Savas Beatie

Savas Beatie LLC, commonly referred to as simply Savas Beatie or Savas Beatie Publishing, is a California-based book publishing company. Since its founding in early 2004, it has published hundreds of titles, including digital and audio versions. The company uses the tag line "Independent, scholarly, and a bit old fashioned." Savas Beatie titles are distributed into the general book trade by Philadelphia-based Casemate Publishing.[1] Markets outside the general trade, including individual enthusiasts, national and state historic sites, and specialty sales, are managed inside the company.

Savas Beatie LLC
StatusActive
Predecessor
  • Savas Woodbury Publishers
  • Savas Publishing
Founded2004 (2004)
Founder
  • Theodore P. Savas
  • Russel H. "Cap" Beatie
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationEl Dorado Hills, CA
Publication typesBooks
Nonfiction topics
Official websitewww.savasbeatie.com

History

Savas Beatie was established in late 2003, launching on January 1, 2004, when New York City attorney Russel H. "Cap" Beatie and Theodore P. "Ted" Savas[2] agreed to form the company. Savas, a licensed California attorney and author/editor, had been consulting with and working for a number of publishing companies. He was the co-founder (with David Woodbury) of Savas Woodbury Publishers (1992). The pair met in November 1988 in San Diego at a West Coast Civil War conference, discovered their mutual interest, and returned to the Bay Area (Woodbury lived and worked in San Francisco, Savas in San Jose) to launch the printed quarterly journal Civil War Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War. This undertaking formed the foundation for what would soon become Savas Woodbury Publishers, a book publishing company that specialized in American Civil War titles. When Woodbury left in 1995 to pursue other interests, the company changed its name to Savas Publishing Company. The genres of publishing expanded at this time to include other historical topics, including World War II, the Indian Wars, and more general historical interests such as the bestselling 1912 Facts About Titanic. Savas Publishing was sold to Combined Publishing / Perseus Books Group in 2000.

Savas Beatie publishes books on various aspects of military, sports, and general history since 2004. In addition to print books, it maintains a digital publishing catalog, with nearly all of its titles available in all e-formats, and several of its titles are available as audio books. Savas Beatie is distributed into the North America book trade by Casemate Publishing Company of Havertown, Pennsylvania, with Casemate UK handling European sales. Direct non-book trade sales are handled in-house.

Recognition

Savas Beatie titles have received the following forms of recognition:[3]

  • A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution (2006) ISBN 978-1-932714-12-8
    By Theodore P. Savas and J. David Dameron, American Revolutionary War.
    • 2006 Military Writers Society of America Gold Star Book Award for History
  • Benedict Arnold’s Army: The 1775 American Invasion of Canada During the Revolutionary War (2008) ISBN 978-1-932714-03-6
    By Arthur S. Lefkowitz, American Revolutionary War.
    • 2009 New Jersey Council for the Humanities Honor Book.
  • Bloody Autumn: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 (2014) ISBN 978-1-61121-165-8
    By Daniel T. Davis and Phillip S. Greenwalt, American Civil War.
    • Finalist, 2014, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
  • " The Bloody Fifth": The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, Vol. 1: Secession to the Suffolk Campaign (2016) ISBN 978-1-61121-204-4
    By John F. Schmutz, American Civil War.
    • Finalist, 2016, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
    • Winner, 2017 Texas Association of Authors Book Award, Non-Fiction Military History
  • Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777 (2014) ISBN 978-1-61121-162-7
    By Michael C. Harris, American Revolutionary War
    • Finalist, 2014, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
    • Winner, 2015, American Revolution Round Table of Richmond Book Award
  • Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg (2004) ISBN 978-1-932714-00-5
    By Timothy B. Smith, American Civil War.
    • A selection of the Civil War Preservation Trust fundraising program.
    • Winner of Non-Fiction Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, 2005
  • Chicago’s Battery Boys: The Chicago Mercantile Battery in the Civil War’s Western Theater (2007) ISBN 978-1-932714-38-8
    By Richard Brady Williams, American Civil War.
    • A selection of the Civil War Preservation Trust fundraising program.
  • The Chickamauga Campaign - Glory or the Grave: The Breakthrough, Union Collapse, and the Retreat to Chattanooga, September 20-23, 1863 (2015) ISBN 978-1-61121-202-0
    By David A. Powell, American Civil War.
    • Winner, 2016, Richard Harwell Award, Given by the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta
  • The Complete Gettysburg Guide: Walking and Driving Tours of the Battlefield, Town, Cemeteries, Field Hospital Sites, and other Topics of Historical Interest (2009) ISBN 978-1-932714-63-0
    By J. David Petruzzi and Steven Stanley, American Civil War.
    • The Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award, for Reference, 2009
    • Honorable Mention, 2010, Peter Seaborg Award Given by Shepherd University
  • Confederate General William "Extra Billy" Smith: From Virginia's Statehouse to Gettysburg Scapegoat (2013) ISBN 978-1-611211-29-0
    By Scott L. Mingus, Sr, American Civil War.
    • Winner 2013 Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr. Literary Award for Confederate military, social, or political history
    • Winner 2013 Nathan Bedford Forrest Southern History Award
  • Failure in the Saddle: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joe Wheeler, and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign (2010) ISBN 978-1-932714-87-6
    By David A. Powell, American Civil War.
    • Richard Harwell Award Winner, 2010, given by the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta
  • Fighting for General Lee: Confederate General Rufus Barringer and the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade (2016) ISBN 978-1-61121-262-4
    By Sheridan R. Barringer, American Civil War.
    • Winner, 2016, The Douglas Southall Freeman Award
  • General Grant and the Re-Writing of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War (2013) ISBN 978-1-61121-118-4
    By Frank P. Varney, American Civil War.
    • Honorable Mention, 2014, Albert Castel Award
  • Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions: Farnsworth’s Charge, South Cavalry Field, and the Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863 (2011) ISBN 978-1-611210-70-5
    By Eric Wittenberg, American Civil War.
    • Winner of the Bachelder-Coddington Award for the year’s best new work interpreting the Battle of Gettysburg
    • Winner for Reprint, 2011, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
  • Hell Itself: The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864 (2016) ISBN 978-1-61121-315-7
    By Christopher Mackowski, American Civil War
    • Finalist, 2016, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
  • Hey Buddy: In Pursuit of Buddy Holly, My New Buddy John, and My Lost Decade of Music (2011) ISBN 978-1-932714-97-5
By Gary W. Moore, Non-Fiction.
  • Finalist for General Non-fiction, 2011, The Indie Book Awards
  • Finalist for Memoirs (Historical/Legacy/Career), 2011, The Indie Book Awards
  • John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General (2013) ISBN 978-1-61121-140-5
    By Stephen (Sam) M. Hood, American Civil War
    • Winner, Albert Castel Book Award, 2014
    • Winner, Walt Whitman Award, 2014
  • Lincoln's Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24 – April 8, 1865 (2016) ISBN 978-1-61121-326-3
    By Noah Andre Trudeau, American Civil War
    • Finalist, 2017, Richard Harwell Award, Given by the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta
  • The Maps of the Wilderness Campaign: An Atlas of the Wilderness Campaign, May 2-7, 1864 (2016) ISBN 978-1-61121-258-7
    By Bradley M. Gottfried, American Civil War.
    • Finalist, 2016, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
  • Major General Robert E. Rodes of the Army of Northern Virginia: A Biography (2008) ISBN 978-1-932714-09-8
    By Darrell Collins, American Civil War.
    • Finalist, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award for Biography, 2008
    • Douglas Southall Freeman Award for Best Book on Southern History, 2009
  • The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Volume 1: South Mountain (2010) ISBN 978-1-932714-81-4
By Thomas Clemens, American Civil War.
  • Winner for Reprint, 2010, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
  • The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Volume 2: Antietam (2012) ISBN 978-1-61121-114-6
    By Thomas Clemens, American Civil War
    • Winner for Reprint, 2012, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
  • The New American Revolution Handbook: Facts and Artwork for Readers of All Ages, 1775–1783 (2009) ISBN 978-1-932714-88-3
    By Theodore P. Savas and J. David Dameron American Revolution.
    • WINNER: Reference, 2010 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
  • New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah (2010) ISBN 978-1-932714-77-7
    By Richard Lowry Military Science, Current Affairs
    • 2010 Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for Non-Fiction
  • Once A Marine: An Iraq War Tank Commander’s Inspirational Memoir of Combat, Courage, and Recovery (2008) ISBN 978-1-932714-47-0
    By Nick Popaditch, Iraq War/Veterans.
    • Finalist selection for the Indie Book Awards, Autobiography / Memoirs 2009
    • 2009 Military-Writers Book of the Year Winner
  • Paradigm: A Novel (2006) ISBN 978-1-932714-16-6
    By Robert Taylor, Fiction
    • 2006 Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for Fiction
  • The Petersburg Campaign, Volume II: The Western Front Battles (2014) ISBN 978-1-61121-104-7
    By Edwin C. Bearss and Bryce Suderow, American Civil War.
    • Winner, 2014, The Douglas Southall Freeman Award
  • Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams (2006) ISBN 978-1-932714-24-1
    By Gary W. Moore, World Wars
    • 2006 Military Writers Society of America Non-Fiction Book of the Year winner
  • The Rashness of That Hour: Politics, Gettysburg, and the Downfall of Brigadier General Alfred Iverson (2009) ISBN 978-1-932714-88-3
    By Robert J. Wynstra, American Civil War.
    • The Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award, 2011 given by the Robert E. Lee Civil War Round Table of Central New Jersey
    • 2011 James I Robertson Literary Award honoring scholarship in the field of Confederate history
    • Winner, 2012, The Civil War Round Table Award
  • Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburg, The Battles of Chaffin’s Bluff and Poplar Spring Church, September 29 - October 2, 1864 (2014) ISBN 978-1-61121-210-5
    By Richard J. Sommers, American Civil War.
    • Winner, 2014, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
  • Saratoga: A Military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution (2008) ISBN 978-1-932714-44-9
    By John Luzader, American Revolutionary War.
    • Runner-up, The Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Operational / Battle History, 2008
  • Seizing Destiny: The Army of the Potomac’s “Valley Forge” (2016) ISBN 978-1-61121-156-6
    By Albert Z. Conner Jr and Christopher Mackowski, American Civil War.
    • Finalist, 2017, Richard Harwell Award, Given by the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta
  • Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg (2009) ISBN 978-1-932714-64-7
    By James A. Hessler, American Civil War.
    • The Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award, 2009 Given by the Robert E. Lee Civil War Round Table of Central New Jersey
    • 2009 Army Historical Distinguished Book Award Finalist
    • 2009 Gettysburg Round Table's Distinguished Book Award Winner
  • Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign: How the Critical Role of Intelligence Impacted the Outcome of Lee’s Invasion of the North, June-July 1863 (2015) ISBN 978-1-61121-178-8
    By Thomas J. Ryan, American Civil War.
    • Honorable Mention, 2015, Delmarva Book Prize
    • Winner, 2015, The Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award, Given by the Robert E. Lee Civil War Round Table of Central New Jersey
    • Winner, 2016, Gettysburg Round Table's Distinguished Book Award
  • Stand to It and Give Them Hell: Gettysburg as the Soldiers Experienced it From Cemetery Ridge to Little Round Top, July 2, 1863 (2014) ISBN 978-1-61121-176-4
    By John Michael Priest, American Civil War.
    • Finalist, 2014, Richard Harwell Award, Given by Civil War Round Table of Atlanta
  • The Devil's to Pay: John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour (2014) ISBN 978-1-61121-208-2
    By Eric J. Wittenberg, American Civil War.
    • Finalist, 2014, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
    • Winner, 2014, Gettysburg Civil War Round Table Book Award
  • Those Damned Black Hats!: The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign (2008) ISBN 978-1-932714-48-7
    By Lance J. Herdegen, American Civil War.
    • The Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Operational / Battle History, 2008
  • The US Army's First, Last, and Only All-Black Rangers: The 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 1950–1951 (2009) ISBN 978-1-932714-45-6
    By Edward L. Posey, Korean Wars
    • 2009 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award Finalist

Notes
  1. Casemate UK Catalog
  2. Interview with Director Theodore Savas Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog
  3. Savas Beatie Civil War Books Win Awards TOCWOC Civil War Blog
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