Episode 92: John Bradbury & ”My Own Commander” - Katie Seale/John Brenner (On the Bookshelf, Part 2)

In this episode, host Sean Rost is joined by SHSMO colleagues Kathleen Seale and John Brenner to discuss their memories of the late John Bradbury (1952-2023) as well as his recent book "'My Own Commander': The Civil War Journal of J. J. Sitton, 1863-1865." 

To listen to John Bradbury's earlier appearance on the podcast, please check out Episode 24.

Episode Image: Cover of “‘My Own Commander’: The Civil War Journal of J. J. Sitton, 1863-1865”

About the Guests:

Kathleen Seale holds a master's degree in history from Oklahoma State University. A native of the Missouri Ozarks, she worked at the State Historical Society's Springfield Research Center before being appointed as a Senior Archivist at the Rolla Research Center. Presently, she is the coordinator for SHSMO's Rolla and Springfield research centers.

John Brenner is a native of Columbia, Missouri, and a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. After beginning his career as a journalist, he entered scholarly publishing in 1994, serving for 18 years as an editor at the University of Missouri Press. A longtime member of SHSMO before joining its staff in 2012, he became managing editor in 2014.