Bryan S. Bush

My Dear fellow readers:

October is shaping up to be a real busy month for me. On October 3, I will be in Elizabethown at the Hardin County Library at 1 pm to give a lecture on Union General Stephen Gano Burbridge. I now have a power point presentation to go with the lecture.
On October 10, I have my Louisville During the Civil War bus tour. I am looking forward to the event, and if the event is successful, I plan to hold it again next year.
On October 17, I will be going to a new event called Books on the River Bank at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati. My stepbrother Bud Halbeisen actually designed the art work for the event.
I hope to see everyone at my events, especially the civil war bus tour….you will learn alot and should be alot of fun too.
Bryan

My Dear Fellow Readers:
This past Sunday I had a fantastic time at the J. B. Speed Art Museum. I arrived at the museum at 12 am on Sunday in order to be able to check out the new exhibit Beyond the Log Cabin: Kentucky’s Abraham Lincoln. If you have not seen the exhibit, I highly recommended it. They have some very rare artifacts, such as Abraham Lincoln’s solid gold pocket watch made by Tiffany’s, his walking stick, his life face mask, a silk ribbon from his coffin. They also have artifacts from Mary Todd Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, and Robert Todd. They also have artifacts from Col. Frank Wolford, Confederate General Ben Hardin Helm, James Speed, Joshua Speed, and many other Kentucky related artifacts from the Civil War. They also mentioned General Stephen Gano Burbridge! It was nice to see how the exhibit tied together information from my two books on Burbridge and Lincoln and the Speeds.
As for the lecture, I had a good turn out and many of the folks afterwards asked quite alot of good questions. I would like to personally thank Megan Robertson and hope to work with the Speed Museum in the near future again.

My Dear Fellow Readers:

I have added a new book signing for October. On October 6, at the Meade County Library at 6 PM I will be giving a lecture and book signing on Union General Stephen Gano Burbridge. Guerilla warfare ravaged Meade County and General Burbridge personally became involved in the executions of suspected guerillas for the guerilla activity in Meade County. I am also having a radio interview at 11 am that same day, so stay tuned for further developments. Also, Perryville has confirmed that I will be doing a lecture on Lincoln and the Speeds and a book signing at the Perryville Battlefield on Saturday Oct. 11 at noon.

On August 22, at 5:15 Pm I will be signing my two new books on Lincoln and the Speeds and Union General Stephen Gano Burbridge. I will also be unveiling my newest DVD on the tour of the Civil War Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky. The museum is 10,000 square feet and has been ranked the 4th best Civil War museum in the United States. If you have not been I highly recommend the museum. The artifacts alone will knock your socks off. The entire cast of the Broadway Play “The Civil War” will also be at the museum to kick off their play at the Stephen Foster Amphitheater. This looks like a fun event and the museum is open to the public. Hope to see everyone there.

My Fellow Readers:

As you may have noticed I have not posted recently on the blog. I have super busy the last couple of weeks. If you have not caught my interview on NPR on State of Affairs, I recommend going to their web site and listening to the interview on my book Lincoln and the Speeds. I was also in Rowan County and did a presentation on General Burbridge. I was really welcomed by the historical society, and had a good time talking to the residents of the county. They have already invited me to come back and do another lecture. Today, I will be in Springfield, Kentucky signing books at the Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks re-enactment of the their wedding at the Lincoln Homestead. I will be there at 2:30 pm, so come on out and see a historic re-enactment and enjoy the beautiful weather.  This coming weekend I will be in Chicago, Illinois and will be doing a virtual booksigning at the Abraham Lincoln Bookstore on Saturday at 12 noon. After that I have a break for the hot days of July, then I will start up again in August. Keeping looking at the web site, we should have another article soon on Guerilla Warfare in Kentucky.

On edit: Here’s a link to the article: “Guerilla Warfare in Kentucky”.

On the books page on Bryan’s site are now links to where you can purchase Lincoln and the Speeds and Butcher Burbridge from either Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Note that these online stores don’t actually have the books in stock yet, so it would work like a pre-order. Of course, in Bryan’s store, the books are in stock and ready to ship today.

Also, in advance of Bryan’s March 29 appearance at Destinations Booksellers in New Albany and April appearances at Borders in Louisville (Fourth Street Live!) and Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington, books are being shipped to these stores. See Bryan’s event page for more details on these appearances. Meanwhile, from what I’m hearing, the books are being shipped to other stores and tourist venues, such as state parks.

As they are now available, Butcher Burbridge and Lincoln and the Speeds can now be ordered through Bryan’s Store. They will also be available at this weekend’s Kentucky Crafted, future lecture and book signing events, and before long, in various brick-and-mortar stores.

It’s no longer tentative. Bryan’s new books Lincoln and the Speeds and Butcher Burbridge ARE going to be at Kentucky Crafted (Acclaim Press booth) Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9. Bryan has seen them himself today at Kentucky Crafted, which is today and Friday open only to “the trade” (company/org buyers and such). Bryan is very excited and told me both of the books look great.

Note: The books are still officially available for pre-orders through Friday evening. Get your signed *and* numbered copy before the switchover.

On edit: Added a mention of the booth where Bryan’s books can be found.

Dear fellow readers: I just returned from the Frazier museum to view the new exhibit on Lincoln in the Kentucky Historical Society History Mobile exhibit. I have visited the History mobile in the past and really admired their exhibit on Lewis & Clark, and Kentucky During the Civil War. I must admit that this time I must admit that the exhibit lacked Lincoln artifacts and had very few display cases. The exhibit traces Lincoln’s early life in Kentucky, Emancipation, and the views Kentuckians had of Lincoln during 1863 and 1864. I really like the first person narratives from Thomas Bramlette, Hodge, and other Kentuckians on their views about Lincoln. From my standpoint I was glad to see them mention Lincoln’s friendship with Joshua Speed and General Stephen Gano Burbridge’s rule in Kentucky. They had a LCD TV playing images of the the White House in 1864, and Hodgenville, but I must admit, the TV could have been utilized better with a documentary on Lincoln and Kentucky. I also would have like to see some Lincoln artifacts or artifacts connected to Lincoln through other Kentukians. I still recommend Kentuckians to see the exhibit. I am very much looking forward to seeing the documentary on KET on Saturday.

With Bryan’s books Butcher Burbridge and Lincoln and the Speeds making their debut in March 2008, tentatively at the Kentucky Crafted show in Louisville on March 8, following are the press releases (in MS Word format) that go with each one:

• Butcher Burbridge Press Release
• Lincoln and the Speeds Press Release

If anyone would like to receive the official press release package (along with book cover images) by e-mail, please send an e-mail to pressrelease@bryansbush.com. This package is set up in a way that is easy to forward to your friends, family and colleagues.