2004 in el dorado hills and new york city headquarters el dorado hills ca key people theodore p. savas managing director ; sarah keeney marketing director products publisher of historical non fiction number of employees undisclosed website http www.savasbeatie.com savas beatie llc commonly referred to as simply savas beatie or savas beatie publishing is a california based book publishing company established in 2004 . to date the company has published more than one hundred and twenty 120 military general history and more recently sports history titles . 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 . contents 1 history 2 recognition 3 notes 4 external links history edit savas beatie was established in late 2003 launching on january 1 2004 when new york 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 edit 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 . 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 scoiety of america gold medal for fiction playing with the enemy a baseball prodigy a world at war and a field a 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 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 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 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 edit casemate uk catalog interview with director theodore savas joe wikert s publishing 2020 blog savas beatie civil war books win awards tocwoc civil war blog external links edit http www.savasbeatie.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title savas beatie & oldid 712931474 categories publishing companies established in 2004book publishing companies based in californiabooks about military 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