A reappraisal of American communism and anticommunism in the cold war era, focusing on episodes, personalities, and institutions, and based upon fresh evidence that overturns a great deal of received wisdom.
The sixth winner of the annual New Criterion Poetry Prize. Bill Coyle's first collection of poems spans the divide between the minutely considered trappings of an often hard-bitten and desolate world and the larger, more elusive questions of belief.
The sudden disappearance of Judge Joseph Crater nearly 75 years ago led to perhaps the most famous missing persons case... Læs mere
An anthology from one of America's most distinguished magazines of verse. It includes virtually every notable poet from 1912 until 2002.
Dwight Hoover, who grew up on an Iowa farm, recalls the events of day-to-day life in this era, offering detailed descriptions of daily work in each... Læs mere
Concentrating on ballparks, fans, marketing, statistics, the building of teams, and other related aspects of the game, this book explains the context that led each item to emerge when it did, and chronicles the responses to these innovations.