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Surviving Andersonville
One Prisoner's Recollections of the Civil War's Most Notorious Camp
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
This is a documentary work offering a first-person account of a Union soldier’s daily adversity while a prisoner of war from 20 September 1863 to 4 June 1865. In 1891, while a patient at the Leavenworth National Home, Irish immigrant Edward Glennan began to write down his experiences in vivid detail,...
by Samuel Grant Williams, J. Ross Browne, Charles H. Robbins
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
In 1873, 21-year-old Sam Williams embarked on a whaling journey on the two-masted F.H. Moore—he steered one of the boats and threw the harpoon. He kept a personal log and reworked it into this never-before-published manuscript, now supplemented by additional research and relevant excerpts of the...
Japanese and American Horror
A Comparative Study of Film, Fiction, Graphic Novels and Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Horror fiction is an important part of the popular culture in many modern societies. This book compares and contrasts horror narratives from two distinct cultures—American and Japanese—with a focus on the characteristic mechanisms that make them successful, and on their culturally-specific aspects....
Tracking the Weretiger
Supernatural Man-Eaters of India, China and Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Drawing on dramatic accounts by European colonials, and on detailed studies by folklorists and anthropologists, this work explores intriguing age-old Asian beliefs and claims that man-eating tigers and “little tigers,” or leopards alike, were in various ways supernatural. It is a serious work...
Religion and the Ku Klux Klan
Biblical Appropriation in Their Literature and Songs
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
As with other terrorist and extremist organizations, religion forms the basis of the Ku Klux Klan’s dogmatic philosophy, providing justification for its beliefs and actions. The Klan represents a link to America’s cultural past. While America has undergone tremendous social change, the secretive...
Thurman Munson
A Baseball Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
When in 2000 the Baseball Writers Association of America elected the ever-durable Carlton Fisk to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, many fans quietly pointed to the Hall’s omission of Fisk’ greatest American League contemporary, Thurman Munson. And when in 2001 the writers honored Kirby Puckett,...
Dizzy and the Gas House Gang
The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals and Depression-Era Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Led by the colorful pitcher Dizzy Dean, the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals personified Depression-era America. The players were underpaid, wore uniforms that were almost always torn and dirty, and had wandered into professional baseball from small towns in the Midwest where other jobs were scarce. Despite...
Baseball's Funnymen
Twenty-Four Jokers, Screwballs, Pranksters and Storytellers
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
From Nick Altrock to Casey Stengel, Dizzy Dean to Satchel Paige, Bill Veeck to Bob Uecker, baseball has always admired the clever. This book tells the stories of some of the players, coaches, managers and broadcasters who had the most fun in the Major Leagues and made fans laugh out loud (or shake...
The World of Ham Radio, 1901-1950
A Social History
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, ham radio went from being an experiment to virtually an art form. Because of the few government restrictions and the low monetary investment required, the concept of ham radio appealed to various people. More than just a simple hobby, however,...
Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder
Scholars and Creators on 75 Years of Robin, Nightwing and Batman
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
Dick Grayson—alter-ego of the original Robin of Batman comics—has gone through various changes in his 75 years as a superhero but has remained the optimistic, humorous character readers first embraced in 1940. Predating Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, he is one of DC Comics’ oldest heroes and...
Church and Stage
The Theatre as Target of Religious Condemnation in Nineteenth Century America
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Throughout nineteenth century America, religious officials often condemned the theatre as an inversion of the house of God, similar to the church in architectural structure and organization but wholly different in purpose and values. This book explores the many ways in which religious institutions...
Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America
A Genealogical History
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Americans have learned in elementary school that their country was founded by a group of brave, white, largely British Christians. Modern reinterpretations recognize the contributions of African and indigenous Americans, but the basic premise has persisted. This groundbreaking study fundamentally...
Eleonora Duse and Cenere (Ashes)
Centennial Essays
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
The 1916 silent film Cenere (Ashes) features the great Italian actress Eleonora Duse (1858–1924) in her only cinematic role. In her meditative approach to her craft, she reprised for the screen all the “mother roles” she had created for the theater. Marking the film’s 100th anniversary, this...
The Making of Women Artists in Victorian England
The Education and Careers of Six Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
When women were admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1860, female art students gained a foothold in the most conservative art institution in England. The Royal Female College of Art, the South Kensington Schools and the Slade School of Fine Art also produced increasing numbers of women artists....