Books from SIU Press
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Inventing Loreta Velasquez: Confederate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrity, and Con Artist
By William C. DavisAccording to Robert E. L. Krick of Richmond in an e-mail message, the only likely candidates ... the prison adjutant, and a clerk known only as Timberlake.
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Gay Men, Drinking, and Alcoholism
By Thomas S. Weinberg“ Mostly , they didn't know about them , ” Todd said . ... VINNIE : They didn't want to deal with it . Nobody wanted to deal with it .
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Collected Interviews: Voices from Twentieth-century Cinema
By Brian Clemens, Bryan Forbes, Gerard MalangaChristopher Plummer , Tony Hopkins , and my wife were in it ; it was a good cast . But when the film came out , it was as if I'd introduced a new strain of cancer to the United States ; the notices were really , really bad in America ...
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Writing in the Academic Disciplines: A Curricular History
By David R. RussellAn excellent collection is Robert W. Barnett and Jacob S. Blumner's Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs : Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships .. On research , see Jean Kiedaisch and Sue Dinitz ; and Judy Gill ...
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From Slave to State Legislator: John W. E. Thomas, Illinois' First African American Lawmaker
By David A JoensChicagoans john G. jones, Lloyd Wheeler, Robert M. Mitchell and Ferdinand Barnett, plus Rev. Charles Spencer Smith of Bloomington and W T. Scott of Cairo, all of whom favored pursuing an independent course from the Republican Party, ...
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Activist Rhetorics and American Higher Education, 1885-1937
By Susan Kates1 tory of , 5-6 , 23 , 61 , 65-69 ; intelligence Baker , George H. , 61 , 66 , 74 prejudice against , 2 , 6 , 20 , 135n ... Annie Ware Winsor , 42 Bell , Alexander Melville , 58 , 60 Allen University , 57 Bell , Bernard Iddings , 139n .
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The Vicksburg Campaign, March 29-May 18, 1863
By Steven E. Woodworth, Charles D GrearThe collection sheds new light on Grant’s formidable intelligence network of former slaves, Mississippi loyalists, and Union spies; his now legendary operations to deceive and confuse his Confederate counterparts; and his maneuvers from ...
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Mary Lincoln for the Ages
By Jason EmersonPorter, Horace. “Campaigning with Grant: Preparing for the Last Campaign.” Century Magazine 54, no. 4 (Aug. 1897): 584–602. An excerpt from Porter's book of the same title, this article mentions Mary Lincoln's 1865 visit to Union Army ...
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Invention as a Social Act
By Karen Burke LeFevreOf particular relevance to this study is Wayne Booth's proposal for revising the myths and assumptions concerning the autonomous, isolated individual. Booth prefers to think of the self as a "field of selves": What happens, then, ...
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Invention as a Social Act
By Karen Burke LeFevreBuilding on the work of rhetoricians, philosophers, linguists, and theorists in other disciplines, Karen Burke LeFevre challenges a widely-held view of rhetorical invention as the act of an atomistic individual.
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The Films of the Eighties: A Social History
By William J. PalmerIt must be tough playin ' second fiddle to a one - eyed cripple , " Mo taunts Richard Bone early in the film . " He's not your ordinary one - eyed cripple , " Bone answers , and indeed , Cutter certainly is not .
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History 31st Regiment Illinois Volunteers Organized by John A. Logan
By William S. Morris, L. D. Hartwell, J. B. KuykendallLestikar , Albert Mohler , Thomas J Mead , David H. Martin , Monroe Montroy , David McGhee , John Oliver , John Owen , James D Pate , John Pate , Matthew Plemons ... Cooper , James De Boer , John Ducket , Frederick Dixon , Elijah .
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Response to Reform: Composition and the Professionalization of Teaching
By Margaret MarshallResponse to Reform: Composition and the Professionalization of Teaching critiques the politics of labor and gender biases inherent in the composition workplace that prevent literacy teachers from attaining professional status and respect.
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Reimagining Process: Online Writing Archives and the Future of Writing Studies
By Kyle JensenFerguson, Ann. Blood at the Root: Motherhood, Sexuality, and Male Dominance. London: Pandora, 1989. Print. Fitzpatrick, Kathleen. ... and Its Teaching: Issues in English Education. Ed. Gail E. Hawisher, Anna O. Soter, 160 Works Cited.
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Theatrical Scene Painting: A Lesson Guide
By William PinnellA practical guide to scene painting for students and novices, as well as a reference for intermediate scene painters.
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Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters
By Robert E Hartley, David KenneySouthern Illinoisan , 12 Aug. 2004 , 1 , 2 . 2. Zieger , 170 . 3. Dubofsky and Van Tine , 491-517 . 4. Dubofsky and Van Tine , xi . 5. Zieger , x . Glossary of Coal Mining Terms Afterdamp : The mixture of NOTES TO PAGES 171-183 217.
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The Plays of David Storey: A Thematic Study
By William HutchingsThis is the first comprehensive play-by-play analysis of the drama of David Storey, one of the most acclaimed and innovative, sometimes controversial, writers in the British theatre since World War II. Grouping the plays according to theme, ...
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Outcasts from Evolution: Scientific Attitudes of Racial Inferiority, 1859-1900
By John S. Haller9 John Wesley Powell , “ From Barbarian to Civilization , ” American Anthropologist , o.s. , I ( Apr. , 1888 ) , 97 . . 10 W J McGee , speech , Aug. 26 , 1904 , Library of Congress , Mss , fol . 27 . 11 Roy Harvey Pearce , The Savages ...
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The Natural Heritage of Illinois: Essays on Its Lands, Waters, Flora, and Fauna
By John E SchwegmanHis love for plants led him to leave medicine and join John Wesley Powell's 1868 Colorado River expedition through the Grand Canyon. He eventually moved to Washington, DC, where he was curator of the national plant collection there.
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Willie's Time: Baseball's Golden Age
By Charles EinsteinWith a new preface from the author, this volume replays the most dramatic moments of the Say Hey Kid’ s career— from the 1951 Miracle Giants to the Amazing Mets of 1973— and takes us inside the lives of Ruth, DiMaggio, Aaron, Durocher ...