Publisher description: Decades after Edgar Allen Poe's longest and weirdest tale, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym," was published--the protagonist disappearing into the misty, mystifying Antarctic
Ballard recounts the arc of his life from his middle class childhood in the diverse neighborhood of Germantown, Pennsylvania in the 1930s, to his advocacy of minority students, teachers and programs i
Perhaps the most anonymous members of a political campaign are the advance men, the people who prepare the way for campaign stops and political visits. A former advance man for John F. Kennedy and Lyn
During the 1950s upstate New York was a frequented summer vacation spot for those who lived and worked in the city. Thousands of bungalow colonies had sprung up and with them some of the fondest memor
Bailly, a consultant, researcher, and former professor of linguistics who was a hidden child in France, compiles the stories of 18 former "hidden children" (including her own story) who were saved by
To help policy makers and politicians recognize the dangers of unrestrained public spending, Lachman, a former New York state senator who teaches at the Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform a
An epic poet tells the story of the courageous settlers in the American West and the valiant resistance by the Native peoples who called it home. Reprint.
"In colonial America, an Irish immigrant becomes chief of the Mohawks and convinces the Six Nations Indians to fight on the British side against the French. The novel is a fictionalized tale of the re
