Mcfarland: 2486 books
Culture War
How the '90s Made Us Who We Are Today (Whether We Like It or Not)
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
What didn’t you like about the 1990s—the peace or the prosperity? Setting aside nostalgia for the end of the 20th century, this book takes a candid look at the decade after the Cold War and before 9/11, when America’s culture war began with the election of a media-savvy, Baby Boomer president...
The Rwandan Genocide on Film
Critical Essays and Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
The Rwandan genocide was one of the most shameful events of the 20th century. Many Westerners’ understanding of it is based upon the Oscar-winning film Hotel Rwanda and the critically acclaimed Shooting Dogs. Yet how accurately do these films depict events in Rwanda in 1994? Drawing on new scholarship,...
The Survival Hypothesis
Essays on Mediumship
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Contemporary parapsychology tends to be preoccupied with ESP (telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition) and psychokinesis. In contrast, this cutting-edge anthology assembles an international team of experts from the fields of psychology, parapsychology, philosophy, anthropology and neuroscience to examine...
The Blue Ridge Parkway by Foot
A Park Ranger's Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
One of the premier tourist attractions of the eastern United States, the Blue Ridge Parkway stretches from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina. This volume relates the author’s one-of-a-kind backpacking trip along the 469-mile...
Champion of the Lark
Harold Churchill and the Presidency of Studebaker-Packard, 1956-1961
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
A career engineer at Studebaker, Harold E. Churchill became president of the recently merged Studebaker-Packard Corporation in 1956, at a time when finances were shaky and an aging product line was losing ground to the Big Three. Quickly launching a program of “realism and common sense,” he focused...
by Frank E. Wrenick, Elaine V. Wrenick
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This comprehensive look at the heyday of automobile manufacturing in Ohio chronicles the region's early prominence in an industry that was inventing itself. More than 550 Ohio manufacturers are covered, from Abbott to Zent. There are familiar marques, such as Jordan, Baker, Peerless, and White of...
The Indianapolis Automobile Industry
A History, 1893-1939
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
In 1893, Indianapolis carriage maker Charles Black created a rudimentary car—perhaps the first designed and built in America. Within 15 years, Indianapolis was a major automobile industry center rivaling Detroit, and known for quality manufacturing and innovation—the aluminum engine, disc brakes,...
The Executioner's Toll, 2010
The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The Executioner’s Toll, 2010 is a meticulous examination of every execution (and the details surrounding the execution) carried out in a single year—and a thought-provoking exploration into the minds of 46 killers as each plays the role of predator, quarry and condemned. The unsettling narratives...
Bloodstained Louisiana
Twelve Murder Cases, 1896-1934
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Historian Alan G. Gauthreaux chronicles 12 homicide cases from late 1800s and early 1900s Louisiana—where “unwritten law” justified jilted women who killed their paramours, and police took measures to protect defendants from lynch mobs. Stories include the 1907 kidnapping of seven-year-old Walter...
Parole, Pardon, Pass and Amnesty Documents of the Civil War
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
This book presents the little-studied story of the history and documents of the pardons, passes, paroles and promises of loyalty used by both North and South. The words of the loyalty oaths required for passes, paroles and pardons grew over time from a few simple lines to several paragraphs. Conditions...
by Harriet C. Frazier
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
In 1933, Genevieve Yost, Kansas State Historical Society cataloger, published a “History of Lynching in Kansas.” The present book is a development of that work, researched with the benefit of modern technology. The author locates 58 lynchings Yost missed and removes 19 from her list that for various...
Legal Executions in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia
A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1962
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2015
In the century following the Civil War, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia legally executed hundreds of men and women convicted of capital crimes. Based on exhaustive research of court records, newspapers death certificates and even gravestones, this book provides...
by Ryan Ellett
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
More than 700 uncredited scriptwriters who created the memorable characters and thrilling stories of radio’s Golden Age receive due recognition in this reference work. For some, radio was a stepping stone on the way to greater achievements in film or television, on the stage or in literature. For...
The Northwest Ordinance
Constitutional Politics and the Theft of Native Land
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Passed by Congress in July 1787, the Northwest Ordinance laid out the basic form of government for all U.S. territory north of the Ohio River. That summer, the Constitutional Convention drafted the defining document of the American Republic as a whole. A bargain struck between Congress and the Convention...