Book Spotlight: Rebel Correspondent + Giveaway

 



Join Us For This Tour From: September 1 to September 14

Book Details:

Book Title:  Rebel Correspondent by Steve Procko
Category:  Adult Non-Fiction 18+, 356 pages
Genre:  Biography & Autobiography, Military and Nonfiction, History,  United States, Civil War Period
Publisher:  Steve Procko Productions, LLC
Release date:  September 2021
Tour dates: September 1 to September 14
Content Rating:  PG

 

 Book Description:
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Rebel Correspondent is the true story of a young man who joined the Confederate Army days after his eighteenth birthday and served bravely until the war ended. Wounded twice, he emerged a changed person. But he wasn't just a returning veteran; he was also a writer.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Arba F. Shaw was a fifty-seven-year-old farmer. On a chilly December day in 1901, he put pen to paper to write his memories of being a Rebel Private in the 4th Georgia Cavalry (Avery), C.S.A. He completed writing his account in February 1902. His local newspaper, the Walker County Messenger, in Lafayette, Georgia, published his account in more than fifty articles from 1901 to 1903. Then it was all but forgotten. Until Now. Rebel Correspondent presents Arba F. Shaw's account word-for-word, as first published in the Walker County Messenger almost 120 years ago. Procko annotates Shaw's account with in-depth research, verifying it and uncovering the back story of his life and the lives of his Rebel comrades. Procko's research offers a historical perspective on the many places and events Shaw so richly described.

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Meet the Author: 

Steve Procko never thought of himself as a Civil War history buff, let alone a biographer. He does love history, however, particularly learning about the small, everyday events in the lives of little-known people and the small towns they lived in.

A documentarian and cinematographer, Steve was sleuthing stories for a documentary series he has developed, “There’s History Around Every Bend,” currently available on YouTube, when he came across the writings of Private Arba F. Shaw.

The down-to-earth accounts of the everyday life of a lowly private just struggling to survive one of the greatest events in American history fascinated Steve. As he read the series of articles, mostly unread since they were published in a small, north Georgia newspaper in 1901-1903, he began to realize that this was a remarkable cache of history.

A native of Florida, Steve, with his Lauren and their dog Rigby, splits his time between a mountain log cabin nestled next to Stanley Creek near the town of Blue Ridge, Georgia, and a home in Ocala, Florida.

He opened a commercial film production company with a partner in 1984. In 2003 the company became Steve Procko Productions (SPP). His Emmy-award-winning financial literacy program Talkin' Money Minutes is available on over 100 Public Television stations nationwide. SPP has also won three additional Emmys over fifty Addy Awards, Telly Awards, and two Promax awards.

When he’s not behind a video camera or researching the archives for his next documentary or book, Steve explores remote areas throughout the United States and Canada as a fine art photographer. He has had work displayed at The Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Museum of Art in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, as well as solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. 

Steve’s second book, Captured Liberty, another Civil War story about nine POW Union officers and their amazing escape will be published in 2022. He also plans to develop documentaries about The Rebel Correspondent and Captured Liberty.

connect with the author:  website ~  twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram `~ goodread
 
Tour Schedule: 

Sep 1 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 1 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway
Sep 2 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 2 - She Just Loves Books – book spotlight / giveaway
Sep 3 – Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 3 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight
Sep 6 – Kam's Place – book spotlight / guest post
Sep 7 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Sep 7 - Lisa's Reading – book spotlight / giveaway
Sep 8 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway
Sep 8 - Connie's History Classroom – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Sep 9 – The Avid Reader – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Sep 9 - Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway
Sep 10 – Cheryl's Book Nook – book spotlight / giveaway
Sep 13 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Sep 14 – Pick a Good Book – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Sep 14 - Books for Books – book spotlight
 

Enter the Giveaway:

THE REBEL CORRESPONDENT Book Tour Giveaway

 


 

Comments

satkins said…
This is definately a book for me to puton my list of books to reaD.I love reading about the civil war period in history
September 10, 2021 at 1:00 PM
shirley said…
The in-depth research, verifying it and uncovering the back story, should make this a must read.
September 12, 2021 at 8:54 PM
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