
- Author, Speaker, Historian -
Jeffrey Boutwell
BOUTWELL: Radical Republican and
Champion of Democracy
(W.W. Norton & Co. - January 21, 2025 )
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Events
2026 Book Talks, Lectures, and Appearances
Jan. 26
Jan. 29
March 15
March 16
March 24
April 18
Inland Empire Civil War Roundtable, zoom book talk, 6:30 pm (PT)/9:30 pm (ET), Redlands, CA
American Civil War Museum, zoom book talk, 6:30 pm, Richmond, VA
Wellesley Historical Society, book talk and signing, in person, Wellesley Free Public Library, 2-3 pm, 530 Washington St., Wellesley, MA
Boston Public Library, West Roxbury Branch, book talk and signing, in person, 6:30 pm, 1961 Centre St., West Roxbury, MA
Pasadena Civil War Round Table, book talk and signing, in person, 7:15 pm, The Historic Blinn House, 60 North Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA
McCormick Civil War Institute Spring 2026 Conference, “Quenching the Embers: Victory, Defeat, and Challenges After Appomattox,” Shenandoah University, Henkel Hall, 1460 University Drive, Winchester, VA, 9:30 am – 4 pm. Public invited - $30 registration fee includes lunch.
April 22
April 28
June 28
Aug. 8
Sept. 18
Sept. 22
Sept. 23
Sept. 26
Oct. 6
Oct. 20
Civil War Roundtable of DC, book talk and signing, in person, 6:30 pm, President Lincoln’s Cottage, 140 Rock Creek Church Rd., NW, Washington, DC
New England Biography Series hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society,
“Family Ties: Biographies of Ancestors (and a Dad),” moderated by Megan Marshall, with fellow authors A’Lelia Bundles and Hester Kaplan; 5 pm, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA
Dan Sickles Civil War Round Table, zoom book talk, 7 pm, White Plains, NY
History Camp Boston 2026, presentation. George Boutwell: Fighting to Redeem America’s Promise, 11:30 am, Suffolk Law School, Tremont St., Boston, MA
Bowdoin College, public book talk, 4:30 – 6 pm, Visual Arts Center 101 Beam Classroom, Brunswick, ME, in conjunction with Gulf of Maine Books
Union Club of Boston, private book talk and dinner, 6 pm, Eight Park St., Boston, MA
One Wingate East (private retirement community), private book talk, 3 pm, 235 Gould St., Needham, MA
Groton Fall Fest, with book signing from noon to 2 pm, Governor Boutwell House, 172 Main St., Groton, MA
“Author Next Door” public book talk, hosted by The Little Patuxent Review, 7 pm, The Hawthorn Center, 6175 Sunny Spring, Columbia, MD