THE LIBERALS: How American Learned to Tell the Truth, Beat the Fascists, and Create a Free World, by Joseph Kelly, Ph.D.
By Joseph Kelly, Ph.D., University of Charleston professor and author of MAROONED (Bloomsbury), THE LIBERALS takes readers to the culture wars of the ’20s and ’30s, revealing how a second generation of founders—activists, writers, artists, publishers, professors, jurists, and journalists—defeated the forces of fascism to save American democracy. (Bloomsbury, World rights)
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Alexandra Rimer Alexandra Rimer has been an Assistant Editor at The Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University since 2005. She is a co-recipient of the Eugene S. Ferguson Prize (Papers of Thomas A. Edison), Society for the History of Technology, 2005. She is also a frequent lecturer on Mina Miller Edison at the Thomas Edison […]
AN ASSASSIN IN UTOPIA: The True Story of a 19th Century Sex Cult, Mystics, Mayhem, and a President’s Murder, by Susan Wels
A narrative weaving together the interlocking stories of John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the utopian Oneida Community, known for their shocking sexual practices; his idol, the eccentric newspaper publisher Horace Greeley; and the gloomy, indecisive James Garfield, the teacher, congressman, and Civil War hero elected U.S. President in 1880—only to be assassinated in his first […]
Dr. Mary Walker’s Civil War: One Woman’s Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women’s Rights, Theresa Kaminski, Ph.D.
“History has long neglected the inspiring and incredible tale of Dr. Mary Walker, a pioneering Civil War surgeon who overcame rampant prejudice to save countless soldiers’ lives. In Dr. Mary Walker’s Civil War, Theresa Kaminski has finally given this American hero her due. With impeccable research and engaging prose, Kaminski captures Walker’s outsized bravery and […]