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Medical Bondage
The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century …
Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail
In this verse translation of Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail, Ruth Harwood Cline restores to life the thematically crucial Arthurian tale of the education of a knight in his …
Daring to Write
With this new Latino literary collection Erika M. Martinez has brought together twenty-four engaging narratives written by Dominican women and women of Dominican descent living in …
Flannery O'Connor
This study explores the dualities that inform the entire body of Flannery OConnors fiction. From the almost unredeemable world of Wise Blood to the climactic moments of revelation …
Creation-Evolution Debate
Few issues besides evolution have so strained Americans professed tradition of tolerance. Few historians besides Pulitzer Prize winner Edward J. Larson have so perceptively …
Brief History of Male Nudes in America
In these stories, Dianne Nelson illuminates that vast territory of pleasure and pain created within modern families. Whether it is a father trying to kidnap his young son from his …
Jack London's Racial Lives
Jack London (1876-1916), known for his naturalistic and mythic tales, remains among the most popular and influential American writers in the world. Jack Londons Racial Lives offers …
Life's Philosophy
Now available in English for the first time, Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess's meditation on the art of living is an exhortation to preserve the environment and biodiversity. As …
Nature and Madness
Through much of history our relationship with the earth has been plagued by ambivalence-we not only enjoy and appreciate the forces and manifestations of nature, we seek to …
Gullies of My People
While scouting sites for geology field trips, poet and naturalist John Lane encountered deep gullies created between the Civil War and the 1930s contributed to by his mother's …
Widespread Panic in the Streets of Athens, Georgia
In April 1998, legendary southern jam band Widespread Panic held a free open-air record release show in downtown Athens, Georgia, its homebase. No one involved could have known …
Practical Strangers
These letters chronicle the wartime courtship of a Confederate soldier and the woman he loved - a sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln. It is a relative rarity for the correspondence …