A Bloomington-based independent journalist and writer,Douglas A. Wissing, author of the new IHS Press bookIndiana: One Pint at a Time; A Traveler’s Guide to Indiana’s Breweries, brings some family history to his work detailing the history and culture of the Hoosier State’s brewing history. Wissing is a descendant of nineteenth-century Indiana-German brewers. In the following […]
In March of 1824, a group of angry and intoxicated settlers brutally murdered nine Indians camped along a tributary of Fall Creek. The carnage was recounted in lurid detail in the contemporary press and the events that followed sparked a national sensation. As author David Thomas Murphy notes in the new IHS Press bookMurder in […]
Three books published by the IHS Press in 2009 have been named as finalists in ForeWord Reviews2009 Book of the Year Awards. The books selected as finalists and their categories are: By Freedom?s Light, by Elizabeth O?Maley, juvenile fiction My Indiana: 101 More Places to See in Indiana, by Earl Conn, travel guide Steve McQueen: […]
As a nonfiction writer who engages in the field of biography, I often give talks to groups around the state. During the question-and-answer portion, one of the queries I always get is how to come up with a subject to write about. I usually advise the questioner to pick a subject her or she will […]
