Paul A. Shackel, author of The Ruined Anthracite: Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Over a […]
Q&A with Paul A. Shackel, author of THE RUINED ANTHRACITE
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Q&A with Mark Walczynski, author of JOLLIET AND MARQUETTE
Mark Walczynski, author of Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I […]
Q&A with Mark Erlich, author of THE WAY WE BUILD
Mark Erlich, author of The Way We Build: Restoring Dignity to Construction Work, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I planned […]
Free E-book Giveaway: JOURNALISM AND JIM CROW
August’s free e-book is here! Check out Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America edited by Kathy Roberts Forde and Sid Bedingfield the […]
Free E-book Giveaway: A HISTORY OF THE OZARKS, VOLUME 1
July’s free e-book is here! Check out A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks by Brooks Blevins before the month is over! Geologic forces raised the Ozarks. […]
Q&A with Gene Allen, author of MR. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gene Allen, author of Mr. Associated Press: Kent Cooper and the Twentieth-Century World of News, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his new book. Q: […]
Q&A with Kristine M. McCusker, author of JUST ENOUGH TO PUT HIM AWAY DECENT
Kristine M. McCusker, author of Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent: Death Care, Life Extension, and the Making of a Healthier South, 1900-1955, answers questions on her new book. […]
Q&A with Lorenzo Costaguta, author of WORKERS OF ALL COLORS UNITE
Lorenzo Costaguta, author of Workers of All Colors Unite: Race and the Origins of American Socialism, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Gregory J. Kaliss, author of BEYOND THE BLACK POWER SALUTE
Gregory J. Kaliss, author of Beyond the Black Power Salute: Athlete Activism in an Era of Change, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]
Q&A with Robert D. Sampson, author of BALLISTS, DEAD BEATS, AND MUFFINS
Robert D. Sampson, author of Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]
Free E-book Giveaway: UNION RENEGADES
May’s free e-book is here! Check out Union Renegades: Miners, Capitalism, and Organizing in the Gilded Age by Dana M. Caldemeyer before the month is over! In the late nineteenth […]
Q&A with Cristina-Ioana Dragomir, author of MAKING THE IMMIGRANT SOLDIER
Cristina-Ioana Dragomir, author of Making the Immigrant Soldier: How Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender Intersect in the US Military, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her […]