Battlefield BookFest

Name: Battlefield BookFest
Start: 2025-11-14T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-15T01:30:00-05:00
Location: Gettysburg Beyond the Battle Museum

Schedule

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 am to Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 01:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Gettysburg Beyond the Battle Museum | Gettysburg, PA

Join us for an exciting celebration of literature, learning, and the stories that shape our collective past. Hosted by the American Battlefield Trust, this one-of-a-kind event will take place at the Adams County Historical Society in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Battlefield BookFest
Join a stellar lineup of renowned speakers and authors as they discuss their work, sign books, and share insights into pivotal moments of American history. We'll offer unique surprises throughout the day, and you can explore ticket packages designed to enhance your experience.
Speakers & Authors Include:
- Garry Adelman
- Friedericke Baer
- William A. Frassanito
- Will Greene
- Scott Hartwig
- Jim Hessler
- Carol Reardon
- And more...
The Battlefield BookFest also plays host to the Trust's annual American Battlefield Trust Prize for History award ceremony. The award, endowed by a generous donor to ensure no funds are diverted from the Trust’s primary mission, recognizes an outstanding published work focused on military history or a biography central to the nation’s formative conflicts: the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. (Click here to see the schedule and speaker lineup.)
This year's finalists include*:
- Alan Pell Crawford, This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest (Crown Publishing)
- Patrick O'Donnell, The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations (Grove Atlantic/Atlantic Monthly Press)
- Timothy Smith, The Inland Campaign for Vicksburg: Five Battles in Seventeen Days, May 1-17, 1863 (Kansas University Press)
Alan Taylor, American Civil Wars: A Continental History (W.W. Norton & Company)
- Andrew Waters, Backcountry War: The Rise of Francis Marion, Banastre Tarleton and Thomas Sumter (Westholme Publishing)