Book Talk & Signing - June 30th, 2:00 pM
Visitors to the Gettysburg Heritage Center will have the opportunity to meet bestselling, prize-winning author, Lt. Col. (ret) Ralph Peters, as part of the 156th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Ralph will be in Gettysburg to promote his recently released book, "Darkness at Chancellorsville".
The event will begin with a book talk by Ralph, and immediately followed by a book signing. His latest release "Darkness at Chancellorsville," is centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history, and recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Union - only to end in disaster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson bring off an against-all-odds surprise victory, humiliating a Yankee force three times the size of their own, while the Northern army is torn by rivalries, anti-immigrant prejudice and selfish ambition.
The Heritage Center has copies of, "Darkness at Chancellorsville", along with all of Ralph's books available for purchase. Anyone wishing to pre-order books, or to have copies signed and shipped following the presentation should contact the Heritage Center at 717-334-6245 or visit www.GettysburgMuseum.com.
Ralph has won numerous prizes, including the American Library Association's Boyd Award (three-times), the Hammett Prize, the Herodotus Award, and the Meade Society's Order of Merit. In 2015, he received the Andrew J. Goodpaster Prize as an outstanding American soldier-scholar. In addition to authoring over thirty books, Ralph has been a U.S. Army enlisted man and career officer; a columnist and media commentator; a strategy and security analyst, and a researcher in the developing world. His fascination with and study of our Civil War dates back to his childhood during the war's centennial. At present, he is working on a novel set during the Cold War and he is a contributor to the Hoover Institution's Strategika.com publication on military history and its impact on world affairs.
The Gettysburg Heritage Center is located at 297 Steinwehr Ave., Gettysburg, PA 17325. For additional information, call 717-334-6245.
The event will begin with a book talk by Ralph, and immediately followed by a book signing. His latest release "Darkness at Chancellorsville," is centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history, and recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Union - only to end in disaster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson bring off an against-all-odds surprise victory, humiliating a Yankee force three times the size of their own, while the Northern army is torn by rivalries, anti-immigrant prejudice and selfish ambition.
The Heritage Center has copies of, "Darkness at Chancellorsville", along with all of Ralph's books available for purchase. Anyone wishing to pre-order books, or to have copies signed and shipped following the presentation should contact the Heritage Center at 717-334-6245 or visit www.GettysburgMuseum.com.
Ralph has won numerous prizes, including the American Library Association's Boyd Award (three-times), the Hammett Prize, the Herodotus Award, and the Meade Society's Order of Merit. In 2015, he received the Andrew J. Goodpaster Prize as an outstanding American soldier-scholar. In addition to authoring over thirty books, Ralph has been a U.S. Army enlisted man and career officer; a columnist and media commentator; a strategy and security analyst, and a researcher in the developing world. His fascination with and study of our Civil War dates back to his childhood during the war's centennial. At present, he is working on a novel set during the Cold War and he is a contributor to the Hoover Institution's Strategika.com publication on military history and its impact on world affairs.
The Gettysburg Heritage Center is located at 297 Steinwehr Ave., Gettysburg, PA 17325. For additional information, call 717-334-6245.