"A stunning history of legendary treasure seekers and enigmatic natives in Mexico's Copper Canyon" The Sierra Madre--no other mountain range in the world possesses such a ring of intrigue." In the Sie
"A stunning history of legendary treasure seekers and enigmatic natives in Mexico's Copper Canyon"The Sierra Madre--no other mountain range in the world possesses such a ring of intrigue. In the Sierr
Set in the ruins of his family’s strip-mined homestead in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, award-winning journalist and historian Jeff Biggers delivers a deeply personal portrait of t
"Jeff Biggers has the unblinking gaze of the honed journalist, a novelist's sense of image and story, and a prophet's cache of outrage. He stands in my very short list of American literary heroes." —L
“These powerful, urgent essays remind us that everywhere there is resistance there is hope.” ―Jeff Chang, author of We Gon’ Be AlrightWith Resistance, Jeff Biggers opens a new window into American his
"Award-winning journalist and cultural historian Jeff Biggers takes us on a journey into the secret history of coal mining in the American heartland. Set in the ruins of his family's strip-mined homes
Few places in the United States confound and fascinate Americans like Appalachia, yet no other area has been so markedly mischaracterized by the mass media. Stereotypes of hillbillies and rednecks re
"Days after President Obama beseeched his fellow lawmakers in the State of the Union to come together as a people, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, "and find common ground, even as we're having s
The Trials of a Scold, by American Book Award-winning author Jeff Biggers, is a well-researched and passionate biography of Anne Royall, one of America's first female muckrakers, who was convicted as
Damnatio Memoriae explores the role of the theatre amid the conflicts of immigration, human rights, citizenship, family, and legacy. From the clash of two theatre troupes on stage—one Italian, and the
This is the first book to celebrate the life and writing of one of the most charismatic Southern leaders of the middle twentieth century, Don West (1906-1992). West was a poet, a pioneer advocate for
