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“The Forgotten Senator”

I am happy to announce that “The Forgotten Senator: The Life and Character of Preston B. Plumb” was published on March 8, 2023 and is now available on prestonplumb.com, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. I had originally intended to keep up this blog with updates as I progressed on the book, but I became soContinue reading ““The Forgotten Senator””

Emporia

I just wanted to post a quick update that I have just gotten back from my research trip to Kansas! I ended up spending a little over 2 weeks in Emporia, Lawrence, and the surrounding area gathering information. I have over 7,000 scanned pages of archival material to read, sort, and organize, and then I’llContinue reading “Emporia”

Research Trip to Emporia, Kansas

One week from today I head down to Emporia, Kansas to finish scanning research materials for my Preston Plumb book. My first trip to Emporia was in 2017 and it will be nice to be done with the research gathering phase of this project this summer! I’ll also be spending a couple days in Lawrence,Continue reading “Research Trip to Emporia, Kansas”