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Men of No Reputation: Robert Boatright, the Buckfoot Gang, and the Fleecing of Middle America by Kimberly Harper is now available! Men of No Reputation is the first account to explore the life of Robert Boatright, one of Middle America’s most gifted, but forgotten,...
Águila: The Vision, Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Two-Spirit Shaman in the Ozark Mountains by María Cristina Moroles and Lauri Umansky is now available! In Águila, María Cristina Moroles traces the path of her extraordinary life from the streets of Dallas to the...
Michelle Kicherer has included Sarah Neidhardt's memoir Twenty Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods among the "Best Books From Portland Writers" published last year. Best Memoir: Twenty Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods by Sarah Neidhardt (University of...
Twenty Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods by Sarah Neidhardt has been reviewed in Westworld. “For those who are granola right down to their toes (and those who survived parents like that). The memoir Twenty Acres from Colorado-born author Sarah Neidhardt...
Louise Halsey has reviewed Twenty Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods for the Fort Smith Historical Society Journal: “Twenty Acres is a sensitive, thoughtful, honest book full of details that give this period in the author’s life solidity. … Her book is a gift...
Colin Woodward has reviewed American Atrocity: The Types of Violence in Lynching in the latest issue of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly. “Lancaster’s book … is a timely and important work. [It] reveals a mastery of the source material, expertly blending primary and...
Jared Phillips has reviewed Up South in the Ozarks: Dispatches from the Margins by Brooks Blevins, in the most recent issue of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly. “This question of the South, and the Ozarks’ place within it, is just beneath the surface of every essay....
Brian Dempsey has reviewed Country Boy: The Roots of Johnny Cash by Colin Woodward in the August 2023 issue of the Journal of Southern History. “In Country Boy: The Roots of Johnny Cash, Colin Edward Woodward argues that the connection between Cash and his native...
S. Charles Bolton has reviewed Jerome and Rohwer: Memories of Japanese American Internment in World War II Arkansas in the Journal of Southern History. Walter M. Imahara, a second-generation Japanese American and a citizen of the United States, was five years old and...
Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta: Essays to Mark the Centennial of the Elaine Massacre, edited by Michael Pierce and Calvin White, has been reviewed in the August 2023 issue of the Journal of Southern History. “Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta contributes...
