Up next in our spotlight on the Concise Lincoln Library for our Holiday Sale 2025 is LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION by Edward Steers!

Use code HOLIDAY at siupress.com for 40% this and other titles!

https://www.siupress.com/9780809339655/lincolns-assassination/

First in our Concise Lincoln Library theme spotlight for the Holiday Sale 2025 is LINCOLN AND NATIVE AMERICANS by Michael S. Green! Use code HOLIDAY at checkout now through January 31, 2026, for 40% off your purchase! https://www.siupress.com/9780809338252/lincoln-and-native-americans/

This holiday season, give the Lincoln lover in your life the gift of the Concise Lincoln Library! 📖 ps://www.siupress.com/search-results/?series=concise-lincoln-library" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.siupress.com/search-results/?series=concise-lincoln-library

Use code HOLIDAY for 40% off at checkout from now through January 31, 2026 at siupress.com!

If you can't make it in person, look at our holiday catalogue here: https://issuu.com/siupress/docs/holiday_gift_guide_2025 and use code HOLIDAY for 40% off at siupress.com!

If you can't make it in person, look at our holiday catalogue here: https://issuu.com/siupress/docs/holiday_gift_guide_2025 and use code HOLIDAY for 40% off at siupress.com!

Check out our front and back list titles on heavy discount and pick up a grab bag! 😋

If you can't make it in person, check out our clickable holiday catalogue here: https://issuu.com/siupress/docs/holiday_gift_guide_2025 and use code HOLIDAY for 40% off at siupress.com!

The latest two episodes of INSIDE THE BLANKET FORT dive into SIU Press's series "Illinois Lives: Memoirs from the Prairie State."

Episode 236: https://www.wsiu.org/2025-11-13/inside-the-blanket-fort-episode-236
Episode 237: https://www.wsiu.org/2025-11-20/inside-the-blanket-fort-episode-237

Happy #CyberMonday from SIU Press! 💻🖱️📲🖥️

We have a lot of books on a lot of fascinating topics; check them out here at siupress.com! Also, check out our clickable catalogue here at this link: https://issuu.com/siupress/docs/holiday_gift_guide_2025

Agnes Burns Wieck was a crusading labor organizer, an activist known as "the Mother Jones of Illinois." This first book-length biography is a unique portrait of her energy and unremitting dedication to social justice.

https://www.siupress.com/9780809316199/woman-from-spillertown/

The final title in our Chicago History theme spotlight is THEY BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN by Charles H. Cosgrove! Receive 40% off when you use the code HOLIDAY at checkout on siupress.com now through January 31, 2026! 💜🎁

https://www.siupress.com/9780809339389/they-both-reached-for-the-gun/

Happy #BlackFriday from SIU Press! 🛒🛍️

We have a lot of books on a lot of fascinating topics; check them out here at siupress.com! Also, check out our clickable catalogue here at this link: https://issuu.com/siupress/docs/holiday_gift_guide_2025

Happy #Thanksgiving to all of the readers, fans, followers, authors, illustrators, donors, faculty, alumni, staff, and conference attendees who make the work we do here at the Press possible. 🦃🍂🧡💛🤎

With gratitude,
The Team at the Press

Up next in our Chicago History theme spotlight, we present GRANT PARK by Dennis H. Cremin! Winner, 2014 Illinois State Historical Society Book of the Year! Use code HOLIDAY for 40% off your purchase of this and other books at siupress.com!

https://www.siupress.com/9780809339105/grant-park/

This first biography of Glenn Poshard traces the life of a young man who rose from rural poverty in Southern Illinois to become a United States congressman and president of the Southern Illinois University system.

https://www.siupress.com/9780809339181/son-of-southern-illinois/

On the third day of our Chicago History Holiday Sale 2025 theme spotlight, we highlight EDITH by Andrea Friederici Ross! Use code HOLIDAY at checkout for 40% off your purchase at siupress.com today through January 31, 2026! 💛

https://www.siupress.com/9780809338627/edith/

Second up in our Chicago History theme spotlight for our 2025 Holiday Sale is SISTERS OF INFLUENCE by Andrea Friederici Ross! ps://www.siupress.com/9780809339785/sisters-of-influence/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.siupress.com/9780809339785/sisters-of-influence/ Use code HOLIDAY at checkout for 40% off on siupress.com now! 🎁💝🎄💚

THE MAVERICK AND THE MACHINE tells the dramatic story of Dan Walker’s rise from dirt-poor beginnings to the pinnacle of power in Illinois and his conviction on charges of bank fraud that landed him in federal prison.

https://www.siupress.com/9780809334667/the-maverick-and-the-machine/

First up in our Chicago History Spotlight for this year's Holiday Sale is THE LOOP by Patrick T. Reardon! 🚄🌇

Use code HOLIDAY at siupress.com to get 40% off sitewide!

https://www.siupress.com/9780809338108/the-loop/

We continue SIU Press' holiday sale theme spotlight with a spotlight on Chicago History! 🌇

Get 40% off sitewide on siupress.com when you use the code HOLIDAY at checkout! Happy gifting! 📗📘📕

THE 2025 SIU PRESS CLICKABLE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS NOW LIVE ON ISSUU! 💚❤️🫶🎁 If you have a #book lover in your life or you are one yourself, take a look! Use code HOLIDAY for 40% off at siupress.com now through January 31, 2026!

https://issuu.com/siupress/docs/holiday_gift_guide_2025

This nuanced political biography draws on dozens of interviews conducted by Ed Wojcicki to present the longtime senate president's story in his own words.

https://www.siupress.com/9780809335855/nobody-calls-just-to-say-hello/

With recollections from the present era, TELL US A STORY is a colorful mosaic of African American autobiography and family history set in Springfield, Illinois, and in southern Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas from the 1920s through 1950s.

https://www.siupress.com/9780809323142/tell-us-a-story/

Are you or is someone else on your list a lover of Regional History? Today we spotlight WATCHMAN, TELL US by Wayne T. Pitard! Use code HOLIDAY at siupress.com for 40% off this and other titles! Run, don't walk; the sale ends January 31, 2026.

https://www.siupress.com/9780809339464/watchman-tell-us/

In honor of the 162nd Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, we spotlighting two wonderful books, which can be found here:
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https://www.siupress.com/9780809335602/lincolns-gettysburg-address/

For the Regional History lover on your holiday list, we recommend AVENUES OF TRANSFORMATION by James A. Edstrom! Use code HOLIDAY at siupress.com for 40% off your holiday purchase through January 31, 2026! Don't miss out! ❄️

https://www.siupress.com/9780809338764/avenues-of-transformation/