Book Release: "Hope Never to See It" with author and alum Andrew Fialka

 Join us downtown March 1 for a book release event and signing with UGA alum Dr. Andrew Fialka. Hope Never to See It: A Graphic History of Guerrilla Violence during the American Civil War (March 2025, UGA Press) by Andrew Fialka is a graphic history that brings to life two emblematic scenes of Civil War violence.  Illustrated by Anderson Carman.

Hope Never to See It illustrates two exceptional incidents of occupational and guerrilla violence in Missouri during the American Civil War. The first is a Union spy's two-week-long murder spree targeting civilians, and the second is a pro-Confederate guerrillas' mutilation of almost 150 U.S. troops.

Andrew Fialka graduated with a Ph.D. in History from UGA in 2018. He is associate professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University. He has co-directed multiple digital history projects at UGA’s Center for Virtual History (eHistory.org). He lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.