During the historic March on Washington in late August of 1963, hundreds of thousands filled the National Mall and many powerful voices of the civil rights movement took to the podium. Few […]
Category: american history
Reconsidering the Chicago School of architecture
Thomas Leslie, author of Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934, recently spoke with WGLT-FM public radio about what architecture says not only about a city’s history, but about interpreting an urban identity. “Chicago skyscrapers […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education features Chicago Skyscrapers
Thomas Leslie, author of the new University of Illinois Press book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934, is the subject of a Chronicle of Higher Education feature. Thomas Leslie likes to warn his […]
King: A Biography $2.99 eBook sale
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the most famous and enduring speeches in American history. For the month of August 2013 the University of Illinois […]
The brutal realities of Gettysburg
July 1st – 3rd marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The conflict, considered a turning point in the Civil War, involved the largest number of casualties during […]
Where was the birthplace of the skyscraper?
Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 author Thomas Leslie was on hand for the Association of Preservation Technology Western Great Lakes Chapter and Construction History Society of America’s Skyscraper Symposium. The daylong event […]
Thomas Leslie — Book Trailer of the Day / WGN-TV’s Midday News
Thomas Leslie’s new book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 is today’s Shelf Awareness Book Trailer of the Day. And, Dr. Leslie was interviewed on the June 7, 2013, edition of WGN-TV’s Midday News. Chicago Skyscrapers begins […]
Chicago Skyscrapers in New York
Thomas Leslie signs copies of his new book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 at Book Expo America in New York. […]
Twentieth Century Drifter wins country music book award
Diane Diekman’s book, Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins, will receive the Belmont Country Music Book of the Year Award given by the Mike Curb Entertainment and Music […]
Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass book trailer
In May 2013 we will publish Murphy Henry’s new book Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass, which documents the musical lives of more than seventy women including Sally Ann […]
David Levering Lewis on MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Fifty years ago today Martin Luther King Jr. completed his open letter from Birmingham Jail. David Levering Lewis, writes in his book King: A Biography (recently released in a new […]
The First to Fly Controversy
Recently the publication, Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft declared at that aviator Gustave Whitehead, instead of the Wright brothers, was the first to take to the air in the sustained operation of a […]