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Winner, 2011 Weatherford Award

Dear Appalachia

Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction

since 1878

Emily Satterwhite

ISBN 978-0-8131-3010-1 ∙ Cloth $40.00x

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2011 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

How Kentucky Became Southern

A Tale of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers,

and Breeders

Maryjean Wall

ISBN 978-0-8131-3656-1 ∙ Paper $19.95s

ISBN 978-0-8131-2607-4 ∙ PDF

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2011 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

After the Dream

Black and White Southerners since 1965

Timothy J. Minchin and John A. Salmond

ISBN 978-0-8131-2978-5 ∙ Cloth $40.00s

ISBN 978-0-8131-2988-4 ∙ PDF

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Winner, Army Historical Foundation

Distinguished Book Award

Beetle

The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith

D. K. R. Crosswell

ISBN 978-0-8131-3658-5 ∙ Paper $27.95

ISBN 978-0-8131-2650-0 ∙ PDF

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Winner, Army Historical Foundation

Distinguished Book Award

The Way of Duty, Honor, Country

The Memoir of General

Charles Pelot Summerall

Edited and Annotated

by Timothy K. Nenninger

ISBN 978-0-8131-2618-0 ∙ Cloth $35.00s

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A few honest Words Th e Kentucky Roots of Popular Music

Jason HowardForeword by Rodney Crowell

In industry circles, musicians from Kentucky are known to possess an enviable pedigree—a lineage as prized as the bloodline of any bluegrass-raised Th oroughbred. With native sons and daughters like Naomi and Wynonna Judd, Loretta Lynn, the Everly Brothers, Joan Osborne, and Merle Travis, it’s no wonder that the state is most oft en associated with folk, country, and bluegrass music. But Kentucky’s contribution to American music is much broader: It’s the rich and resonant cello of Ben Sollee, the velvet crooning of jazz great Helen Humes, and the famed vibraphone of Lionel Hampton. It’s exemplifi ed by hip-hop artists like the Nappy Roots and indie folk rockers like the Watson Twins. It goes beyond the hallowed mandolin of Bill Monroe and banjo of the Osborne Brothers to encompass the genres of blues, jazz, rock, gospel, and hip-hop.

A Few Honest Words explores how Kentucky’s landscape, culture, and traditions have infl uenced notable contemporary musicians. Featuring intimate interviews with household names (Naomi Judd, Joan Osborne, and Dwight Yoakam), emerging artists, and local musicians, author Jason Howard’s rich and detailed profi les reveal the importance of the state and the Appalachian region to the creation and performance of music in America.

Jason Howard is coauthor of Something’s Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal. His features, essays, and reviews have appeared in such publications as the Nation, Sojourners, Paste, No Depression, and the Louisville Review, and his commentary has been featured on NPR. He is currently James Still Fellow at the University of Kentucky and lives in Berea, Kentucky.

Music/Popular Culture

October

256 pages ∙ 5.5 x 8.5 ∙ 22 b/w photos

ISBN 978-0-8131-3645-5 ∙ Cloth $24.95

ISBN 978-0-8131-3682-0 ∙ PDF

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“ An important contribution to the wider con-

versation about what qualifi es as contempo-

rary American roots music and what it means

for music to communicate a sense of place in

our profoundly uprooted time.”—Jewly Hight,

author of Right by Her Roots: Americana Women

and Their Songs

“ A thoughtful and important book. It’s tre-

mendously satisfying that specifi c areas of

the South are receiving their due attention.

Kentucky has given so much to the landscape

of American music.”—Rosanne Cash

Something’s Rising

Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal

Silas House and Jason Howard

320 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ 11 b/w photos

ISBN 978-0-8131-3383-6 ∙ Paper $19.95

ISBN 978-0-8131-7341-2 ∙ PDF

ISBN 978-0-8131-3904-3 ∙ EPUB

P R A i s e f o R A p pA l Ac h i A n e l e g y

“ Appalachian Elegy has the heft and expres-

siveness of a unified book; it is not merely a

collection of poems, but a book of poems that

accumulates meaning and pathos, wisdom and

grief, as it proceeds. That is a quality I desire

in all poetry, and Appalachian Elegy supplies it

with a kind of incantation and dance that I find

deeply satisfying.”—Maurice Manning, author

of Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions

“This collection reflects aesthetic and linguistic

choices based on the thinking and feeling of

someone who has made important contribu-

tions to contemporary thought and who thinks

and feels deeply about what Kentucky—as

‘here’ and home—means to her.”—Edwina

Pendarvis, author of Like the Mountains of China

Nationally acclaimed author bell hooks offers a look at Appalachia through poetry and prose

s e l e c t i o n s f R o m t h e i n t R o d U c t i o n

All my people come from the hills, from the backwoods, even the ones who ran away from this heritage refusing to look back. No one wanted to talk about the black farmers who lost land to white supremacist violence. No one wanted to talk about the extent to which that racialized terrorism created a turning point in the lives of black folks wherein nature, once seen as a freeing place, became a fearful place. That silence has kept us from knowing the ecohistories of black folks. It has kept folk from claiming an identity and a heritage that is so often forgotten or erased. It is no wonder, then, that when I returned to my native state of Kentucky after more than fifty years of living elsewhere, memories of life in the hills flooded my mind and heart. And I could see the link between the desecration of the land as it was lived on by red and black folk and the current exploitation and destruction of our environment. Coming home to Kentucky hills was, for me, a way to declare allegiance to environment struggles aimed at restoring proper stewardship to the land. It has allowed me to give public expression to the ecofeminism that has been an organic part of my social action on behalf of peace and justice.

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Poetry is a useful place for lamentation. Not only the forest Sojourner [Truth] found solace in, poems are a place where we can cry out. Appalachian Elegy is a collection of poems that extend the process of lamentation. Dirge-like at times, the poems repeat sorrow sounds, connecting the pain of a historical Kentucky landscape ravaged by war and all human conditions that are like war. Nowadays we can hear tell of black jockeys, the ones who became famous. But where are the stories of all enslaved black servants who worked with horses, who wanted to mount and ride away from endless servitude? Those stories are silenced. Psychohistory and the power of ways of knowing beyond human will and human reason allow us to recreate, to reimagine. Poems of lamentation allow the melancholic loss that never truly disappears. Like a slow solemn musical refrain played again and again, they call us to remember and mourn, to know again that as we work for change, our struggle is also a struggle of memory against forgetting.

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Appalachian elegyPoetry and Place

bell hooks

Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation’s leading intellectuals. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, hooks drew her unique pseudonym from the name of her grandmother, an intelligent and strong-willed African American woman who inspired her to stand up against a dominating and repressive society. Her poetry, novels, memoirs, and children’s books refl ect her Appalachian upbringing and feature her struggles with racially integrated schools and unwelcome authority fi gures. One of Utne Reader’s “100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life,” hooks has won wide acclaim from critics and readers alike. In Appalachian Elegy, bell hooks continues her work as an imagist of life’s harsh realities in a collection of poems inspired by her childhood in the isolated hills and hidden hollows of Kentucky. At once meditative, confessional, and political, this poignant volume draws the reader deep into the experience of living in Appalachia. Touching on such topics as the marginalization of its people and the environmental degradation it has suff ered over the years, hooks’s poetry quietly elegizes the slow loss of an identity while also celebrating that which is constant, fi rmly rooted in a place that is no longer whole.

bell hooks is Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at Berea College. She is the author of more than thirty books, including Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism, named by Publishers Weekly as one of the twenty most infl uential women’s books of the last twenty years. She lives in Berea, Kentucky.

Poetry

September

96 pages ∙ 5.5 x 8.5

ISBN 978-0-8131-3669-1 ∙ Paper $19.95

ISBN 978-0-8131-3670-7 ∙ PDF

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Kentucky Voices series

New Covenant Bound

T. Crunk

112 pages ∙ 5.5 x 8.5 ∙ map

ISBN 978-0-8131-2599-2 ∙ Paper $19.95

ISBN 978-0-8131-2600-5 ∙ PDF

ISBN 978-0-8131-3953-1 ∙ EPUB

What Comes Down to Us

25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets

Edited by Jeff Worley

288 pages ∙ 5 x 8 ∙ 25 photos

ISBN 978-0-8131-2557-2 ∙ Cloth $29.95

ISBN 978-0-8131-7351-1 ∙ PDF

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America’s first black socialistTh e Radical Life of Peter H. Clark

Nikki M. Taylor

In pursuit of his foremost goal, full and equal citizenship for African Americans, Peter Humphries Clark (1829–1925) defi ed easy classifi cation. He was, at various times, the country’s fi rst black socialist, a loyal supporter of the Republican Party, and an advocate for the Democrats. A pioneer educational activist, Clark led the fi ght for African Americans’ access to Ohio’s public schools and became the fi rst black principal in the state. He supported all-black schools and staunchly defended them even aft er the tide turned toward desegregation. As a politician, intellectual, educator, and activist, Clark was complex and enigmatic. Th ough Clark infl uenced a generation of abolitionists and civil rights activists, he is virtually forgotten today. America’s First Black Socialist draws upon speeches, correspondence, and outside commentary to provide a bal-anced account of this neglected and misunderstood fi gure. Charting Clark’s changing allegiances and ideologies from the antebellum era through the 1920s, this comprehensive biography illuminates the life and legacy of an important activist while also highlighting the black radical tradition that helped democratize America.

Nikki M. Taylor, associate professor of Africana studies at the University of Cincinnati, is author of Frontiers of Freedom: Cincinnati’s Black Community, 1802–1868, and coauthor of A History of African Americans. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

History/Biography/African American Studies

December


ISBN 978-0-8131-4077-3 ∙ Cloth $40.00s

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“Clark’s various ideological shifts in nineteenth

century Ohio (and nationally) made him an

unusual fi gure that has not been fully examined

in depth. This extended biography corrects

this omission”—John A. Hardin, author of Fifty

Years of Segregation: Black Higher Education in

Kentucky, 1904–1954

“Clark played an important role in nineteenth-

century African American history and the

culture and history of the nation as well. Taylor

exposes Clark, warts and all.”—William E. Ellis,

author of A History of Education in Kentucky

Raising Racists

The Socialization of White Children

in the Jim Crow South

Kristina DuRocher


ISBN 978-0-8131-3001-9 ∙ Cloth $40.00s

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thunder of freedomBlack Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi

Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner with Cheryl ReitanForeword by John Dittmer

Th e world’s eyes were on Mississippi during the summer of 1964, when civil rights activists launched an ambitious African American voter registration project and were met with violent resistance from white supremacists. Sue Sojourner and her husband arrived in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the wake of this historic time, known as “Freedom Summer.” From September 1964 until her departure from the state in 1969, Sojourner collected an incredible number of documents, oral histories, and photographs chronicling the dramatic events that she witnessed. In this remarkable book, written in collaboration with Cheryl Reitan, Sojourner presents a fascinating account of one of the civil rights movement’s most active and broad-based community organizing operations in the South.

Th under of Freedom unites Sojourner’s personal experiences with her insights regarding the dynamics of race relations in the 1960s South, providing rea ders with a unique look at the struggle for rights and equality in Mississippi. Illustrated with selections from Sojourner’s acclaimed catalog of photographs, this profound book tells the powerful, oft en intimate stories of ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things.

Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner is a veteran of the civil rights movement who worked with the citizens of Holmes County, Mississippi, from the fall of 1964 through the summer of 1969 to achieve racial equality. She has produced two photography exhibitions using reproductions of her original 1960s photographs. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.

Cheryl Reitan is a university administrator and the editor of the alumni magazine for the University of Minnesota–Duluth. She has published short stories and articles in numerous literary and professional journals. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.

Memoir/African American Studies

January


ISBN 978-0-8131-4093-3 ∙ Cloth $40.00s

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civil Rights and the struggle for black

equality in the twentieth century series

“Sue Sojourner’s account of her mid-1960s work

in Holmes County, Mississippi, is an important,

engaging manuscript and one that speaks to

a number of signifi cant themes and topics in

the scholarship of the civil rights movement.”

—Emilye Crosby, Civil Rights History from the

Ground Up: Local Struggles, a National Movement

Freedom Rights

New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement

Edited by Danielle L. McGuire and John Dittmer


ISBN 978-0-8131-3448-2 ∙ Cloth $40.00s

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family or freedomPeople of Color in the Antebellum South

Emily West

“Bondage, race, and status mixed in nineteenth-century America in a most

bedeviling way, and West’s Family or Freedom is an innovative and intense

excavation of neglected aspects of slavery’s most destructive infl uences. Her

original and engaging research fi ts pieces of our historical jigsaw into a new

and dramatic portrait of the antebellum South.”—Catherine Clinton, Queen’s

University Belfast

In the antebellum South, the presence of free people of color was problem-atic to the white population. Not only were they possible assistants to en-slaved people and potential members of the labor force; their very existence undermined popular justifi cations for slavery. It is no surprise that, by the end of the Civil War, nine Southern states had enacted legal provisions for the “voluntary” enslavement of free blacks. What is surprising to modern sensibilities and perplexing to scholars is that some individuals did petition to rescind their freedom. Family or Freedom investigates the incentives for free African Ameri-cans living in the antebellum South to sacrifi ce their liberty for a life in bondage. Author Emily West looks at the many factors infl uencing these dire decisions—from desperate poverty to the threat of expulsion—and demonstrates that the desire for family unity was the most important con-sideration for African Americans who submitted to voluntary enslavement. Th e fi rst study of its kind to examine the phenomenon throughout the South, this meticulously researched volume off ers the most thorough exploration of this complex issue to date.

Emily West is lecturer in history at the University of Reading and author of Chains of Love: Slave Couples in Antebellum South Carolina. She lives in Reading, England.

History/African American Studies

November

256 pages ∙ 6 x 9

ISBN 978-0-8131-3692-9 ∙ Cloth $50.00x

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new directions in southern history series

“Emily West’s Family or Freedom does what every

g ood monograph should: it takes a small slice

of a history and illuminates the whole. This

persistent, thoughtful inquiry into why some

free black people gave up their freedom tells

us a great deal about slave kinship, the nature

of the master-slave relationship, and slavery

itself—about the fl uidity of the lines between

slaves and free black people, between slavery

and freedom.”—Anthony Kaye, author of Joining

Places: Slave Neighborhoods in the Old South

Cultivating Race

The Expansion of Slavery in Georgia, 1750–1860

Watson W. Jennison

440 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ 5 b/w photos, 8 maps

ISBN 978-0-8131-3426-0 ∙ Cloth $50.00x

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mamoulian Life on Stage and Screen

David Luhrssen

An Armenian national raised in Russia, Rouben Mamoulian (1897–1987) studied in the infl uential Stanislavski studio, renowned as the source of the “method” acting technique. Shortly aft er immigrating to New York in 1926, he created a sensation with an all-black production of Porgy (1927). He then went on to direct the debut Broadway productions of three of the most popular shows in the history of American musical theater: Porgy and Bess (1935), Oklahoma! (1943), and Carousel (1945). Mamoulian began working in fi lm just as the sound revolution was dramatically changing the technical capabilities of the medium, and he quickly established himself as an innovator. Not only did many of his unusual camera techniques become standard, but he also invented a device that eliminated the background noises created by cameras and dollies. Seen as a rebel earlier in his career, Mamoulian gradually gained respect in Hollywood, and the Directors Guild of America awarded him the prestigious D. W. Griffi th Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1983. In this meticulously researched biography, David Luhrssen paints the infl uential director as a socially conscious artist who sought to successfully combine art and commercial entertainment. Luhrssen not only reveals the fascinating personal story of an important yet neglected fi gure, but he also off ers a tantalizing glimpse into the extraordinarily vibrant American fi lm and theater industries during the twenties, thirties, and forties.

David Luhrssen is the arts and entertainment editor and fi lm critic for the Shepherd Express and cofounder and director of the Milwaukee International Film Festival. Author of Hammer of the Gods: Th ule Society and the Birth of Nazism and Elvis Presley: Reluctant Rebel, he lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Film/Biography

December


ISBN 978-0-8131-3676-9 ∙ Cloth $40.00s

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screen classics series

“David Luhrssen has done yeoman work in

researching the neglected theatrical aspect

of Mamoulian’s career, recreating it with a

graceful and often colorful style. Luhrssen

does equal justice to Mamoulian’s fi lms, giving

full attention to his unique style and the

technological and artistic advances he helped

bring about. This important book helps restore

the limelight to an infl uential artist who has

been unjustly overlooked in recent years.”

—Joseph McBride, author of What Ever

Happened to Orson Welles? A Portrait of an

Independent CareerBuzz

The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley

Jeff rey Spivak

408 pages ∙ 6.125 x 9.25 ∙ 62 b/w photos

ISBN 978-0-8131-2643-2 ∙ Cloth $39.95s

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mae murrayTh e Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips

Michael G. AnkerichForeword by Kevin Brownlow

Mae Murray (1885–1965), popularly known as “the girl with the bee-stung lips,” was a fi ery presence in silent-era Hollywood. Renowned for her classic beauty and charismatic presence, she rocketed to stardom as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, moving across the country to star in her fi rst fi lm, To Have and to Hold, in 1916. An instant hit with audiences, Murray soon became one of the most famous names in Tinseltown. However, Murray’s moment in the spotlight was fl eeting. Th e introduction of talkies, a string of failed marriages, a serious career blunder, and a number of bitter legal battles left the former star in a state of poverty and mental instability that she would never overcome. In this intriguing biography, Michael G. Ankerich traces Murray’s career from the footlights of Broadway to the klieg lights of Hollywood, recounting her impressive body of work on the stage and screen and charting her rapid ascent to fame and decline into obscurity. Featuring exclusive interviews with Murray’s only son, Daniel, and with actor George Hamilton, whom the actress closely befriended at the end of her life, Ankerich restores this important fi gure in early fi lm to the limelight.

Former news reporter Michael G. Ankerich is author of Broken Silence: Conversations with 23 Silent Film Stars and Dangerous Curves atop Holly-wood Heels: Th e Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen. He lives in Columbus, Georgia.

Film/Biography

December


ISBN 978-0-8131-3690-5 ∙ Cloth $40.00s

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screen classics series

“ A most compelling, detailed chronicle of the

meteoric rise and fall of stage/silent movie star

Mae Murray, as to both her roller-coaster profes-

sional career and chaotic personal life. This book

will certainly be the defi nitive biography of the

legendary Mae Murray.”—James Robert Parish,

author of Fiasco: A History of Hollywood’s Iconic

Flops

“ Astounding. Mae Murray works on many levels.

For those who know of her, it’s a revelation.

At last, a reliable narrative of her life.”—Mel

Neuhaus, fi lm writer for Examiner.comHedy Lamarr

The Most Beautiful Woman in Film

Ruth Barton


ISBN 978-0-8131-3654-7 ∙ Paper $19.95

ISBN 978-0-8131-2610-4 ∙ PDF

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mary PickfordQueen of the Movies

Edited by Christel Schmidt

In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema’s fi rst great star. In this engaging collection, copublished with the Library of Congress, an eminent group of fi lm historians sheds new light on this icon’s incredible life and legacy. Pickford emerges from the pages in vivid detail. She is revealed as a gift ed actress, a philanthropist, and a savvy industry leader who fought for creative control of her fi lms and ultimately became her own producer. Th is beautifully designed volume features more than two hundred color and black and white illustrations, including photographs and stills from the collections of the Library of Congress and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Together with the text, they paint a fascinating portrait of a key fi gure in American cinematic history.

Christel Schmidt is a fi lm historian, writer, and editor. She was awarded two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her work on Mary Pickford and is coeditor of Silent Movies: Th e Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Film

December

Copublished with the Library of Congress

288 pages ∙ 9 x 12 ∙ 228 color & b/w illus.

ISBN 978-0-8131-3647-9 ∙ Cloth $45.00

ISBN 978-0-8131-3667-7 ∙ PDF

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“ An anthology of outstanding writing, past

and present, about one of the most important

fi gures in fi lm history, addressing previously

neglected aspects of her career and adding to

our overall knowledge. It will be an important

book, both for contemporary readers and for

posterity.”—J. B. Kaufman, author of South of

the Border with Disney: Walt Disney and the Good

Neighbor Program, 1941–1948

Thomas Ince

Hollywood’s Independent Pioneer

Brian Taves


ISBN 978-0-8131-3422-2 ∙ Cloth $39.95s

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Women and the White houseGender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics

Edited by Justin S. Vaughn and Lilly J. Goren

Th e president of the United States traditionally serves as a symbol of power, virtue, ability, dominance, popularity, and patriarchy. In recent years, however, the high-profi le candidacies of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann have provoked new interest in gendered popular culture and how it infl uences Americans’ perceptions of the country’s highest political offi ce. In this timely volume, editors Justin S. Vaughn and Lilly J. Goren lead a team of scholars in examining how the president and the fi rst lady exist as a function of public expectations and cultural gender roles. Th e authors investigate how the candidates’ messages are conveyed, altered, and interpreted in “hard” and “soft ” media forums, from the nightly news to daytime talk shows, and from tabloids to the blogosphere. Th ey also address the portrayal of the presidency in fi lm and television productions such as Kisses for My President (1964), Air Force One (1997), and Commander in Chief (2005). With its strong, multidisciplinary approach, Women and the White House commences a wider discussion about the possibility of a female president in the United States, the ways in which popular perceptions of gender will impact her leadership, and the cultural challenges she will face.

Justin S. Vaughn is assistant professor of political science at Boise State University. He lives in Boise, Idaho.

Lilly J. Goren is professor of politics and global studies at Carroll University and the editor of You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

History/American/Popular Culture

November

328 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ Illus.

ISBN 978-0-8131-4101-5 ∙ Cloth $40.00s

ISBN 978-0-8131-4103-9 ∙ PDF

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You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby

Women, Politics, and Popular Culture

Edited by Lilly J. Goren

300 pages ∙ 6 x 9

ISBN 978-0-8131-2602-9 ∙ Paper $25.00s

ISBN 978-0-8131-7340-5 ∙ PDF

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the invisible hand in Popular cultureLiberty vs. Authority in American Film and TV

Paul A. Cantor

Popular culture oft en champions freedom as the fundamentally American way of life and celebrates the virtues of independence and self-reliance. But fi lm and television have also explored the tension between freedom and other core values, such as order and political stability. What may look like healthy, productive, and creative freedom from one point of view may look like chaos, anarchy, and a source of destructive confl ict from another. Film and televi-sion continually pose the question: Can Americans deal with their problems on their own, or must they rely on political elites to manage their lives? In this groundbreaking work, Paul A. Cantor explores the ways in which television shows such as Star Trek, Th e X-Files, South Park, and Deadwood and fi lms such as Th e Aviator and Mars Attacks! have portrayed both top-down and bottom-up models of order. Drawing on the works of John Locke, Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, and other proponents of freedom, Cantor contrasts the classical liberal vision of America—particularly its emphasis on the virtues of spontaneous order—with the Marxist understanding of the “culture industry” and the Hobbesian model of absolute state control.

Th e Invisible Hand in Popular Culture concludes with a discussion of the impact of 9/11 on fi lm and television, and the new anxieties emerging in contemporary alien-invasion narratives: the fear of a global technocracy that seeks to destroy the nuclear family, religious faith, local government, and other traditional bulwarks against the absolute state.

Paul A. Cantor is Clift on Waller Barrett Professor of English at the University of Virginia. Among his wide-ranging and acclaimed writings on fi lm and television, Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization was named one of the best nonfi ction books of 2001 by the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Political Science/Popular Culture

November


ISBN 978-0-8131-4082-7 ∙ Cloth $35.00s

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“Cantor is undoubtedly one of the most original

scholars in the fi eld.”—William Irwin, Series

Editor, Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture

Homer Simpson Marches on Washington

Dissent through American Popular Culture

Edited by Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy


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native Americans on filmConversations, Teaching, and Th eory

Edited by M. Elise Marubbio and Eric L. Buff alohead

Th e fi lm industry and mainstream popular culture are notorious for pro-moting stereotypical images of Native Americans: the noble and ignoble savage, the pronoun-challenged sidekick, the ruthless warrior, the female drudge, the princess, the sexualized maiden, the drunk, and others. Over the years, Indigenous fi lmmakers have both challenged these representa-tions and moved past them, off ering their own distinct forms of cinematic expression. Native Americans on Film draws inspiration from the Indigenous fi lm movement, bringing fi lmmakers into an intertextual conversation with academics from a variety of disciplines. Th e resulting dialogue opens a myriad of possibilities for engaging students with ongoing debates: What is Indigenous fi lm? Who is an Indigenous fi lmmaker? What are Native fi lmmakers saying about Indigenous fi lm and their own work? Th is thought-provoking text off ers theoretical approaches to understanding Native cinema, includes pedagogical strategies for teaching particular fi lms, and validates the diff erent voices, approaches, and worldviews that emerge across the movement.

M. Elise Marubbio is associate professor of American Indian studies at Augsburg College and director of the Augsburg Native American Film Series. She is the author of Killing the Indian Maiden: Images of Native American Women in Film, winner of the Peter C. Rollins Book Award. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Eric L. Buff alohead, an enrolled member of the Ponca Tribe of White Eagle, Oklahoma, is associate professor and chair of the American Indian studies department at Augsburg College. He lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Film Studies/Native American Studies

December


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“Without a doubt, this volume represents a

major contribution to the literature on Native

fi lm. Because of its wealth of insightful essays

and fresh interviews with Native fi lmmakers,

it should be an essential book for courses on

Native fi lm and Indigenous media, not to men-

tion more general courses on Native American

studies and media studies, where these topics

are too often neglected. A very impressive and

useful collection.”—Randolph Lewis, author of

Navajo Talking Picture: Cinema on Native Ground

Killing the Indian Maiden

Images of Native American Women in Film

M. Elise Marubbio

312 pages ∙ 6 x 9.6875 ∙ 12 b/w photos

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the Philosophy of sherlock holmesEdited by Philip Tallon and David Baggett

Arguably the most famous and recognized detective in history, Sherlock Holmes is considered by many to be the fi rst pop icon of the modern age. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fi ctional detective has stood as a unique fi gure for more than a century with his reliance on logical rigor, his analytic precision, and his disregard of social mores. A true classic, the Sherlock Holmes character continues to entertain twenty-fi rst-century audiences on the page, stage, and screen. In Th e Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes, a team of leading scholars use the beloved character as a window into the quandaries of existence, from questions of reality to the search for knowledge. Th e essays explore the sleuth’s role in revealing some of the world’s most fundamental philosophical issues, discussing subjects such as the nature of deception, the lessons enemies can teach us, Holmes’s own potential for criminality, and the detective’s unique but eff ective style of inductive reasoning. Emphasizing the philosophical debates raised by generations of devoted fans, this intriguing volume will be of interest to philosophers and Holmes enthusiasts alike.

Philip Tallon, affi liate professor of philosophy and religion at Asbury Th eological Seminary, is the author of Th e Poetics of Evil: Toward an Aesthetic Th eodicy. He lives in Melbourne, Florida.

David Baggett, professor of philosophy at Liberty University, is the editor of Tennis and Philosophy: What the Racket is All About and coauthor of Good God: Th e Th eistic Foundations of Morality. He lives in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Philosophy/Popular Culture

September

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the Philosophy of Popular culture series

“ An engagin g collection that plumbs the intel-

lectual, philosophical, and cultural mysteries

of Conan Doyle’s most beloved character. It

is a work that Holmes himself might admire.”

—Thomas Fahy, editor of The Philosophy of Horror

“The contributors off er insightful and interesting

thoughts about the philosophy present in

Holmes literature, unraveling some of the

mysteries which surround life’s big questions

as they take the reader on an intellectual

adventure with Holmes, Watson, and classic

and contemporary philosophers.”—Michael W.

Austin, coeditor of The Olympics and PhilosophyThe Philosophy of the Beats

Edited by Sharin N. Elkholy

300 pages ∙ 6 x 9

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the GulfTh e Bush Presidencies and the Middle East

Michael F. Cairo

Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush both led the United States through watershed events in foreign relations: the end of the Cold War and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Many high-level cabinet members and advisers played important foreign policy roles in both administrations, most notably Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and Condoleeza Rice. Both presidents perceived Saddam Hussein as a signifi cant threat and took action against Iraq. But was the George W. Bush administration really just “Act II” of George H. W. Bush’s administration? In Th e Gulf, Michael F. Cairo reveals how, despite many similarities, father and son pursued very diff erent international strategies. He explores how the personality, beliefs, and leadership style of each man infl uenced contemporary U.S. foreign policy. Contrasting the presidents’ management of American wars in Iraq, approach to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and relationships with their Israeli counterparts, Cairo off ers valuable insights into two leaders who left indelible marks on U.S. international relations. Th e result is a fresh analysis of the singular role the executive offi ce plays in shaping foreign policy.

Michael F. Cairo is associate professor of political science at Transylvania University. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

Political Science

November

256 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ 3 maps

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studies in confl ict, diplomacy,

and Peace series

“ A signifi cant contribution to scholarship. Cairo

helps to put America’s wars in the Middle East

in the context of the larger American involve-

ment in that region.”—Ryan Barilleaux, Miami

University

“This book is a remarkable accomplishment.

Cairo has produced what students of the

modern presidency have been waiting for—a

thoughtful, critical, impeccably researched, and

engagingly written study of the foreign policy

of the two Bushes. In the fi rst joint study of Bush

41 and Bush 43, Cairo deftly uses both a wide

selection of the available literature as well as

newly opened material from the Bush Papers to

show how these two men defi ned the policy of

a generation.”—John Robert Greene, Cazenovia

College

A n n o U n c i n G A n e W s e R i e s

studies in confl ict, diplomacy, and PeaceSeries Editors: George C. Herring, Andrew L. Johns, & Kathryn C. Statler

This series focuses on key moments of confl ict, diplomacy, and peace

from the 18th century to the present to explore their wider signifi cance

for the development of U.S. foreign relations. These studies will explore

the U.S. engagement with the world, its evolving role in the international

arena, and the ways in which the state, non-state actors, individuals, ideas,

and events have shaped and continue to infl uence U.S. history both at

home and abroad.

Advisory Board: David Anderson, Laura Belmonte, Robert Brigham, Paul

Chamberlin, Jessica Chapman, Frank Costigliola, Michael Desch, Kurk

Dorsey, John Ernst, Joseph A. Fry, Ann Heiss, Sheyda Jahanbani, Mark

Lawrence, Mitchell Lerner, Kyle Longley, Robert McMahon, Michaela

Hoenicke Moore, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Jason Parker, Andrew Preston,

Thomas Schwartz, Salim Yaqub



A General Who Will fightTh e Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant

Harry S. Laver

Prior to his service in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant exhibited few char-acteristics indicating that he would be an extraordinary leader. His perfor-mance as a cadet was mediocre, and he fi nished in the bottom half of his class at West Point. However, during his early service in the Civil War, most notably at the battles of Shiloh and Vicksburg, Grant proved that he pos-sessed an uncommon drive. When it was most crucial, Grant demonstrated his integrity, determination, and tactical skill by taking control of the Union troops and leading his forces to victory.

A General Who Will Fight is a detailed study of leadership that explores Grant’s rise from undisciplined cadet to commanding general of the United States Army. Some experts have attributed Grant’s success to superior man-power and technology, to the help he received from other Union armies, or even to a ruthless willingness to sacrifi ce his own men. Harry S. Laver, how-ever, refutes these arguments and reveals that the only viable explanation for Grant’s success lies in his leadership skill, professional competence, and unshakable resolve. Much more than a book on military strategy, this in-novative volume examines the decision-making process that enabled Grant both to excel as an unquestioned commander and to win.

Harry S. Laver is associate professor of history and political science at Southeastern Louisiana University and author of Citizens More Th an Soldiers: Th e Kentucky Militia and Society in the Early Republic. He lives in Hammond, Louisiana.

History/Civil War

December

216 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ 4 maps

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“Could become the book on Grant’s generalship

and, as such, a valuable secondary work to mili-

tary historians and those seeking a synthesis of

Grant’s Civil War generalship.”—William C. Davis,

Director, Virginia Center for Civil War Studies,

Virginia Tech

“Thi s study of Grant’s development as a military

leader explains why Grant succeeded where

others failed. Highly signifi cant in its fi eld.”

—James A. Ramage, author of Gray Ghost: The

Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby

The Art of Command

Military Leadership from George Washington

to Colin Powell

Edited by Harry S. Laver and Jeff rey J. Matthews

294 pages ∙ 6 x 9

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History/Military

October

296 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ 21 maps

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Asso ciation of the United states Army

foreign military studies series

“The Cold War has been indiff erently plumbed

by scholars, especially regarding the Eastern

bloc. This book, with a wealth of new and fasci-

nating information on the subject, is especially

welcome.”—Spencer C. Tucker, former holder

of the John Biggs Chair of Military History at

the Virginia Military Institute and editor of The

Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social,

and Military History

Berlin on the Brink

The Blockade, the Airlift, and the Early Cold War

Daniel F. Harrington

432 pages ∙ 6.125 x 9.25 ∙ 18 b/w photos, 2 maps

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blueprints for battlePlanning for War in Central Europe, 1948–1968

Edited by Jan Hoff enaar and Dieter KrügerEnglish translation edited by Major General David T. Zabecki, AUS (Ret.)

While scholarship abounds on the diplomatic and security aspects of the Cold War, very little attention has been paid to military planning at the operational level. In Blueprints for Battle, experts from Russia, the United States, and Europe address this dearth by closely examining the military planning of NATO and Warsaw Pact member nations from the end of World War II to the beginning of détente. Informed by material from recently opened archives, this collection investigates the perceptions and actions of the rival coalitions, exploring the challenges presented by nuclear technology, examining how military commanders’ perceptions changed from the 1950s to the 1960s, and discussing logistical coordination among allied states. Th e result is a detailed study that off ers much-needed new perspectives on the military aspects of the early Cold War.

Jan Hoff enaar is head of the research division at the Netherlands Institute of Military History, Th e Hague, and professor of military history at Utrecht University. He is coeditor of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: Irregular Warfare from 1800 to the Present. He lives in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Dieter Krüger is associate professor (privatdozent) of contemporary history at the Martin Luther University of Halle–Wittenberg and historian at the Military History Research Institute (MGFA), Potsdam. He lives in Potsdam, Germany.

Major General David T. Zabecki, AUS (Ret.), is the author of Th e German 1918 Off ensives: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War and editor emeritus of Vietnam magazine. He holds the Shifrin Distinguished Chair in Military and Naval History at the United States Naval Academy and is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the War Studies Programme at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). He lives in Freiburg, Germany.



RückzugTh e German Retreat from France, 1944

Joachim LudewigEdited by Major General David T. Zabecki, AUS (Ret.)

Th e Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 , marked a critical turning point in the European theater of World War II. Th e massive landing on France’s coast had been meticulously planned for three years, and the Allies anticipated a quick and decisive defeat of the German forces. Many of the planners were surprised, however, by the length of time it ultimately took to defeat the Germans. While much has been written about D-day, very little has been written about the crucial period from August to September, immediately aft er the invasion. In Rückzug, Joachim Ludewig draws on military records from both sides to show that a quick defeat of the Germans was hindered by excessive caution and a lack of strategic boldness on the part of the Allies, as well as by the Germans’ tactical skill and energy. Th is intriguing study, translated from German, not only examines a signifi cant and oft en overlooked phase of the war, but also off ers a valuable account of the confl ict from the perspective of the German forces.

Joachim Ludewig is an offi cer in the German Army Reserve. He currently serves as a civil servant in the German Defense Ministry. He lives in Bonn, Germany.

Major General David T. Zabecki, AUS (Ret.), is the author of Th e German 1918 Off ensives: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War and editor emeritus of Vietnam magazine. He holds the Shifrin Distinguished Chair in Military and Naval History at the United States Naval Academy and is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the War Studies Programme at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). He lives in Freiburg, Germany.

History/Military

October


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Asso ciation of the United states Army

foreign military studies series

“Ludewig is the fi rst historian to document in

detail the Wehrmacht’s retreat from France

from the German perspective. He has produced

a very solidly researched and documented

study on a neglected area of the 1944 campaign

in France. His analysis is clear, and his

explanations of German skill and missed Allied

opportunities are judicious.”—Stephen G. Fritz,

author of Ostkrieg: Hitler’s War of Extermination

in the East

Ostkrieg

Hitler’s War of Extermination in the East

Stephen G. Fritz


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hitler’s RivalErnst Th älmann in Myth and Memory

Russel Lemmons

Th roughout the 1920s, German politician and activist Ernst Th älmann (1886–1944) was the leader of the largest Communist Party organization outside the Soviet Union. Th älmann was the most prominent left -wing politician in the country’s 1932 election and ran third in the presidential race aft er Hitler and von Hindenberg. Aft er the Nazi Party’s victory in that contest, he was imprisoned and held in solitary confi nement for eleven years before being executed at Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944 under the Führer’s direct orders. Hitler’s Rival examines how the Communist Party gradually transformed Th älmann into a fallen mythic hero, building a cult that became one of their most important propaganda tools in central Europe. Author Russel Lemmons analyzes the party intelligentsia’s methods, demonstrating how they used various media to manipulate public memory and exploring the surprising ways in which they incorporated Christian themes into their messages. Examining the facts as well as the propaganda, this unique volume separates the intriguing true biography of the cult fi gure from the fantastic myth that was created around him.

Russel Lemmons, professor of history at Jacksonville State University, is the author of Goebbels and Der Angriff . He lives in Jacksonville, Alabama.

History/European

January


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“Lemmons has exhaustively researched the many

and varied manifestations of the Thälmann myth,

and he has found some fascinating material that

breathes new life into the story. This book will

likely be the last word and the standard work on

the Thälmann myth and its role in East German

history.”—Catherine Epstein, Amherst College

Homer Lea

American Soldier of Fortune

Lawrence M. Kaplan


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the infl uence of Air Power upon historyStatesmanship, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy since 1903

Edited by Robin Higham and Mark Parillo

From early zeppelins, to the Luft waff e and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war. However, nations have employed aircraft for many other purposes as well; they provide security and surveillance, and they are vital to myriad diplomatic and humanitarian eff orts. Air power has become a means for statesmen to advance a variety of goals, opening up new possibilities and problems in times of peace as well as war. Th e Infl uence of Air Power upon History examines the many ways in which aviation technology has impacted policymaking since 1903. It analyzes air strategy in nations around the world and explores how a country’s presumed technological capability, or lack thereof, has become a crucial aspect of diplomacy. Together, the essays in this insightful volume off er a greater understanding of the history of military force and diplomatic relations in the global community.

Robin Higham, professor of history emeritus at Kansas State University, Manhattan, is the author or editor of more than sixty books, including A Military History of China and Why Air Forces Fail: Th e Anatomy of Defeat. He lives in Manhattan, Kansas.

Mark Parillo, professor of history at Kansas State University, is the editor of We Were in the Big One: Experiences of the World War II Genera tion. He lives in Manhattan, Kansas.

History/Military

January


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“The editors have assembled a distinguished

group of historians to analyze how states have

used air power and air forces to pursue larger

diplomatic, social, and economic objectives.”

—Colonel Anthony Christopher Cain, USAF (Ret.)

Why Air Forces Fail

The Anatomy of Defeat

Edited by Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris

416 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ Illus.

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George Keats of Kentucky A Life

Lawrence M. CrutcherForeword by John E. Kleber

“ An interesting account of an Englishman coming to America in the early nine-

teenth century and making a life for himself and his family in Kentucky—his ac-

climation, acculturation, successes, and failures.”—James J. Holmberg, curator of

special collections at the Filson Historical Society

John Keats’s biographers have rarely been fair to George Keats (1797–1841)—pushing him to the background as the younger brother, painting him as a prodigal son, or labeling him as the “business brother.” Some have even condemned him as a heartless villain who took more than his fair share of an inheritance and abandoned the ailing poet to pursue his own interests. In this authoritative biography, author Lawrence M. Crutcher demonstrates that George Keats deserves better. Crutcher traces his subject from Regency London to the American frontier, correcting the misconceptions surrounding the Keats brothers’ relationship and revealing the details of George’s remarkable life in Louisville, Kentucky. Brilliantly illustrated with more than ninety color photographs, this en-gaging book reveals how George Keats embraced new business opportuni-ties to become an important member of the developing urban community. In addition, George Keats of Kentucky off ers a rare and fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century life, commerce, and entrepreneurship in Louisville and the Bluegrass.

Lawrence M. Crutcher is the great-great-great-grandson of George Keats and the author of Th e Keats Family. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Biography/Regional

November

384 pages ∙ 6.125 x 9.25

91 color photos, 2 maps

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topics in Kentucky history series

“Delivers a rich, fully drawn picture of the brother

of John Keats. Until now, no biographer has

delved into George Keats’s life so completely.”

—Carol Kyros Walker, author of Walking North

with Keats

The Family Legacy of Henry Clay

In the Shadow of a Kentucky Patriarch

Lindsey Apple


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Kentucky’s frontier highwayHistorical Landscapes along the Maysville Road

Karl Raitz and Nancy O’Malley

“The authors demonstrate quite convincingly that rich local history lies along

our roads. They unearthed an abundance of behind-the-scenes information

that is invisible to us as we barrel down the highway. It should give all readers

pause to consider how much more they could know about the places they travel

through.”—Craig E. Colten, author of Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane

Protection in Coastal Louisiana

Eighteenth-century Kentucky beckoned to hunters, surveyors, and settlers from the mid-Atlantic coast colonies as a source of game, land, and new trade opportunities. Unfortunately, the Appalachian Mountains formed a daunting barrier that left only two primary roads to this fertile Eden. Th e steep grades and dense forests of the Cumberland Gap rendered the Wilderness Road impassable to wagons, and the northern route extending from southeastern Pennsylvania became the fi rst main thoroughfare to the rugged West, winding along the Ohio River and linking Maysville to Lexington in the heart of the Bluegrass.

Kentucky’s Frontier Highway reveals the astounding history of the Maysville Road, a route that served as a theater of local settlement, an engine of economic development, a symbol of the national political process, and an essential part of the Underground Railroad. Authors Karl Raitz and Nancy O’Malley chart its transformation from an ancient footpath used by Native Americans and early settlers to a central highway, examining the eff ect that its development had on the evolution of transportation technology as well as the usage and abandonment of other thoroughfares, and illustrating how this historic road shaped the wider American landscape.

Karl Raitz is professor of geography at the University of Kentucky. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

Nancy O’Malley is the assistant director of the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

History/Regional/Geography

November


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“Kentucky’s Frontier Highway is a very well-

researched and well-written book that makes

a signifi cant contribution to the study of

American roads, U.S. settlement history, and

Kentucky history in particular. The authors’

approach is broad and multifaceted, well-

organized, and keenly focused on the myriad

aspects of an important path, the land and

time it transits. This is a fi ne holistic study of

an important and complex road and its many

geographical and historical components.”

—Drake Hokanson, author of Lincoln High-

way: Main Street across America

Kentucky Rising

Democracy, Slavery, and Culture from the Early Republic

to the Civil War

James A. Ramage and Andrea S. Watkins


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Appalachian travelsTh e Diary of Olive Dame Campbell

Olive Dame CampbellEdited by Elizabeth McCutchen Williams

In 1908 and 1909, noted social reformer and “songcatcher” Olive Dame Campbell traveled with her husband, John C. Campbell, through the Southern Highlands region of Appalachia to survey the social and economic conditions in mountain communities. Th roughout the journey, Olive kept a detailed diary off ering a vivid, entertaining, and personal account of the places the couple visited, the people they met, and the mountain cultures they encountered. Although John C. Campbell’s book, Th e Southern Highlander and His Homeland, is cited by nearly every scholar writing about the region, little has been published about the Campbells themselves and their role in the sociological, educational, and cultural history of Appalachia. In this critical edition, Elizabeth McCutchen Williams makes Olive’s diary widely accessible to scholars and students for the fi rst time. Appalachian Travels not only off ers an invaluable account of mountain society at the turn of the twentieth century but also illuminates the well-known couple’s eff orts to create better conditions for the working people of Appalachia.

American folklorist Olive Dame Campbell (1882–1954) was the author or coauthor of numerous books, including English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. In 1925, she founded the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina.

Elizabeth McCutchen Williams is research librarian and assistant professor at Appalachian State University. She lives in Boone, North Carolina.

Memoir/Appalachian Studies

October

302 pages ∙ 5.5 x 8.5 ∙ 14 photos

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“ A compelling account of turn-of-the-century

southern Appalachian society and culture

based on the fi rst impressions of an outsider

who would later become a key interpreter of

the region to the world beyond. Appalachian

Travels is both an invaluable historical resource

and a terrifi c read.”—John C. Inscoe, author of

Race, War, and Remembrance in the Appalachian

South

“Olive Dame Campbell was a careful observer

of mountain culture. As a result, we can learn a

great deal about not only the writer but also the

region by reading the journal.”—Theresa Anne

Lloyd, associate editor of The Encyclopedia of

Appalachia

The Southern Highlander and His Homeland

John C. Campbell

504 pages ∙ 5.5 x 8.5 ∙ 93 photos, 2 maps

ISBN 978-0-8131-9078-5 ∙ Paper $30.00s



henry W. blair’s campaign to Reform AmericaFrom the Civil War to the U.S. Senate

Gordon B. McKinney

In the years immediately following the Civil War, the nation’s lea ders called desperately for reform as they struggled to rebuild a society scarred by death and mass destruction. Recognizing America’s need for enlightened leadership, Republican senator Henry Blair (1834–1920) of New Hampshire embarked on an ambitious crusade to enact dramatic progressive changes.

Henry W. Blair’s Campaign to Reform America follows Blair’s remarkable political career. At the heart of his eff orts was a push to improve the nation’s system of public education, but his reform programs addressed a wide range of issues, including legal rights, economic rights, women’s suff rage, and racial equality. He consistently supported black voting rights, introduced an antilynching bill in 1894, and worked as a lobbyist with the NAACP at the age of eighty. In this long-overdue biography, Gordon B. McKinney sheds light on the brilliant career of a man who maintained a strong commitment to reform, liberty, and equality through a formative period in the nation’s history. McKinney deft ly demonstrates that, despite the social and economic challenges of the time, Senator Blair defended moral reform in a hostile climate and affi rmed that the federal government had an important and active role to play in improving American society.

Gordon B. McKinney is professor emeritus of history and former director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College. He is the author of numerous books, including Southern Mountain Republicans, 1865–1900 and Zeb Vance: North Carolina’s Civil War Governor and Gilded Age Political Leader. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

History/Biography

January


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Madeline McDowell Breckinridge

and the Battle for a New South

Melba Porter Hay

Foreword by Marjorie J. Spruill

368 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ 26 illus.

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state Violence in east AsiaEdited by N. Ganesan and Sung Chull Kim

Th e world was watching when footage of the “tank man”—the lone Chinese citizen blocking the passage of a column of tanks during the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square—fi rst appeared in the media. Th e furtive video is now regarded as an iconic depiction of a government’s violence against its own people. Th roughout the twentieth century, states across East Asia committed many relatively undocumented atrocities, with victims numbering in the millions. Th e contributors to this insightful volume analyze many of the most notorious cases, including the Japanese army’s Okinawan killings in 1945, Indonesia’s anticommunist purge in 1965–1968, Th ailand’s Red Drum incinerations in 1972–1975, Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge massacre in 1975–1978, Korea’s Kwangju crackdown in 1980, the Philippines’ Mendiola incident in 1987, Myanmar’s suppression of the democratic movement in 1988, and China’s Tiananmen incident. With in-depth investigation of events that have long been misunderstood or kept hidden from public scrutiny, State Violence in East Asia provides critical insights into the political and cultural dynamics of state-sanctioned violence and discusses ways to prevent it in the future.

N. Ganesan is professor of Southeast Asian politics at the Hiroshima Peace Institute and the coeditor of International Relations in Southeast Asia: Between Bilateralism and Multilateralism. He lives in Hiroshima, Japan.

Sung Chull Kim is professor of Northeast Asian studies at the Hiroshima Peace Institute and coeditor of Regional Cooperation and Its Enemies in Northeast Asia: Th e Impact of Domestic Forces. He lives in Hiroshima, Japan.

Political Science/Asian Studies

January

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Asia in the new millennium series

“Whether read for individual cases or in its

entirety, State Violence in East Asia is a signifi cant

contribution to scholarship on post–World War

II Asia generally, and Cold War Asia specifi cally.”

—John E. Van Sant, coeditor of The Historical

Dictionary of United States-Japan Relations

“ A timely work, presenting various international

perspectives and demonstrating up-to-date

scholarly accomplishment that challenges

experts, policymakers, and educators to move

into the ‘dark side’ of the political history of

Asian countries. This remarkable volume of

original essays draws on extensive multinational

archival research, especially newly released

documents.”—Xiaobing Li, author of A History of

the Modern Chinese Army

Challenges to Chinese Foreign Policy

Diplomacy, Globalization, and the Next World Power

Edited by Yufan Hao, C. X. George Wei,

and Lowell Dittmer

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modern chinese legal ReformNew Perspectives

Edited by Xiaobing Li and Qiang Fang

China’s rapid socioeconomic transformation of the past twenty years has led to dramatic changes in its judicial system and legal practices. As China becomes more powerful on the world stage, the global community has dedicated more resources and attention to understanding the country’s evolving democratization, and policymakers have identifi ed the development of civil liberties and long-term legal reforms as crucial for the nation’s acceptance as a global partner.

Modern Chinese Legal Reform is designed as a legal and political research tool to help English-speaki ng scholars interpret the many recent changes to China’s legal system. Investigating subjects such as constitutional history, the intersection of politics and law, democratization, civil legal practices, and judicial mechanisms, the essays in this volume situate current constitutional debates in the context of both the country’s ideology and traditions and the wider global community. Editors Xiaobing Li and Qiang Fang bring together scholars from multiple disciplines to provide a comprehensive and balanced look at a diffi cult subject. Featuring newly available offi cial sources and interviews with Chinese administrators, judges, law-enforcement offi cers, and legal experts, this essential resource enables readers to view key events through the eyes of individuals who are intimately acquainted with the challenges and successes of the past twenty years.

Xiaobing Li is professor of history and director of the Western Pacifi c Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma and author or coauthor of several books, including Voices from the Vietnam War: Stories from American, Asian, and Russian Veterans. He lives in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Qiang Fang is assistant professor of East Asian history at the University of Minnesota–Duluth. He lives in Duluth, Minnesota.

Political Science/Law/Asian Studies

January


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Asia in the new millennium series

“ A well-balanced scholarly examination of the

many important aspects of legal reform in China.

This volume is a welcome addition to the litera-

ture.”—Steven I. Levine, University of Montana

Contemporary Chinese Political Thought

Debates and Perspectives

Edited by Fred Dallmayr and Zhao Tingyang

312 pages ∙ 6 x 9

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contemporary Public healthPrinciples, Practice, and Policy

Edited by James W. Holsinger Jr.Foreword by David M. Lawrence

Public health refers to the management and prevention of disease within a population by promoting healthy behaviors and environments in an eff ort to create a higher standard of living. In this comprehensive volume, editor James W. Holsinger Jr. and an esteemed group of scholars and practitioners off er a concise overview of this burgeoning fi eld, emphasizing that the need for eff ective services has never been greater. Designed as a supplemental text for introductory courses in public health practice at the undergraduate and graduate levels, Contemporary Public Health provides historical background that contextualizes the current state of the fi eld and explores the major issues practitioners face today. It addresses essential topics such as the social and ecological determinants of health and their impact on practice, marginalized populations, the role of community-oriented primary care, the importance of services and systems research, accreditation, and the organizational landscape of the American public health system. Finally, it examines international public health and explores the potential of systems based on multilevel partnerships of government, academic, and nonprofi t organizations. With fresh historical and methodological analyses conducted by an impressive group of distinguished authors, this text is an essential resource for practitioners, health advocates, and students.

James W. Holsinger Jr., M.D., Ph.D., is the Charles T. Wethington Jr. Chair in the Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky. He served as secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services from 2003 to 2005. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

Health

December

336 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ 25 fi gures

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“ A comprehensive, integrated overview of public

health in the early twenty-fi rst century, some-

thing that few if any other works provide for

students. Well-written and clear, with an excel-

lent choice of topics.”—Max Michael, M.D., dean,

University of Al abama at Birmingham School of

Public Health

Appalachian Health and Well-Being

Edited by Robert L. Ludke and Phillip J. Obermiller

386 pages ∙ 6 x 9 ∙ 5 fi gures, 5 maps

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R e c e n t & n otA b l e G i f t b o o K s

A Kentucky christmasEdited by George Ella Lyon

“This cornucopia of a book will appeal to all who count the season as the best

time of the year.” —Southern Living

“Superb. . . . A rich, diverse collection. . . . A treasure every Kentuckian should

own.”—Lexington Herald-Leader

“Readers get a gigantic gift full of literary goodies under the tree. With appear-

ances by more than sixty of the state’s fi nest writers, who share holiday stories,

poems, songs, and essays, there should be something for anyone who opens this

package.”—Kentucky Monthly

“ A collection of holiday poetry, fi ction, essays, recipes, and songs gathered from

over sixty diff erent authors. . . . This is a legacy of literature for anyone from Ken-

tucky or those interested in its rich literary history.”—Christian Library Journal

“Celebrates Kentucky traditions from the fi rst Christmas on the Falls of the Ohio to

settlement days along the Cumberland to Appalachian country store windows

on Christmas Eve.”—Floyd County Times

Among the contributors to this handsome collection are Kentucky’s visionaries, storytellers, historians, singers, cooks, children’s authors, and poets, including eight Kentucky Poet Laureates. A delight for anyone interested in Kentucky literature, history, or traditions, A Kentucky Christmas is the perfect holiday gift .

George Ella Lyon is the award-winning author of more than forty books for children and adults, including She Let Herself Go: Poems, With a Hammer for My Heart, Don’t You Remember?, Holding On to Zoe, and Which Side Are You On? Th e Story of a Song. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

Fiction

November

352 pages ∙ 7 x 10 ∙ 2 illus.

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The Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook

Albert W. A. Schmid

Winner, Gourmand World

Cookbook Award

168 pages ∙ 7 x 8.5 ∙ 16 color photos

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The Kentucky Bourbon

Cocktail Book

Joy Perrine and Susan Reigler

144 pages ∙ 6 x 6 ∙ 15 illus.

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the blue Grass cook bookMinnie C. FoxIntroduction by John Fox Jr. New Introduction by Toni Tipton-Martin

“Of all the old cookbooks in my

collection, this remains one of

my all-time favorites. And what a

delightful surprise it was to learn

that it is now being reissued with

new material about Minnie Fox and

her troupe of kitchen assistants. At

last, we learn something about her

and the complex culinary world that

characterized Kentucky at the turn

of the twentieth century. This new

edition is a must for anyone interested in the development of Ameri-

can cookery and the important contributions of African Americans.”

—William Woys Weaver, contributing editor, Gourmet

“Toni Tipton-Martin has shone a bright light on a neglected classic.”

—John T. Edge, Director, Southern Foodways Alliance

“ Accolades to Toni Tipton-Martin for giving long overdue credit to

the contribution black women have made to our Southern foodways,

culture, and hospitality.”—Sharon Thompson, food editor, Lexington

Herald-Leader

In 1904, Kentucky socialite Minnie C. Fox published The Blue Grass Cook Book with more than three hundred recipes to celebrate the cuisine of the Bluegrass State. A new introduction by Toni Tipton-Martin adds historical context to this neglected classic and offers a nuanced portrait of a unique and now-vanished culinary culture. From biscuits and hams to ice creams and puddings, this cookbook is a collection of recipes from family and friends, including black cooks, who lived near Minnie Fox’s family estate in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and her home in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.

With Amusement for All A History of American Popular Culture since 1830

W i t h A n e W i n t R o d U c t i o n

LeRoy Ashby

“No single author has tackled popular

culture with so much breadth

and depth and managed to strike

a balance between the popular

and scholarly approaches. Ashby’s

absorbing and hugely informative

study will appeal to a wide

audience. Highly recommended.”

—Library Journal (starred review)

“This intelligent, energetic book has the ability to appeal to histo-

rians and scholars without distancing the general reader. The easy,

linear narrative is punctuated by songs, comic anecdotes, and rich

descriptions that bring each era to life.”—Charleston Post and Courier

“Well and fluently written and pleasant to read. . . . Offers a good

summary of a whole lot of material about popular culture.”—Early

Popular Visual Culture

With Amusement for All is the first comprehensive history of two centuries of mass entertainment in the United States, covering everything from the penny press to Playboy, the NBA to NASCAR, big band to hip hop, and other topics including film, comics, television, and dance. Paying careful attention to matters of race, gender, class, economics, and politics, LeRoy Ashby emphasizes the complex ways in which popular culture simultaneously reflects and transforms American society.

LeRoy Ashby is Regents Professor Emeritus at Washington State University and is the author of several books, including Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church and Endangered Children: Dependency, Neglect, and Abuse in American History. He lives in Spokane, Washington.

Cookbooks

August

448 pages ∙ 5.5 x 8.5 ∙ 13 illus.

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History/Popular Culture

October

712 pages ∙ 6.13 x 9.25 ∙ 36 b/w photos

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learning native WisdomWhat Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality

Gary Holthaus

“Holthaus illuminates the sharp dis-

tinctions between the long-term

view taken by Native peoples re-

garding the connection between

nature and humans, and the ‘im-

mediate return’ goals of the U.S.

economy, exemplified by our ‘fran-

tic hunt for the last barrel of oil.’”

—Booklist

“Holthaus’s collection of essays is a

pleasant immersion in the environmental philosophy of Native

American ways of life and belief that contrast so vividly with the

consumerist culture that permeates today’s world.”—Choice

“Learning Native Wisdom teaches that we are all ‘native’ to the earth.

This wisdom is not exotic, primitive, or ‘other’ but is embedded in the

ancient, practical daily lifeways passed down for millennia by all our

ancestors. This book is just what we need. It is deeply informed by

Gary Holthaus’s many years of teaching and working in the Alaskan

bush.”—Gary Snyder, author of Mountains and Rivers Without End

Humankind faces a convergence of environmental challenges: climate change, oil depletion, loss of water, loss of topsoil, and species die-off in proportions that exceed those of the past sixty-five million years. In Learning Native Wisdom, Gary Holthaus shows that any path to sustainability includes elements of both subsistence and spirituality, offering a way to confront environmental perils and create a better future.

Gary Holthaus is the author of several books, including From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture and Wide Skies: Finding a Home in the West. He lives in Red Wing, Minnesota.

Environment

January

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culture of the

land series

chinaberryJames StillEdited by Silas House

“There are small nostalgic pleasures to

be found in reading this simple story

of America.”—Publishers Weekly

“Still tells of birth, death, and court-

ship—tenderness, discovery, and love

with its holding on as well as letting

go. . . . The genius of the writing serves

up darkness and humor, the savory

and the sweet—as satisfying and full

of goodness as ‘Sunday dinners back

home.’”—Louisville Courier-Journal

“Chinaberry is a masterfully written story about the complexities of

love, relationships, childhood, and memory.”—Lexington Herald-

Leader

“James Still is a master . . . one who in execution is virtually flawless,

in touch and ear so nearly perfect that the difference does not

matter.”—Wendell Berry

“Make room in your library; the ‘Dean of Appalachian Literature’ has

returned. . . . Through recollection and creativity, Kentucky’s racon-

teur weaves a yarn about a place he once knew and loved, so univer-

sally poignant that it could be everyone’s story.”—Kentucky Monthly

“It’s a singular book. House says it’s Still’s greatest work. He may be

right.”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution

James Still (1906–2001) was the author of several works of fiction and poetry, including River of Earth, The Wolfpen Poems, and From the Mountain, From the Valley.

Silas House is the best-selling author of Clay’s Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, The Coal Tattoo, Eli the Good, Same Sun Here and Something’s Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal. House is NEH Chair in Appalachian Studies at Berea College and lives in Berea, Kentucky.

Fiction

August

172 pages ∙ 5.5 x 8.5

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surface and destroyThe Submarine Gun War in the Pacific

Michael Sturma

“ A relatively little-known aspect of the

Pacific War. Well-documented, this

book is recommended for those inter-

ested in World War II naval and Pacific

operations.”—Library Journal

“This is an important book. The

writing is excellent and the research

meticulous. . . . It is well worth reading.”

—Proceedings of the US Naval Institute

“ An important book for every serious

Naval buff, for the author offers countless insights into just about

every type and condition of surface gun attack and its consequences.

. . . A superb read by an author who knows his subject well.”

—Sea Classics

“Michael Sturma has penned an intriguing book on a virtually

unknown aspect of a submariner’s war.”—WWII History

“Michael Sturma’s Surface and Destroy will change the way you view

World War II in the Pacific.”—History Book Club

World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack. Between the ocean floor and the rolling whitecaps, submarines patrolled a dark abyss of silence and shadows. In Surface and Destroy, Michael Sturma illuminates the nature of submarine warfare in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, investigating the challenges of facing the enemy on the surface. In addition, the book explores the sailors’ personal standards of morality and their ability to wage total war.

Michael Sturma, chair of the history program at Murdoch University, is the author of several books on naval history, including The USS Flier: Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine. He lives in Perth, Australia.

yes We did?From King’s Dream to Obama’s Promise

Cynthia Griggs FlemingForeword by Eleanor Holmes Norton

“In Yes We Did? historian Cynthia Griggs

Fleming offers an academic overview

of the civil rights movement’s tri-

umphant past and uncertain future.”

—Washington Post

“Provides a mosaic of voices to illumi-

nate the complexity of black leader-

ship.”—Journal of Southern History

“Fills an important void in post-1960s

analyses . . . Links us to the legacy of the King era but challenges us

to confront the contradictions of what has transpired, and what has

not transpired, since King’s death.”—Barbara Ransby, author of Ella

Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

“ As we experience the Age of Obama, Cynthia Griggs Fleming helps

us to understand how far we have advanced in American race rela-

tions and yet also how far we still have to go.”—Clayborne Carson,

senior editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project

Yes We Did? examines the expansion of black leadership from grassroots organizations to the national arena, beginning with Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois and progressing through contemporary leaders. Author Cynthia Griggs Fleming had unprecedented access to a wide range of activists and scholars, including Carol Mosley Braun, Al Sharpton, and John Hope Franklin. She offers a new understanding of African American leadership—past, present, and future.

Cynthia Griggs Fleming, professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the author of Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson and In the Shadow of Selma: The Continuing Struggle for Civil Rights in the Rural South. She lives in Lenoir City, Tennessee.

History/Military

August


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Political Science/African American Studies/Current Affairs

August


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contested borderlandThe Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia

Brian D. McKnight

Winner of the Dr. James I. Robertson

Literary Prize

“Written in a clear and accessible style,

this book will appeal to both general

and scholarly readers. [It is] essen-

tial for all Appalachian regional and

Civil War collections.”—Journal of

Southern History

“Contested Borderland represents one

of the best recent, comprehensive examinations of the Civil War era

in the mountain highlands of Kentucky and Virginia. . . . I recom-

mend [it] to all serious Civil War scholars and enthusiasts.”—Journal

of American History

“McKnight adeptly juggles the military, social, and political

complexities of this border war in a meticulously documented and

often compelling narrative.”—American Historical Review

“Engaging and eminently readable. . . . A compelling account of an

isolated world turned upside down by a war fought over issues few

of its residents understood or cared much about.”—Civil War Times

Contested Borderland is the first Civil War study exclusively devoted to the border separating eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia. McKnight’s unprecedented geographical analysis of military tactics and civilian involvement provides a new and valuable dimension to the story of a region facing the turmoil of war.

Brian D. McKnight is associate professor of history at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. He is the author of Confederate Outlaw: Champ Ferguson and the Civil War in Appalachia and coeditor of Interpreting American History: The Age of Andrew Jackson. He lives in Wise, Virginia.

the trialThe Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators

Edited by Edward Steers Jr.

“Gathers under one cover the essential

and unvarnished details of that tragic

and twisted affair, including the

shadowy presence of the Confederate

Secret Service.” —Washington Times

“ An invaluable reference work that

anyone with a serious interest in the

Lincoln conspiracy ought to own.”

—Journal of Southern History

“The Lincoln scholar, and even those with a less consuming interest

in the murder of the Savior of the Union, will find this book fascinat-

ing.”—Signal Flag

“ A valuable work. . . . Even casual perusers will find passages that tell

them something interesting about some of the Confederacy’s more

sinister schemes, as well as the political atmosphere of immediate

postbellum America.”—Books and Culture

The trial of the men who conspired to kill President Abraham Lincoln is one of the most famous and controversial in U.S. history. In this essential volume, leading Lincoln assassination authority Edward Steers Jr. and a team of experts offer a series of commentaries on the trial. Their insights complement the published transcript of the court proceedings, exposing various perjuries, explaining testimony that has escaped scholarly attention, and clarifying the events surrounding the assassination as never before.

Edward Steers Jr., noted authority on the Lincoln assassination, is the author of several books including Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President. He lives in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.

History/Civil War

August

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January


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Please contact John P. Hussey for our wholesale schedule: 859.257.4249 / [email protected]

examination copies

Order examination copies to review for classroom use. Paperbacks $5.00 each, hardbacks $10.00. Price includes shipping and handling. Limit three books total. The books cannot be returned for credit. Please mail, fax, or email requests on department letterhead; to qualify, you must provide course name, current text, number of sections per year, and aver-age number of students per section. Fax requests to 410.516.6998. Email requests to [email protected].

Return Policy

Current editions of clean, resalable books may be returned within eighteen months of invoice date. No prior permission is required. Customers must adhere to the following guidelines: 1) All stickers and sticker residue must be removed. 2) A debit memo must be enclosed stating the reason for the return and the original invoice number(s). Credit will be issued at the highest maximum discount if invoice numbers are not supplied.

U.S. Postal Service Returns

Hopkins Fulfillment Service c/o Maple Press Company Lebanon Distribution Center PO Box 1287 Lebanon, PA 17042

All Other Returns

Hopkins Fulfillment Service c/o Maple Press Company Lebanon Distribution Center 704 Legionaire Drive Fredericksburg, PA 17026

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