Thursday, June 17, 2010

Savas Beatie Books Earn Literary Awards

Savas Beatie is proud to announce that three of our authors and titles have recently been honored with fantastic historical awards:

The Complete Gettysburg Guide: Walking and Driving Tours of the Battlefield, Town, Cemeteries, Field Hospital Sites, and other Topics of Historical Interest by J. David Petruzzi, with cartography by Steven Stanley won the The Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award, for Reference, 2009. Also,

Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg by James A. Hessler won the The Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award, 2009 Given by the Robert E. Lee Civil War Round Table of Central New Jersey.

Please see the press release for more information.

A huge congratulations to everyone involved!

2 comments:

J David Petruzzi said...

Thanks Sarah!

(3 authors, btw - Steve is a full co-author of the Guide :)

We're honored, and kudos to Jim!

JD

Sarah Keeney said...

Thanks, J.D. Good catch, and corrected!

Sarah