Author: lstead

Brookline Book News: October 2023

Have you set out your skeletons and cobwebs yet? Gotten your costume all in order? This month’s Brookline Book News is simply bursting at the seams with goodies, just for… READ MORE

Brookline Book News: September 2023

The temperature is dropping, meaning it’s starting to truly feel like fall at our office. But as we break out our sweaters and cardigans, and kick off debates between the… READ MORE

Brookline Book News: August 2023

Welcome to Brookline Books’ first ever Book News! This is where we get to share exciting updates and publication news, as well as let you know all about upcoming events… READ MORE

The Face of Charley King

The Face of Charley King

Almost twenty years ago when I was a Boy Scout in troop 51, a member of the Sons of Union Veterans came to us with Charley’s story—how he begged his parents to let him join the army; how family friend Capt. Benjamin Sweney convinced them to let Charley play drums for his Company; how Charley was killed at Antietam; and how to this day the location of his final resting place remains unknown…