About Katzenhaus Books
Our
company was founded on the belief that history books do not tell the
whole story. We are dedicated to "telling the stories behind the
history," seeking out the obscure individuals whose unsung heroism and
sustained efforts made the spectacular successes of history's "heroes"
possible. The little black cat of our logo represents one of the quiet
ones who sits and watches, always knowing more than she lets on.
The author of our upcoming books, Carolyn Poling Schriber, received her PhD in History from the
University of Colorado, where she studied
medieval Europe and 19th-century America. She enjoyed a career as a
tenured professor at Rhodes College, specializing in medieval history
and publishing extensively on relationships between Anglo-Norman bishops
and kings in the twelfth century. After
she retired with Professor Emerita status, she turned her attention to
her second love, the history of America's Civil War.
Her recently published works, A Scratch with the Rebels and Beyond All Price have both been set in South Carolina during the northern occupation of the Low Country. A Scratch with the Rebels illuminates the
depth and diversity of perspectives from ordinary soldiers on both sides of the conflict. Beyond All Price tells the story of Nellie Chase, who served as matron and nurse
in the Roundhead Regiment from Pennsylvania. Nellie fought her own
series of wars, against an abusive husband, against a vengeful
Presbyterian minister, against nineteenth-century attitudes toward women
who lacked the protection of family status, and ultimately, against a
foe more lethal than war itself. Now Dr. Schriber is working on a third historical novel, The Road to Frogmore, which tells the dual stories of a a slave
woman and a Philadelphia abolitionist who together faced and conquered the challenges of emancipation.
The chapters of The Second Mouse Gets the Cheese originated as blog posts written by Dr. Schriber as she struggled to
find her own way through what she calls the "thickets of
self-publishing." The lessons she learned along the way helped her to
win two separate book awards and to find herself listed among the top
100 Amazon best Sellers in Historical Fiction. Now her secrets can be
yours.
Carolyn Schriber lives near Memphis, Tennessee, with her husband Floyd and four companionable but opinionated cats.
You can read her blogs at:
http://www.katzenhausbooks.com/blog
http://ontheroadtofrogmore.blogspot.com
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