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From 1937 to 1938, Richard Wright turned out more than two hundred articles for the Daily Worker, the newspaper that served as the voice of the American Communist Party. With Earle V. Bryant's insightful commentary on the compiled articles, Byline, Richard Wright provides insight into the man before he achieved fame as a novelist, short story writer, and voice of social protest.

Dares to challenge the prevailing opinion that Missouri battles made only minor contributions to the war. Gerteis specifically focuses not only on the principal conventional battles in the state but also on the effects these battles had on both sides' national aspirations.

While there are many biographies of important Missouri men, there are few such biographies of Missouri women, which might suggest that they did not count in history. This book helps to correct that misconception by tracing the lives of four women who played important roles in their eras.

Features seven essays ranging across the topics of region and its history to assess the role of innovations which is presumed lacking by most historians. Offering an interpretation of industrialization in the South, this work shows that the benefits of innovations had to be carefully weighed against the costs to both industry and society.

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes is a compilation of the novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and other published work by one of the 20th century's most prolific and influential African American authors. This volume contains the later of his Simple stories.

The first female television correspondent in Vietnam, US journalist Liz Trotta, traces her career in a male-dominated industry. This work recounts some of her most interesting stories - from Chappaquiddick to the campaign trail of George Bush.

Thad Snow (1881-1955) was an eccentric farmer and writer who was best known for his involvement in Missouri's 1939 Sharecropper Protest-a mass highway demonstration in which approximately eleven hundred demonstrators marched to two federal highways to illustrate the plight of the cotton labourers. Bonnie Stepenoff explores the world of Snow, providing a full portrait of him.

This is an examination of the fictional work of one of Latin America's most prolific, yet overlooked, writers. Born in Colombia to parents of mixed ancestry, Zapata Olivella uses his novels to explore the plight of the downtrodden in his nation and by extension the experience of blacks in other parts of the Americas.

This text examines the mystery around Warren G. Harding's death. After Harding's death a variety of attacks and unsubstantiated claims left the public with a tainted impression. This work examines the claims against this unpopular president and presents material to counter the accusations.

Project 9: The Birth of the Air Commandos in World War II by Dennis R. Okerstrom is a thoroughly researched narrative of the Allied joint project to invade Burma by air. Beginning with its inception at the Quebec Conference of 1943 and continuing through Operation Thursday until the death of the brilliant British General Orde Wingate in March 1944, less than a month after the successful invasion of Burma, Project 9 details all aspects of this covert mission, including the selection of the American airmen, the procurement of the aircraft, the joint training with British troops, and the dangerous night-time assault behind Japanese lines by glider.

Part biography and part cultural analysis, this work sheds some light on the cultural icon of ""Uncle Walt"". It also digs deeply into Disney's private life, investigating his roles as husband, father, and brother and proving insights into his peculiar psyche.

Focusing on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's illness, this book looks at how he aimed to hide it. It then goes on to show how his illness effected his role as the President of the US, such as making an agreement with Winston Churchill that he failed to tell the State Department about.

To defend the essay - that misunderstood staple of first-year composition courses - Ned Stuckey-French has written The American Essay in the American Century. This book uncovers the buried history of the American personal essay and reveals how it played a significant role in twentieth-century cultural history.

Adopting research methodologies of revision and recovery, this edition is constructed around bibliographical surveys of both primary and secondary works addressing the Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, and eighteenth through twentieth century periods within the history of rhetoric. It recasts study in the history of rhetoric.

In this text, Eric Voegelin explores two aspects of modernity. He offers an account of the political situation in 17th-century Europe after the decline of the church and the empire, and also explains his theory of ""phenomenalism"".

This study of the history of Western political ideas begins with a discussion of the conflict between Bishop Bousset and Voltaire concerning the relationship between what is conventionally identified as sacred and profane history, and goes on to examine the ""New Science"" of Vico.

A collection of political thoughts from the Middle Ages opens with Voegelin's survey of the structure of the period and continues with an analysis of the Germanic invasion, the fall of Rome, and the rise of the empire and monastic Christianity, climaxing with a study of the views of Thomas Aquinas.

This volume contains the plays written by Langston Hughes between 1930 and 1942, alone and in collaboration. Almost all the plays were performed during the same period; a few have never seen the stage, but are included because they indicate the range of Hughes's artistic and political concerns.

This volume presents the first-hand account of World War I through the eyes of a 17-year old enlisted American soldier, William Triplet.

Drawing on letters and diaries, this biography details Rose Wilder Lane's life and highlights her troubled relationship with an apparently cold and manipulative mother. It throws light on the writing of the ""Little House"" books.

Details the controversy, history, and rise of this news genre, but its main objective is to show aspiring videojournalists how to learn the craft. While other textbooks depict the conventional reporter-and-videographer model, Going Solo innovates by teaching readers how to successfully juggle the skills traditionally required of two different people.

Growing up as a slave in an urban area of Missouri allowed William Wells Brown to live a life that was different from that of the typical plantation slave. This book reprints two of Brown's best-known writings, ""Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave"" and ""My Southern Home"".