This collection of essays represents the best recent history written on Civil War activity in Arkansas. It illuminates the complexity of such issues as guerrilla warfare, Union army policies, and the
This work?in which the author describes the day when as a child he was chosen to be Jesus for the Feast of Saint Joseph?has been characterized as a poem in prose or as a basic canticle for celebrating
Confederate general Joseph O. Shelby and his legendary Iron Brigade refused to acknowledge Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Instead, they fought their way to Mexico in search of a place where they could
The Louisiana Purchase was supposed to be one of history's greatest land deals, doubling the size of the US and gaining it control of the Mississippi River. However, neither the French who sold it nor
At the start of the Civil War, Dr. William McPheeters was a distinguished physician in St. Louis, conducting unprecedented public-health research, forging new medical standards, and organizing the sta
The Rumble of a Distant Drum opens in 1673 when Marquette and Jolliet sailed down the Mississippi River and found the Quapaw living in the area where the Arkansas River flowed into the Mississippi. In
This popular guidebook is the most complete resource available on Arkansas hiking trails. It contains 78 maps and complete descriptions of trails all over the state - from short nature walks, to long-
A new movement is emerging in Egyptian literature--urban in its energies; cosmopolitan in its national, Arabic, and western influences; and independent and rowdy in its voice. For centuries, Arabic li
The twelve essays in this book, several published here for the first time, represent some of Tony Badger’s best work in his ongoing examination of how white liberal southern politicians who came to pr
Arkansas Portfolio III showcases the beauty of "The Natural State" with 126 new color photographs by native son Tim Ernst. Follow Tim to his favorite scenic haunts that include thund
A definitive guide listing the locations of the known extant manuscript and printed sources of early music by women composers of the renaissance, baroque, classic, and some early romantic periods. Al
I Do Wish this Cruel War Was Over collects diaries, letters, and memoirs excerpted from their original publication in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly to offer a first-hand, ground-level view of the
Paradise, for the skeptic Mohammed Afifi, was just four steps down from his porch into a sunny garden. There he would sit, morning and evening, in the shadow of Tamaara, his beloved tamarhinna tree, s
This book continues the personal story of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1920–1994) that began with The First Well: A Bethlehem Boyhood. Jabra was one of the Middle East’s leading novelists, poets, critics, pai
From the May 1801 founding of the Supreme Council to the present day, Fox (historiarchivist of the Supreme Council) explores the institutional history of the largest Masonic jurisdiction currently
This revisionist work delineates the major social and economic contours of the large black population in the pivotal Southern city of Charleston, South Carolina., historic seaport center for the slave
Not everyone in the North was an abolitionist. Not everyone in the South supported slavery. In this extraordinary account Dennis Haynes, Irish-born and an immigrant to Louisiana, became a wanted man w
Pinson Mounds: Middle Woodland Ceremonialism in the Midsouth is a comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of the largest Middle Woodland mound complex in the Southeast. Located in West Tennessee a
