‘Gone With the Wind’ meets ‘Titanic’! They survived Civil War killing fields, prison, starvation, even a train wreck – all true. But these reluctant soldiers and courageous women could not stop the ha
Hattie Caraway unexpectedly became the firstfemale U.S. senator in 1931 by filling the seat of her late husband. What hercolleagues viewed as an honorary position was in fact the start of adistinguish
The one hundred Arkansas women profiled in Notable Women of Arkansas have glittered in the national spotlight. They have blazed trails in athletics, civil rights, literature, politics, science, show b
The one hundred Arkansas women profiled in Notable Women of Arkansas have glittered in the national spotlight. They have blazed trails in athletics, civil rights, literature, politics, science, show b
This informative two-volume set provides readers with an understanding of the fads and crazes that have taken America by storm from colonial times to the present. Entries cover a range of topics, incl
Placing the era firmly within the American experience, this reference illuminates what daily life was really like in the 1950s, including for people from the "Other America"—those outside the prospero
