Frederick Turner: 31 books

As we approach the new millenium, the moral, intellectual,and spiritual crisis of our time is visible most plainly in the sickness of the arts. The "postmodern" cultural establishment is philosophically empty and esthetically corrupt. But no one has been able to explain this decline or give a satisfying...

Though branded as pornography for its graphic language and explicit sexuality, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer is far more than a work that tested American censorship laws. In this riveting book, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Tropic of Cancer's initial U.S. release, Frederick...

When the Earth becomes a maelstrom of storms and rising sea levels due to catastrophic climate change, some want to give up and call it a day for humanity. Yet there are also those heroic few who are determined to take action and do something about the impending apocalypse. These are the geo-engineers—men...

Individualism: The Cultural Logic of Modernity explores ideas of the modern sovereign individual in the western cultural tradition. Divided into two sections, this volume surveys the history of western individualism in both its early and later forms: chiefly from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries,...

In The Kid and Me Frederick Turner deftly re-creates the Lincoln County War in what was then New Mexico Territory. The 1878 war pitted an established faction led by James Dolan against new arrivals in the county led by John Tunstall and Alexander McSween. When Tunstall and McSween opened a dry-goods...

Epic does many things. Among others, it defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; describes the paradoxical role of the hero as both the Everyman and the radical exception; and establishes the complex quest underlying all human action. Epic...

A faded newspaperman downs a double Maker’s Mark and contemplates life as a “ham-and-egger,” a hack. Then one day he finds the scoop of a lifetime in a Chicago basement: diaries belonging to the infamous Judith Campbell Exner. Right, that Judy, the game girl who waltzed into the midst of America’s...

Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature are committed to treating literary texts with integrity and believe that business should have a larger claim upon people’s literary consciousness. In addition, they all value the important role of literature in dealing with the complexities of a...

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner • Rise of the New West, by Frederick Jackson Turner...

4 works of Frederick Jackson Turner American historian (1861-1932) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of Frederick Jackson Turner. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 - The Character...

This file includes: The Character and Infuence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin, The Frontier in American History, and The Rise of the New West. According to Wikipedia: "Frederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861 March 14, 1932) was an American historian in the early 20th century. He is best known...

The Indian Trade In Wisconsin Frederick Jackson Turner, american historian in the early 20th century (1861-1932) This ebook presents «The Indian Trade In Wisconsin», from Frederick Jackson Turner. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

The American Nation Frederick Jackson Turner, american historian in the early 20th century (1861-1932) This ebook presents «The American Nation», from Frederick Jackson Turner. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS...

A fascinating exploration of American identity by one of the most influential historians and thinkers of the twentieth century According to Frederick Jackson Turner, the distinct qualities of the American character are inseparable from the idea of the frontier. One of the nation’s most influential...