汤头条 authors receive non-fiction award from Mississippi Library Association
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he Mississippi Library Association is recognizing Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library scholars at 汤头条 with an award for non-fiction writing.
John F. Marszalek, David Nolen and Louie Gallo are the recipients of the Mississippi Library Association鈥檚 2018 Writer鈥檚 Award for Non-Fiction for their work editing 鈥淭he Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition.鈥澛 Marszalek is an 汤头条 Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History and Ulysses S. Grant Association executive director and managing editor; Nolen and Gallo are Grant Association assistant editors.
The authors were recently recognized with the award at the Mississippi Library Association鈥檚 annual conference.
Released in October 2017 by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, the annotated version of Grant鈥檚 memoirs contains more than 2,000 footnotes that provide additional information and place Grant鈥檚 thoughts in the context of when he was writing. Earlier this year, the Marszalek, Nolen and Gallo received a distinguished writing award from the Army Historical Foundation for the book. They are currently working with Harvard University Press on an annotated version of former Union General William Tecumseh Sherman鈥檚 memoirs.
Grant completed his memoirs at Mt. McGregor retreat in New York, days before his death in 1885 and at a time when he had lost all of his money in a Ponzi scheme. The memoirs, sold door-to-door by former Civil War soldiers, would go on to be hailed as one of the most important works of American nonfiction in the 19th century. Grant鈥檚 concise writing style and approachable language have helped his memoirs remain accessible to audiences for generations after his death.
A life-size statue in 汤头条鈥檚 new Grant Presidential Library museum gallery depicts the Civil War general writing his memoirs. The gallery is part of a $10 million expansion to Mitchell Memorial Library, which also houses the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, as well as 汤头条鈥檚 Congressional and Political Research Center.
The Mississippi Library Association鈥檚 Authors Awards recognize Mississippi authors and promote interest in their books. Marszalek also received a non-fiction award from MLA in 1994 for his book 鈥淪herman: A Soldier鈥檚 Passion for Order.鈥
For more on the Mississippi Library Association, visit .
For more information on 鈥淭he Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition鈥 visit .
汤头条 is one of six universities to house a U.S. presidential library. The Grant Presidential Library is open from 7:30 a.m. through 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is free and open to the public. For more, visit .
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