In this allegory, the author's reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible Things, not realizing that if perhaps they would all stick
Offers a documentary history of the American Indian activist movement, containing 50 selections of statements by Indian organizations and congressional committees, texts of significant laws, and the v
Laura E. Smith unravels the compelling life story of Kiowa photographer Horace Poolaw (1906–84), one of the first professional Native American photographers. Born on the Kiowa reservation in Anadarko,
On any given workday, any little thing might send Steve Smith’s thoughts spinning back to Saturday—last Saturday, Saturday two weeks ago, Saturday two years ago, back into the thrilling minutiae of ga
From major league baseball’s inception in the 1880s through World War II, team owners enjoyed monopolistic control of the industry. Despite the players’ desire to form a viable union, every attempt to
In 1954 the U.S. Air Force launched an ambitious program known as WS-117L to develop the world’s first reconnaissance satellite. The goal was to take photographic images from space and relay them back
For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher’s photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His images from western Nebraska constitute the most extensive photographic record of the generation that
In Holding On, anthropologist Alyson O’Daniel analyzes the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans as well as the services designated to help them by taking
Everything changes when Julie Riddle’s parents stumble across the wilderness survival guideHow to Live in the Woods on Pennies a Day. In 1977, when Riddle is seven years old, she and her family—fed up
Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin conducted a secret ceremony unsanctioned by NASA: they placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called “The Fa
Dropouts, renegades, utopians. The children of the urban middle class and the old beatniks living alone, in couples, families, or groups in the smallNuevomexicano towns. When photographer Irwin Klein
The Life of Ten Bears is a remarkable collection of nineteenth-century Comanche oral histories given by Francis Joseph “Joe A” Attocknie. Although various elements of Ten Bears’s life (ca. 1790–1872)
Just weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, Larry Doby joined Robinson in breaking the color barrier in the major leagues when he became the first black player to integrate the Ameri
Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Ethiopian American Mahtem Shiferraw’sFuchsia examines conceptions of the displaced, disassembled, and nomadic self. Embedded in her poems ar
Hairs vs. Squares is an ode to an unforgettable season that began with the first major players’ strike in the history of North American sports and ended with a record-setting World Series played by tw
The book of Jonah stands unique among the biblical books of the prophets because it is almost entirely narrative. And, in contrast to all the other prophets who are portrayed as admirable individuals
An annotated anthology of Jewish mystical works, concepts, and experiences. A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader explores issues relating to what has compelled Jews to seek a more intimate relations
The Vessel is Alice Feiring's love affair with and exploration of the vibrant, colorful, passionate world of modern yet oh so ancient Georgian wines andqvevri fermentation. Not to be confused with the
In March 1961 America’s most prominent journalist, Edward R. Murrow, ended a quarter-century career with the Columbia Broadcasting System to join the administration of John F. Kennedy as director of t
