"This book draws connections between Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher and works of classic American literature. From Chapter I exploring the horrors of the Civil War as conveyed in Mosher's Walking
In Bebe Moore Campbell’s Brothers and Sisters, Humphrey Boone is offered a seemingly wonderful deal by his job interviewer: “If you accept my offer and do the job that I believe you’re capable of, I’l
In African American culture the preacher has traditionally held many roles: minister of faith, orator, politician, idealist, and most importantly, leader. But the preacher was also traditionally male,
Oliver Lewis was champion jockey of the Kentucky Derby in 1875 with a winning race time of two minutes and 37 seconds. Jockey Willie Simms won in 1896, bringing his horse in at two minutes and seven s
To some historians and lay observers it appears that "urban renewal" as practiced in the middle of the twentieth century was often synonymous with "cultural destruction." In this compilation of oral h
This book is a compilation of selected stories, essays and reminiscences that Dorothy West wrote for the Vineyard Gazette from the 1960s to the early 1990s. She writes of being a teenaged prize-winni
