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Excerpts from my 2006 diary
about Thunder From a Clear
Sky: Stovepipe Johnson's Confederate raid on Newburgh,
Indiana
February 10 *
iUniverse notification that Thunder From a Clear Sky
has been accepted in to the Star Book program.
February 26
* A short, positive book review of Thunder From a Clear Sky
appears in the Evansville
Courier & Press Book Review section of the
Sunday newspaper.
Thursday,
March 23 *
Guest
Speaker- Mollie Morehead Chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, Calhoun, KY, 6:00 PM
March 30
*
An article appears in the Evansville Courier &
Press about the Southwest Indiana Book Expo on April
1. The article features Thunder From a Clear Sky.
Saturday,
April 1 *
Book
Vendor- Southwest Indiana Book Expo, Scales Lake Pavillion,
Boonville, IN, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday,
April 3 *
Private
appearance with the Turning Pointe Book Club, Evansville,
IN, 12 Noon.
Tuesday,
April 11 *
Guest
Speaker- Tri-State Genealogical Society's Annual Dinner
Meeting, Sirloin Stockade, Evansville, IN, 5:30 PM
Wednesday,
April 19 *
Guest
Speaker- "A Reading Life" Program, Indiana Historical
Society, Indianapolis, IN, 12 Noon
Saturday,
April 29 *
Book
Vendor- Barnes & Noble Author's Fair, Evansville,
IN
Sunday,
May 7 *
Guest
Speaker- Preservation Month Presentations, Presented by
Historic Newburgh, Inc., La Veranda, Newburgh, IN, 6:00
PM
Sunday, May
7 *
I am the recipient of the 2006
Historic Preservation Week Award presented by the Newburgh,
Indiana, Town Council.
Monday, May
8 *
I receive short mention on the
WIKY morning radio show in Evansville. A short excerpt from
my speech is played on the air.
Saturday,
May 20 *
Book
Vendor- Battle of Sacramento Re-enactment, Sacramento, KY,
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday,
May 23 *
Guest
Speaker- West Central Indiana Civil War Roundtable's Annual
Dinner Meeting, Greencastle, IN 6:00 PM
June 1 *
A short,
positive book review is printed in the June/July issue
of Evansville Living
Magazine.
June 6 *
A short article appears in the
Decatur, Illinois, Herald Review about my upcoming appearance at the
Military History Education Conference on June 10. The
article discusses Thunder From a Clear
Sky.
Saturday,
June 10 *
Guest
Speaker- 8th Annual Military History Education Conference,
Arthur, IL
Thursday,
June 15 *
Guest
Speaker- St. Benedict's Cathedral Silver Club, Evansville,
IN 11:00 AM
July 1 *
A long, positive book review
of Thunder From a
Clear Sky is
published in the Summer issue of Bluegrass
Roots, the
Quarterly Journal of the Kentucky Genealogical
Society.
Thursday, July
6 *
I receive short mention in
the Evansville
Courier & Press regarding my upcoming appearance at the
Newburgh Central Library.
Sunday,
July 9 *
Guest
Appearance- Newburgh Library Sunday Book Discussion Group,
Newburgh, IN
Wednesday,
July 19 *
Book
Presentation to representatives of Newburgh, Indiana's
sister city from Newburgh, England.
Saturday, August 5
-APPEARANCE CANCELLED- Book
Vendor- Kentucky Genealogical Society's Annual Meeting,
Lexington, KY (all day)
Wednesday, August
16 *
iUniverse launches the Star
Book Edition (second edition) of Thunder From a Clear
Sky.
Sunday, August 20 *
Several newspaper articles
appear in the VIncennes Sun-Commercial
announcing my appearance at
the Northwest Territory Genealogical Society Meeting
Monday,
August 21 *
Guest
Speaker- Northwest Territory (Vincennes) Genealogical
Society Meeting, Vincennes, IN, 6:30 PM
Saturday,
September 9 *
Book
Vendor- Vincennes Civil War Days, Vincennes, IN (all day)
Friday, September
29 *
A feature newspaper article in the Madisonville
Messenger titled "When Cannons Roared"
discusses the Battle of Browning Springs in Madisonville,
Adam Johnson's Partisan Rangers, Thunder From a Clear Sky,
and yours truly. I was one of the sources for the article
as Don Perryman interviewed me by phone for 30 minutes a
week earlier. It is a very nicely done piece. Don used the
same imagery to invoke the Browning Springs battle that
appears in Thunder.
Thursday,
October 12 *
Private
program for the Evansville Vanderburgh School
Corporation.
Thursday,
October 19 *
Guest
Speaker- Clarksville Civil War Roundtable, Clarksville,
TN
Saturday,
October 28 *
Book
Vendor- 3rd Annual Western Kentucky Book Expo, John A.
Arnold Convention Center, Sturgis, KY (all day)
Saturday,
November 11 *
Book
Vendor- The Kentucky Book Fair, Lexington, KY (all
day)
Wednesday,
November 29 *
Guest
Speaker- Evansville Kiwanis at the Cullen Avenue Church,
Evansville, IN 7:30 AM
Saturday,
December 2 *
Book
Vendor- 20th Annual Middle Tennessee Civil War Show &
Sale, Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Nashville, TN (all
day)
Saturday,
December 16 * Book
Signing- Barnes & Noble, Evansville, IN, 12 noon - 4:00
PM
