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Biography
Paperback. One of the first celebrity authors, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) became famous almost overnight when "Uncle Tom's Cabin" appeared in 1852. This volume brings together a range of primary materials about Stowe's private and public life written by family members, friends, and fellow writers who knew or were influenced by her. Editor(s): Belasco, Susan. Series Editor(s): Myerson, Joel. Series: Writers in Their Own Time. Num Pages: 332 pages, 37 photos, 3 drawings. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587297823
- ISBN
- 9781587297823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Hardcover. At his death, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was universally acknowledged in America and England as the Great Romancer. Providing an introduction, this work assess the postmortem building of Hawthorne's reputation as well as his relationship to the prominent Transcendentalists, spiritualists, Swedenborgians, and other personalities of his time. Editor(s): Bosco, Ronald A.; Murphy, Jillmarie. Series Editor(s): Myerson, Joel. Series: Writers in Their Own Time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587295829
- ISBN
- 9781587295829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.70€ 50.86
€ 54.70
€ 50.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Gabriel. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578066988
- ISBN
- 9781578066988
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. In this collection of interviews, Rober Aldrich (1918-1983) tells fascinating stories of making motion pictures with such film legends as Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Jack Palance, Robert Mitchum, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and many, many more. Editor(s): Miller, Eugene L; Arnold, Edwin T. Num Pages: 277 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578066032
- ISBN
- 9781578066032
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. Editor(s): Thomson, David K. Series: Voices of the Civil War S. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: B; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572339439
- ISBN
- 9781572339439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.25€ 60.05
€ 65.25
€ 60.05
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lofaro, Dr Michael A. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572335745
- ISBN
- 9781572335745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.58€ 55.99
€ 60.58
€ 55.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hackemer, Kurt H; Carmichael, Professor Peter S. Series: Voices of the Civil War. Num Pages: 365 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572334427
- ISBN
- 9781572334427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.37€ 48.83
€ 52.37
€ 48.83
Hardcover. Features Civil War letters to and from Spartanburg, South Carolina, with details on the battlefront and home front. This title chronicles through correspondence the lives and concerns of prominent families in piedmont South Carolina during the late-antebellum and Civil War eras. Editor(s): Craig, Tom Moore. Num Pages: 216 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BJ; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037986
- ISBN
- 9781570037986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.56
€ 36.99
€ 31.56
Hardcover. Offers a window into courtship during the early twentieth century through a collection of three hundred love letters exchanged between Gabrielle Drake and Hugh McColl from 1900 to 1901, illustrating the hopes and sacrifices of an upper-class couple forging a marriage in a small southern town. Editor(s): Hurley, Suzanne Cameron Linder. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJC; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037146
- ISBN
- 9781570037146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Bringing together historians, political scientists, and sociologists, this book demonstrates the political relevance of first ladies throughout US history and the dramatic expansion of their power during the twentieth century. It includes chapters on the first ladyship of Laura Bush and on the public perceptions of Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton. Editor(s): Watson, Robert P.; Eksterowicz, Anthony J. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036590
- ISBN
- 9781570036590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. A firsthand look at one of South Carolina's most influential antebellum dynasties and the institutions of slavery and plantation agriculture upon which it was built. , Robert F. W. Allston's letters, speeches, receipts, and ledger entries chronicle both the heyday of the rice industry and its precipitate crash during the Civil War. Editor(s): Easterby, J.H. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035692
- ISBN
- 9781570035692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
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€ 25.46
Paperback. This pictorial autobiography of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald documents two lives that have become legendary. The book draws almost entirely from the scrapbooks and photograph albums that the Fitzgeralds scrupulously kept as their personal record. Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Emily Brown Jefferies Professor of English, University of South Carolina, USA); Smith, Scottie Fitzgerald; Kerr, Joan P. Num Pages: 264 pages, 524 halftones and 587 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035296
- ISBN
- 9781570035296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Hardcover. Through letters and journal entries rich in detail, this text follows the trials of the 19th-century Palmer family who dominated the southern banks of South Carolina's Santee River. The volume offers insights into plantation life; education; religion; and slave/master relations. Editor(s): Towles, Louis P. Num Pages: 1100 pages, 32 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570030475
- ISBN
- 9781570030475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. Over the course of the past century the struggle against racism took many forms, from petitions and lawsuits to sit-ins and marches. This book records the testimony of eleven scholar-activists who challenged prevailing racial beliefs and practices while engaging in resistance and reform. Editor(s): Bowser, Benjamin P.; Kushnick, Louis; Grant, Paul. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; BG; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494749
- ISBN
- 9781558494749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Granqist's account of his wartime experiences adds another important chapter to the story of Australian World War II POWs while showcasing the spirit, humour, persistence, and ingenuity of an Aussie Digger. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BG; BM; HBJM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Big Sky Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780980658224
- ISBN
- 9780980658224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29
Hardcover. A collection of articulate and perceptive letters and diary entries written by reporter William H. McDougall Jr. that offer an intimate, personal narrative of conditions in wartime East Asia. Editor(s): Topping, Gary. Num Pages: 318 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874808919
- ISBN
- 9780874808919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.32
€ 20.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. When an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do. This book is a moving collaboration by some of America's most eloquent writers, who supply wry, raging, sorrowful, and buoyant accounts of artist friends and lovers struck down by AIDS. Editor(s): White, Edmund. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299170745
- ISBN
- 9780299170745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Meine, Curt D.; Knight, Richard L. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299165543
- ISBN
- 9780299165543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Hardcover. Collected interviews with the director of such films as "Brokeback Mountain"; "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"; and "Life of Pi" Editor(s): Fuller, Author Karla Rae. Series: Conversations with Filmmakers (Hardcover). Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628462142
- ISBN
- 9781628462142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00€ 113.58
€ 127.00
€ 113.58
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617036224
- ISBN
- 9781617036224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75
Paperback. These 15 essays examine the lives of important but relatively little-known Native Americans. They explore the complexities of Indian-white relations from the 17th to the early 19th century, from Maine to the Ohio Valley. Figures such as Shickellamy, Awashunkes and Molly Ockett are highlighted. Editor(s): Grumet, Robert Stephen. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490017
- ISBN
- 9781558490017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.49
€ 37.99
€ 32.49
Hardcover. Presenting a collection of letters by women writers, this book explores the act and art of writing from diverse perspectives and experiences. The letters illuminate such issues as authorship, aesthetics, collaboration, inspiration, and authorial intent; and also initiate discussions on race, class, sexuality, ethnicity, and gender. Editor(s): Cognard-Black, Jennifer; Walls, Elizabeth Macleod. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877459644
- ISBN
- 9780877459644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.62
€ 50.99
€ 42.62
Paperback. Series: Reformation Texts with Translation. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Marquette Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874627091
- ISBN
- 9780874627091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
€ 29.99
€ 25.40