Mcfarland: 2486 books
Breaking the Appalachian Barrier
Maryland as the Gateway to Ohio and the West, 1750-1850
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2018
In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were a formidable barrier between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west, passable only on foot or horseback. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement. In 1751 a private Virginia company pioneered...
Murdering Indians
A Documentary History of the 1897 Killings That Inspired Louise Erdrich's The Plague of Doves
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
In February of 1897 a family of six—four generations, including twin infant sons and their aged great-grandmother—was brutally murdered in rural North Dakota. The weapons used were a shotgun, an axe, a pitchfork, a spade, and a club. Several Dakota Indians from the nearby Standing Rock reservation...
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower
The Possible Fates of Edward V and Richard of York
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
The fate of Richard III’s two nephews, Edward V and Richard of York, who disappeared after his coronation in 1483, has remained controversial centuries after Thomas More’s history and Shakespeare’s play laid the blame on their conniving uncle. Some later writers, unconvinced of the king’s...
The Theater of Terrence McNally
A Critical Study
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
This first book-length work on Terrence McNally shows how his decades in the theater have refined his thoughts on subjects like growing up gay in mannish, homophobic Texas, Shakespeare’s legacy in contemporary drama, and the life-giving power of forgiveness. McNally believes that the ability to...
Katherine V. Forrest
A Critical Appreciation
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Best known for her Kate Delafield detective series, Katherine V. Forrest is recognized as one of the preeminent figures in lesbian popular literature. Yet her work has received little scholarly attention. This critical study explores Forrest’s entire body of work, including her fiction and (perhaps...
The Bigfoot Filmography
Fictional and Documentary Appearances in Film and Television
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
The Sasquatch film genre, devoted to the legendary and notoriously elusive creature also known as Bigfoot, and its Himalayan counterpart, the Yeti, is the focus of this illustrated reference guide. Here is a fascinatingly detailed look at the cinematic history of Sasquatch, from the earliest trick...
Remaking Horror
Hollywood's New Reliance on Scares of Old
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
This book chronicles the American horror film genre in its development of remakes from the 1930s into the 21st century. Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) is investigated as the watershed moment when the genre opened its doors to the possibility that any horror movie—classic,...
The Women Who Made Television Funny
Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Most of the bright and talented actresses who made America laugh in the 1950s are off the air today, but their pioneering Hollywood careers irrevocably changed the face of television comedy. These smart and sassy women successfully negotiated the hazards of the male-dominated workplace with class...
American Crimes and the Liberation of Paris
Robbery, Rape and Murder by Renegade GIs, 1944-1947
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
The Allies’ triumphant march into Paris in 1944 was met with cheering crowds of liberated Parisians. After the cheering stopped, American deserters and their French cohorts violently exploited the city with the ruthless efficiency of the Chicago mobs of the 1920s. Well organized, and heavily armed,...
The Warsaw Underground
A Memoir of Resistance, 1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The German invasion of Poland in September 1939 abruptly ended author Jan Rosinski’s student life, and propelled him into an activist role in the Polish resistance organization Armia Krajowa. In short order he became a talented forger of Nazi documents, especially travel papers that allowed many...
Bound for Theresienstadt
Love, Loss and Resistance in a Nazi Concentration Camp
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
Originally constructed in the 18th century as a military barracks by Austrian Emperor Joseph II, Theresienstadt (now Terezín) was used as a ghetto and concentration camp by the Nazis early in World War II in their ruse of peaceful resettlement of the Jews of Europe. Tens of thousands of inmates perished...
by Sharron Gu
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
This history of literary Arabic describes the evolution of Arabic poetry and prose in the context of music, ritual performance, the arts and architecture. The thousands-of-years-old language is perhaps more highly developed and refined than any other on earth. This book focuses on what is unique about...
by Lhoussain Simour
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Established in 1971, Nass el-Ghiwane is a legendary musical group that transformed the Moroccan music scene in the last decades of the 20th century. The charismatic founding member Larbi Batma (1948–1997) through his lyrics brought to light Moroccan folklore and obscure poetry. His autobiography...
Behind the Scenes with Hollywood Producers
Interviews with 14 Top Film Creators
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
We know what actors do. We know what writers do. But what does a movie producer do, other than arrange financing for films and accept Academy Awards? Featuring in-depth interviews with 14 top movie producers, including eight who have won Oscars for Best Picture, this book describes how they nurture...