Last week the Religion in American History blog published a complimentary piece on Erik Gellman and Jarod Roll’s new book The Gospel of the Working Class: Labor’s Southern Prophets in New […]
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NPR in SF interviews Will Kaufman
Will Kaufman, author of the new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical, was a guest July 25 on San Francisco’s National Public Radio affiliate KQED. Forum host Michael Krasny and Will Kaufman […]
Library Journal reviews Octave Chanute biography
Library Journal recently reviewed Simine Short’s new book Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution. “In her exquisitely detailed paean to one of America’s foremost civil engineers and […]
The TLS reviews Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927
The July 8, 2011, issue of the Times Literary Supplement includes Christine Bold’s review of the new Nina Baym book Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927. “Over thirty years […]
The Washington Times reviews from the Jewish Heartland
This morning The Washington Times published Martin Rubin’s highly complimentary review of From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways. “Sometimes a book jacket has the perfect illustration and […]
Woody Guthrie, American Radical On Tour
Will Kaufman, author of the new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical, is starting his cross-country U.S. tour in two weeks in Los Angeles. Most of Kaufman’s presentations will include performances of Woody […]
Spirits of Just Men excerpt
This morning Berfrois—Intellectual Jousting in the Republic of Letters—is featuring an excerpt from Charles Thompson’s new book Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital […]
Today in Labor History
Union Communication Services, Inc., points out that today is the anniversary of the 1993 lockout in Decatur, IL, as told in our book, Staley: The Fight for a New American […]
Charles Thompson on C-Span’s Book-TV
During Charles Thompson’s book signing at Book Expo, C-Span’s Book-TV stopped by to interview the author about his new book Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in […]
Montague’s magnificent collection
In November 2003, the University of Illinois Press published Burn, Baby! BURN!, the autobiography of famed R&B deejay Magnificent Montague. The June 19, 2011, issue of the Las Vegas Review-Journal features an […]
Moonshine on North Carolina Public Radio
Charles Thompson, author of the new book Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World, was a recent guest on North Carolina […]
Rave for Women Writers of the American West in The Chronicle’s “Brainstorm”
Gina Barreca reviews Nina Baym’s new book Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927 in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Brainstorm blog. “If you study American literature, you have to […]