Dramatic and lyrical, Allison Amend's first novel, steeped in the history and lore of the Oklahoma Territory, tells an unforgettable multigenerational - and very American - story of Jewish pioneers, their adopted family, and the challenges they face.
A leading proponent of racial equality in the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century, Albion W. Tourgee... Læs mere
Perhaps America's foremost literary stylist and most mordant wit, H.L. Mencken's most engaging writing told about his own life and... Læs mere
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Recalls Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in gritty, poignant detail, bearing witness to the destruction of a region and to its recovery. Ranging from the urgent to the reflective, these... Læs mere
In the most extensive work to date on major poets from the mountain South, John Lang takes as his point of departure an oft-quoted remark by Jim Wayne Miller:... Læs mere
Addressing a huge gap in the historiography of the antebellum United States, Edward Bartlett Rugemer explores the impact of... Læs mere
Challenges the idea that commercial and industrial interests did little to alter the planter-dominated... Læs mere
Joyce Carol Oates is America's most extraordinary and prolific woman of letters. Gavin Cologne-Brookes illuminates the vision of Oates, finding... Læs mere