[bksvol-discuss] Fw: History and Current Events March 2008
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- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:11:44 -0400
New and Recently Released!
Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the
Age of Flimflam - by Pope Brock
Publisher: Crown Publishers
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Pub Date: 2/5/2008
ISBN: 9780307339881
ISBN-10: 0307339882
In the 1920s and 30s, consummate con man John Brinkley went from selling
worthless patent cures to a career as a famed surgeon specializing in the
restoration
of male virility (he transplanted goat testicles into thousands of men). In
addition, he was an early innovator in the field of radio advertising, and
after the state of Kansas revoked his medical license, he ran for governor.
This ambitious man was, of course, also ultimately a mass murderer, as his
patients often died from organ rejection and infection. Charlatan is an
absorbing, well-researched account of this self-made quack and the man who
finally
brought him down.
Cemeteries of northeast Ohio : stones, symbols & stories - Vicki Vigil
Publisher: Gray & Co.
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Pub Date: 12/30/2007
ISBN: 9781598510256
ISBN-10: 1598510258
A new book based on the popular "Cleveland Cemeteries." Greatly expanded to
include 120 cemeteries in 15 counties throughout Northeast Ohio. Takes history
buffs on a journey through time to discover fascinating stories of Cleveland's
most notable permanent residents, including celebrities, villains, patriarchs,
and just plain folks. Gives details about where and when to visit, historical
facts, oldest graves, religious and ethnic affiliation, and profiles of
significant
individuals buried or commemorated there.
The Bloody Shirt: Terror After Appomattox - by Stephen Budiansky
Publisher: Viking
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Pub Date: 1/24/2008
ISBN: 9780670018406
ISBN-10: 0670018406
The North might have won the U.S. Civil War, but the battle for equality and
unity was far from over when Reconstruction began in 1865. By using newspaper
reports and following the careers of two Union officers, a Confederate general,
a northern entrepreneur, and a former slave, author Stephen Budiansky is
able to trace Reconstruction-era violence in the South, especially vigilante
attacks on African Americans and their white allies. For another vivid history
of the aftermath of the Civil War, try Drew Gilpin Faust's recent This Republic
of Suffering, which looks at the consequences of the war's horrific death
toll.
Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants - by Jorge G. Castañeda
Publisher: New Press
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Pub Date: 1/30/2008
ISBN: 9781595581631
ISBN-10: 1595581634
Former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castañeda offers an evaluation of
America's Mexican immigrant group and, in the process, challenges popular
misconceptions
of immigration and immigrants. He discusses why today's immigrants have chosen
to live in the U.S., what they hope to achieve, and the consequences of
immigration for both the U.S. and Mexico. After all, about 11% of Mexico's
population lives in the U.S., and Castañeda believes that the number of Mexican
immigrants to the U.S. is sure to increase substantially. To learn more about
immigration from Mexico's point of view, pick up this enlightening book.
Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America - by Allen C. Guelzo
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Pub Date: 2/5/2008
ISBN: 9780743273206
ISBN-10: 0743273206
When Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas were running for the U.S. Senate in
1858, they participated in a series of debates in little towns across Illinois.
Although Lincoln lost, the national recognition he gained helped him to win the
presidency three years later. The debates also allowed him to air and defend
his position on slavery, paving the way for emancipation later on. There are
myriad books on Lincoln, including several that focus on these particular
debates, but this one from two-time Lincoln Prize winner Allen Guelzo is "a
crisply articulated, dynamic presentation of how the debates unfolded and why
they still matter today" (Kirkus Reviews).
God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570 to 1215 - by David Levering
Lewis
Publisher: W.W. Norton
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Pub Date: 1/6/2008
ISBN: 9780393064728
ISBN-10: 0393064727
This panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe traces five centuries
of engagement between Islam and Christianity, beginning with the demise
of the Roman and Persian empires. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Lewis is
a historian rather than a religious scholar, and this "fast-paced and
provocative
new study" (The New York Times) discusses such events as the rise of the
prophet Muhammad, the Battle of Poitiers in 732, and the collapse of the Umayyad
dynasty of Spain. If you're curious about this era, this "superb portrayal"
(Publishers Weekly) would be a good place to start.
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Women in History
The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and
Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans - by John Bailey
Publisher: Grove Press
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Pub Date: 12/30/2005
ISBN: 9780802142290
ISBN-10: 080214229X
One spring morning in 1843, a woman walking through New Orleans saw a slave
girl whom she believed to be Salomé Müller, the long-lost daughter of a friend
who had died on the way to America 25 years previously. To get to the bottom of
the girl's identity, a series of hotly contested trials was held to determine
whether the woman was rightfully a free German woman forced into slavery, or
was indeed a multi-racial slave. Combining an examination of the complexities
of slave law with the engrossing legal battle over the girl's identity, this is
a compelling look at the status of enslaved women in antebellum Louisiana.
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America's Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
- by Gail Collins
Publisher: William Morrow
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Pub Date: 10/1/2003
ISBN: 9780060185107
ISBN-10: 0060185104
The famous, the not-so-famous, and the downright obscure: America's women in
all their roles are celebrated here, from the first English woman to give birth
in the new world to the new feminists of the 1970s, and everything in between.
In particular, newspaper editor Gail Collins notes the societal and political
conflicts that have influenced women's roles in the U.S. with regard to
fashion, education, sex, health, and work. This is an "exceptionally readable,
lively account" (Kirkus Reviews) peopled equally by housewives and religious
dissidents, laborers and pioneers.
First Chapter
Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS - by Elizabeth P. McIntosh
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
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Pub Date: 4/1/1998
ISBN: 9781557505989
ISBN-10: 1557505985
Elizabeth McIntosh was a war correspondent who joined the propaganda arm of the
OSS (the predecessor to the CIA) in 1943. She's written a memoir of her
own exploits during World War II, called Undercover Girl; in Sisterhood of
Spies she expands her focus to include the many amazing women of the OSS,
particularly
those who served undercover. Though she points out that women were largely
underused, she also shares stories of female spies like Virginia Hall, whom
the French Gestapo called "one of the most dangerous Allied agents in France,"
and Gertrude Legendre, who was captured in France but managed to escape.
"Enthralling," says Publishers Weekly.
First Chapter
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Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France - by Lucy
Moore
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Pub Date: 5/1/2007
ISBN: 9780060825263
ISBN-10: 006082526X
In Liberty, author Lucy Moore showcases six women whose lives changed or were
changed by the French Revolution. In examining women from all walks of
life--including
courtesan Théroigne de Méricourt, radical Pauline Léon, and salon host and
author Germaine de Staël--as well as the ways in which they were connected to
each other, Moore has created a "riveting and revelatory" (Booklist) look at a
turbulent time. Moore is also the author of Maharanis, which follows four
independent Indian women, all wives of maharajahs, during the early years of
India's independence.
First Chapter
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We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the
Japanese - by Elizabeth M. Norman
Publisher: Pocket Books
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Pub Date: 5/1/2000
ISBN: 9780671787189
ISBN-10: 0671787187
When U.S. and Filipino troops, having retreated from Manila to the Bataan
Peninsula, were forced to surrender to the Japanese, nurses were evacuated to
the offshore fortress of Corregidor to work in the underground hospital. When
Corregidor fell, the nurses were imprisoned for nearly three years in
overcrowded,
unsanitary civilian prisoner-of-war camps. Using diaries and letters written by
the nurses at the time as well as interviews with 20 of the remaining survivors,
author Elizabeth Norman highlights the daily privations and the struggles that
these women faced, as well as their courage and dedication.
First Chapter
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Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America - by Karenna Gore Schiff
Publisher: Miramax Books/Hyperion
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Pub Date: 2/1/2006
ISBN: 9781401352189
ISBN-10: 1401352189
Karenna Gore Schiff, a journalist and attorney as well as the daughter of
former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, provides an inspirational and illuminating
study of nine women who transformed modern America by fighting for equality and
social justice. The essays, which focus on activists and advocates for
issues ranging from black voter rights to workers' rights, draw a detailed
picture of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mother Jones, Alice Hamilton, Frances Perkins,
Virginia Durr, Septima Clark, Dolores Huerta, Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, and
Gretchen Buchenholtz. The New York Times calls Schiff's effort "engaging and
superbly researched."
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