinating collateral material discovered in our research that could well have extended the book far past the biography it was intended to be.
It's an extreme honor to have received the very kind and commendatory reviews and comments we've received from the Civil War community so far. You can read this latest review at:
https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/blog/armistead-arconti-an-arch-rebel-like-myself-2018