Drawing on the drill manuals available to officers and a close reading of battle reports, Civil War Infantry Tactics demonstrates that linear tactics provided the best formations and maneuvers to use with the single-shot musket, whether rifle or smoothbore.
Of the thousands of books written about the US Civil War, few mention the environment, and none address the topic as a principal theme.... Læs mere
A candid and humorous chronicle showing how one woman goes from casual observer to obsessive bird nerd as she traverses Louisiana’s avian paradise. In Adventures of a Louisiana Birder, readers follow Marybeth Lima across her adopted state in search of 300 species of birds.
Based on years of exhaustive and meticulous research, David C. Keehn’s study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the... Læs mere
Never in human history has travel been so accessible to so many. But amid an escalating climate crisis that threatens the homes of vulnerable people across the world, has the human cost of trekking the globe become too high?
Presents the diary of Ella Grunewald, an upper-middle-class teenager in New Orleans at the end of the nineteenth century. Grunewald, the... Læs mere
Phrased as a reaction to the rising temperatures and swelling sea levels in the South, Ruin and Resilience conceptualizes an environmental,... Læs mere
Charts the ways that poets have responded to the cliches of public speech from the start of the Second World War to the present. This innovative study blends close readings with historical context as it traces the development of echo and critique in the work of seven poets.
Focusing on the crucial period of 1820 to 1860, this volume examines the strong economic bonds between the antebellum plantation South and the burgeoning city of New York that resulted from the highly lucrative trade in cotton.
From discursive essay-poems to tightly constructed lyrics, Ed Falco’s X in the Tickseed examines a world that reveals itself through its mysteries, reflecting upon the ephemeral nature of all things.
A bilingual anthology of poetry written by fifteen Venezuelan poets who are currently residing in Chile. Edited and translated... Læs mere
From Thomas Jefferson’s vision for the Mississippi to Andrew Jackson and the rowdy river culture of the early nineteenth century, this book charts the Mississippi’s shifting importance in the making of America.