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The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World
The slave revolution that two hundred years ago created the state of Haiti alarmed and excited public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic. Its repercussions ranged from the world …
The Best Gun in the World
A year after seceding from the Union, South Carolina and the Confederate States government faced the daunting challenge of equipping soldiers with weapons, ammunition, and other …
Understanding Mario Vargas Llosa
The Field of Honor
For more than thirty years, the study of honor has been fundamental to understanding southern culture and history. Defined chiefly as reputation or public esteem, honor penetrated …
V.S. Naipaul, Man and Writer
Offering a survey of the life and work of the 2001 Nobel Laureate for Literature, ""V. S. Naipaul, Man and Writer"" introduces readers to the writer widely viewed as a curmudgeonly …
The Coca-Cola Art of Jim Harrison
Coca-Cola is a true American original and one of the world’s most recognized and popular American products. In The Coca-Cola Art of Jim Harrison, the artist traces his lifelong …
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Dead men tell no tales, or so the pirate maxim goes. But when facing execution in 1831 for mutiny and murder, the previously enigmatic pirate Charles Gibbs recounted the infamous …
Understanding Kate Atkinson
Best known for her Jackson Brodie series of detective novels, which were adapted into the BBC television series Case Histories, Kate Atkinson is the author of eleven novels, two …
Marcion and Luke-acts
Building on recent scholarship that argues for a second-century date for the book of ""Acts"", ""Marcion and Luke-Acts"" explores the probable context for the authorship not only …
Daffodils in American Gardens, 1733–1940
Since their earliest identification in the mid-1500s, more than twenty-eight thousand hybrid daffodils have been named and registered with the Royal Horticulture Society of …
Understanding David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang is best known as the author of M. Butterfly, which won a 1988 Tony Award and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and he has written the Obie Award–winners Golden …