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Biography

Paperback. Sifting through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, this work brings readers the first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the civil war. It features illustrations, including maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications. Editor(s): Cozzens, Peter. Num Pages: 632 pages, 120 Line Drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252074516
ISBN
9780252074516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. This volume of the Music in American Life series recounts the story of Roni Stoneman, the youngest daughter of a pioneering country music family who, in spite of poverty and abusive husbands, eventually became "The First Lady of Banjo," a fixture on the Nashville scene, and "Hee Haws" Ironing Board Lady. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVRL; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074349
ISBN
9780252074349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Born to a British father and a Chinese mother, Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) decided to capitalize on her exotic appearance. This work chronicles the sometimes desperate, sometimes canny, and always bold course of her career as a journalist, a bestselling novelist, and a Hollywood scriptwriting protegee of Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 296 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073885
ISBN
9780252073885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. Reveals the American showman P T Barnum as, by turns, a moral reformer, a habitual hoaxer, an insightful critic, a savvy puffer, a master of images, a sparkling writer, a relentless provocateur, and an early advocate of family entertainments. This title tracks the shifting personas of the great showman and his representational choices. Editor(s): Cook, James W. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 16. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252072956
ISBN
9780252072956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. Alice Hamilton (1869-1970), a pioneer in the study of diseases of the workplace, a founder of industrial toxicology in the United States, and Harvard's first woman professor, led a long and interesting life. This title gives her biography. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071522
ISBN
9780252071522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Tells the story of the remarkable life and career of John A. Lomax, pioneering American folklorist, canny businessman, influential educator, and patriarch of an extended family of artists, performers, and scholars. Series: Folklore & Society. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGH; BGF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780252069710
ISBN
9780252069710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 52.77

Paperback. Functions as a portrait of small-town America emerging from frontier status into the corruption and violence of the Jazz age. This account of a struggling midwestern coal town profiles small-time bootlegger Kelly Wagle, whose mysterious career, and suspected involvement with two unsolved murder cases, had a lasting impact on his community. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 515.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252068447
ISBN
9780252068447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

paperback. Among the criminal celebrities of Prohibition-era Chicago, two well-educated Jewish boys from wealthy South Side families were notorious. Revealing secret testimony, this book separates fact from myth as it unravels the crime, the investigation, and the trial, in which they were defended by the era's famous attorney, Clarence Darrow. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 2ABM; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068294
ISBN
9780252068294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: ASZW; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252064050
ISBN
9780252064050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. Editor(s): Densmore, Christopher; Faulkner, Carol; Hewitt, Nancy A. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNS; DQ; HRCC97; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252040795
ISBN
9780252040795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.41

Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJC; ASZH; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040658
ISBN
9780252040658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMG; BGH; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040528
ISBN
9780252040528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.23

Hardback. Editor(s): Katz, Esther; Hajo, Cathy Moran; Engelman, Peter C. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JFMX; JFSJ1; MBNH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040382
ISBN
9780252040382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.47

Hardback. Editor(s): Welker, Holly. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; BK; HRCC9; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252040344
ISBN
9780252040344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252040108
ISBN
9780252040108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; BK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040085
ISBN
9780252040085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 19 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 958.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252039942
ISBN
9780252039942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.30

Hardback. Editor(s): Wilson, Douglas L.; Davis, Rodney O. Series: The Knox College Lincoln Studies Center. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252039812
ISBN
9780252039812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.56

Hardback. A biography and critical investigation of Alec Wilder's music. Series: American Composers. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11 black and white photographs, 18 musical examples, discography. BIC Classification: AVG; AVGC6; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3887 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252037603
ISBN
9780252037603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

Hardback. A valuable portrait of one of the most powerful managers in American musical history. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 black and white photographs, 1 line drawing, 4 charts, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1K; AVGC6; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037412
ISBN
9780252037412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.38

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