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| Author | : Joe David Rice |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019-04-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781945624216 |
Like its companion book, this second volume of Arkansas Backstories will amaze even the most serious students of the state with surprising insights. How many people are aware that a world-class yodeler from Zinc ran against John F. Kennedy in 1960 for the top spot on the national Democratic ticket, or that an African-American born in Little Rock campaigned for the Presidency nearly 70 years before Congressman Shirley Chisholm made her historic run? Or that bands of blood-thirsty pirates once lurked in the bayous and backwaters of eastern Arkansas, preying on unsuspecting Mississippi River travelers? Likewise, how many readers will recognize the fact that an English botanist who spent months investigating Arkansas's flora in the early nineteenth century has been described as the worst explorer in history? That Fort Smith hosted the world's first international UFO conference? Or that the Nielsen rating system has a direct connection to the state as does Tony Bennett's signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"? Such tidbits are among the unexpected elements that make the Natural State so tantalizing. Written in an informal, conversational style and nicely illustrated, Arkansas Backstories Volume Two will be a wonderful addition to the libraries of Arkansans, expats, and anyone else interested in one of America's most fascinating states.
| Author | : Brooks Blevins |
| Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2009-09-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9781557289056 |
What do Scott Joplin, John Grisham, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Maya Angelou, Brooks Robinson, Helen Gurley Brown, Johnny Cash, Alan Ladd, and Sonny Boy Williamson have in common? They’re all Arkansans. What do hillbillies, rednecks, slow trains, bare feet, moonshine, and double-wides have in common? For many in America these represent Arkansas more than any Arkansas success stories do. In 1931 H. L. Mencken described AR (not AK, folks) as the “apex of moronia.” While, in 1942 a Time magazine article said Arkansas had “developed a mass inferiority complex unique in American history.” Arkansas/Arkansaw is the first book to explain how Arkansas’s image began and how the popular culture stereotypes have been perpetuated and altered through succeeding generations. Brooks Blevins argues that the image has not always been a bad one. He discusses travel accounts, literature, radio programs, movies, and television shows that give a very positive image of the Natural State. From territorial accounts of the Creole inhabitants of the Mississippi River Valley to national derision of the state’s triple-wide governor’s mansion to Li’l Abner, the Beverly Hillbillies, and Slingblade, Blevins leads readers on an entertaining and insightful tour through more than two centuries of the idea of Arkansas. One discovers along the way how one state becomes simultaneously a punch line and a source of admiration for progressives and social critics alike. Winner, 2011 Ragsdale Award
| Author | : Swannee Bennett |
| Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
| Total Pages | : 529 |
| Release | : 2021-02-09 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 1682261441 |
Volume I. Quilts and textiles, Ceramics, Silver, Weaponry, Furniture, Vernacular architecture, Native American art -- volume II. Photography, Fine art.
| Author | : John C. Guilds |
| Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
| Total Pages | : 578 |
| Release | : 1999-07-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1610750403 |
From the expeditions of de Soto in the sixteenth century to the celebrated work of such contemporary writers as Maya Angelou, Ellen Gilchrist, and Miller Williams, Arkansas has enjoyed a rich history of letters. These two volumes gather the best work from Arkansas's rich literary history celebrating the variety of its voices and the national treasure those voices have become.
| Author | : Charles Adams |
| Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
| Total Pages | : 426 |
| Release | : 2019-01-02 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1789201381 |
The Arkansas Regulators is a rousing tale of frontier adventure, first published in German in 1846, but virtually lost to English readers for well over a century. Written in the tradition of James Fenimore Cooper, but offering a much darker and more violent image of the American frontier, this was the first novel produced by Friedrich Gerstäcker, who would go on to become one of Germany’s most famous and prolific authors. A crucial piece of a nineteenth-century transatlantic literary tradition, this long-awaited translation and scholarly edition of the novel offers a startling revision of the frontier myth from a European perspective.
| Author | : Jeannie M. Whayne |
| Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 2000-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781557285874 |
Eight years in the making, Arkansas Biography brings to light the lives of those who have helped shape Arkansas history for over four hundred years. Featured are not only the trailblazers, such as steamboat captain Henry Shreve, Olympic gold medalist Bill Carr, discount mogul Sam Walton, and aviator Louise Thaden, but also those whose lives reflect their culture and times--musicians, scientists, teachers, preachers, and journalists. One hundred and eighty contributors--professional and avocational historians--offer clear vignettes of nearly three hundred individuals, beginning with Hernando de Soto, who crossed the Mississippi River in the summer of 1540. The entries include birth and death dates and places, life and career highlights, lineage, anecdotes, and source material. This is a browser's book with an Arkansas voice. The wealth of information condensed into this single reference volume will be valuable to general readers of all ages, libraries, museums, and scholars. A fitting summary at the turn of a millennium, Arkansas Biography pays lasting tribute to the men and women who have enriched the life and character of the state and, by extension, the region and the nation.
| Author | : Marcia Kemp Sterling |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-11-15 |
| Genre | : Families |
| ISBN | : 9780988376809 |
"A riveting tale of two families, intersecting across generations, steeped in the bittersweet legacy of the South. A black youth has drowned under mysterious circumstances at a city park and Lee Addison, just out of law school and back home in Arkansas for the summer, is assigned to the legal defense team. Torn between two cultures and two women, he is tested when tragedy strikes his own family"--
| Author | : Carl H. Moneyhon |
| Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Arkansas |
| ISBN | : 9781610750288 |
In Arkansas and the New South, 1874-1929 Carl Moneyhon examines the struggle of Arkansas's people to enter the economic and social mainstreams of the nation in the years from the end of Reconstruction to the beginning of the Great Depression. Economic changes brought about by development of the timber industry, exploitation of the rich coal fields in the western part of the state, discovery of petroleum, and building of manufacturing industries transformed social institutions and fostered a demographic shift from rural to urban settings.
| Author | : John Brandon |
| Publisher | : Grove Press |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780802144362 |
Kyle and Swin spend their nights crisscrossing the South with illicit goods, making shifty deals in dingy trailers, and taking vague orders from a boss they've never met. Soon their lazy peace is shattered with a shot: night blends into day filled with dead bodies, crooked superiors, and suspicious associates. It's on-the-job training, with no time for slow learning, bad judgment, or foul luck.
| Author | : Swannee Bennett |
| Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
| Total Pages | : 817 |
| Release | : 2021-02-11 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 168226131X |
Volume I. Quilts and textiles, Ceramics, Silver, Weaponry, Furniture, Vernacular architecture, Native American art -- volume II. Photography, Fine art.
