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Shepherd's George Tyler Moore Center announces 2006 Peter Seaborg Award winner ISSUED: 11 September 2006 Shepherdstown, WV--The George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University has announced the winner of the 2006 Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship. The book, titled Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism 1865-1898, was written by Dr. Edward J. Blum, assistant professor of history at Kean University in New Jersey. In Reforging the White Republic, Blum focuses on the vital role that religion played in reunifying northern and southern whites into a racially segregated society. He tells the story of how northern Protestantism, once the catalyst for racial egalitarianism, promoted and sanctified notions of a mythic, "white republic." In addition to Reforging the White Republic, Blum is co-editor of Vale of Tears: New Essays on Religion and Reconstruction. In 2007 the University of Pennsylvania Press will publish his W.E.B. Du Bois, American Prophet, the first religious biography of the African-American intellectual and activist. Blum will offer an overview of the book on Thursday, September 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center, Cumberland Room. Lynn Cobb, sister of the late Peter Seaborg, will present Blum with the $5,000 prize and commemorative plaque, and copies of the book will be available for purchase. The author will be on hand for questions and autographs and a reception and book signing will follow at the Conrad Schindler House, 136 West German Street, Shepherdstown. This event is free and open to the public. For more information call the George Tyler Moore Center at 304/876-5429. Other finalists for the award were Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem by John M. Coski, published by Harvard University Press; Harvard's Civil War: A History of the Twentieth Massachucetts Volunteer Infantry by Richard F. Miller, published by the University Press of New England; McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union by Ethan S. Rafuse, published by Indiana University Press; and Nothing But Victory: The Army of the Tennessee 1861-1865 by Steven E. Woodworth, published by Alfred A. Knopf Co. Titles receiving honorable mentions include Black Jack Logan: An Extraordinary Life in Peace and War by Gary Ecelbarger, published by Lyons Press; Carry Me Back: The Domestic Slave Trade in American Life by Steven Deyle, published by Oxford University Press; John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights by David S. Reynolds, published by Alfred A. Knopf Co.; Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont by Kevin J. Weddle, published by the University of Virginia Press; The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders' Worldview by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene D. Genovese, published by Cambridge University Press; and The Sword of Lincoln: The Army of the Potomac by Jeffry D. Wert, published by Simon and Schuster. The Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship was established in 1998 to celebrate the life and interests of Peter Seaborg, son of Nobel Prize-winner Glenn Seaborg. The award is designed to encourage the publication of Civil War history of unique perspective and superior quality. The George Tyler Moore Center is part of the Department of History at Shepherd University and administers the prize for the Seaborg Family. -30-HORST |
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