by DrRoger | Oct 18, 2021 | Roger Newman Author
Many books and stories have focused on the politics and passions that inflamed the South and resulted in the Civil War. Scarlett O’Hara is put out by the revolutionary zeal and secession excitement that ruins her coming out party at Tara. Puffed up by narrow...
by DrRoger | Oct 18, 2021 | Roger Newman Author
Just saw a news article last night about the uncertain availability of popular Christmas gifts this year as well as increased prices. Lack of supply, production line delays, underemployment, etc. An attempt by the COVID Grinch to steal another Christmas. May I humbly...
by DrRoger | Oct 6, 2021 | Roger Newman Author
In every discussion of my new book, Will O’ the Wisp: Madness, War, and Recompense, the conversation eventually turns to the enigmatic Confederate President, Jefferson Davis. History has not been kind to Jefferson Davis as the leader of a failed insurrection...
by DrRoger | Oct 5, 2021 | Roger Newman Author
The response to the recently published, “Will O’ the Wisp: Madness, War, and Recompense”, by Roger Newman has been wonderful. Recent book signings were held in Belmar, New Jersey, The Reverie in North Charleston, S.C., and, most recently, at Main...
by DrRoger | Sep 14, 2021 | Roger Newman Author
Join us at Main Street Reads (115 S Main St, Summerville, SC) for a special book signing with Charleston’s own Roger B. Newman, with his newly released, Will O’ the Wisp: Madness, War, and Recompense. Roger Newman, M.D. is a novelist, academic Maternal-Fetal Medicine...
by DrRoger | Sep 14, 2021 | Roger Newman Author
By the latter half of 1863, the Union blockade of Charleston had matured and the majority of blockade runners who sailed under the cover of the night never returned. Looking to improve his odds, Captain Jack Holmes sailed the “Will O’ the Wisp”...
