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Grounded in archival discoveries, Afterlives traces the origins of nineteenth-century America’s preservation compulsion, illuminating the influences of botanical, medical, spiritualist, and sentimental discourses on Whitman’s work.
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Iowa has been blessed with citizens of strong character who have made invaluable contributions to the state and to the nation. Written by a team of more than 150... Læs mere
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Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell's award-winning stories transport you to Haiti - to a lush, lyrical, flamboyant, and spirit-filled Haiti where palm trees shine wet... Læs mere
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Originally published: Madison, Wis.: Spenser-Hoyt, c2007.
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A tale of memory and hero worship and the restless pulse of longing, The Book of Famous Iowans examines those forces that define not only a state made up of a physical geography, but more important, those states of the wholly human spirit.
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Summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa's modern landscape, this book recreates the once-wild native... Læs mere
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Everyone got marrIed In the 1950s, then moved to the suburbs to have the children of the soon-to-be-famous baby boom. The unwed... Læs mere
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Brings a humanist's keen eye and ear to one of the great questions of the ages: 'What am I?' Lavishly illustrated with beautiful woodcuts by Paul Landacre, an all-but-lost yet important Los Angeles artist, The Great Chain of Life will be cherished by new generations of readers.
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In these intertwined essays on art, music, and identity, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, the daughter of African American and Italian American... Læs mere
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Set within the thoughtfully presented contexts of the technological revolution in American agriculture, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the emerging... Læs mere
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The first book on the Jefferson highway, this covers its origin, history, and significance, as well as its eventual fading from most... Læs mere