Mcfarland: 2486 books
Bibb Falk
The Man Who Replaced Shoeless Joe
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet. He brimmed with confidence and played the game of baseball with swagger. He played three years of varsity football and baseball at the University of Texas before being signed by the Chicago White...
Cap Anson
The Grand Old Man of Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Cap Anson’s plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame sums up his career with admirable simplicity: “The greatest hitter and greatest National League player-manager of the 19th century.” Anson helped make baseball the national pastime. He hit over .300 in all but three of his major league seasons,...
Resistance to the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Anti-Imperialism and the Role of the Press, 1895-1902
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Following the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898, pro-war arguments in the American press led public opinion to favor engaging in the Spanish-American War—or so goes the popular version of events. Yet there was a substantial anti-imperialist segment of the public that tried to halt...
Jackson, Crockett and Houston on the American Frontier
From Fort Mims to the Alamo, 1813-1836
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016
The 1813 storming of Fort Mims by Creek Indians brought to light the careers of Andrew Jackson, David Crockett and Sam Houston. All three fought the Creeks and each would have his part to play two decades later when the Alamo was stormed during the fight for Texan independence from Mexico. President...
Shoplifting
A Social History
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Shoplifting is a practice that has been engaged in for centuries, but it was only after the Civil War that the prevalence of shoplifting and societal awareness of it, became significant. In the 1860s the typical shoplifter was from the lower classes; by 1900 it was an upper-class woman who shoplifted...
Policewomen
A History, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Women in policing have seen three phases of acceptance. Beginning in about 1880, they were admitted as police matrons with extremely limited duties. Next they were accepted as policewomen around 1910–1916, when that title was officially bestowed on them. Finally came assignment of females as general...
Beware the Masher
Sexual Harassment in American Public Places, 1880-1930
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
This book examines the history of sexual harassment in America’s public places, such as on the streets and on public transit vehicles, in the period 1880 to 1930. Such behavior was referred to then as mashing with the harasser most commonly being called a masher. It began around 1880 as a response...
Chewing Gum in America, 1850-1920
The Rise of an Industry
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Americans began chewing gum long before 1850, scraping resin from spruce trees, removing any bits of bark or insects and chewing the finished product. Commercially-made gum was of limited availability and came in three types—tree resin, pretroleum-based paraffin and chicle-based—the latter, a...
Extras of Early Hollywood
A History of the Crowd, 1913-1945
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Pity the “extras.” Mostly overlooked and forgotten. Especially those in the major Hollywood films 1913 to 1945—right through the dream factory’s golden era. The struggles of extras to unionize were followed by internal struggles as the extras fought for a voice within that union. There were...
Baseball Scorekeeping
A Practical Guide to the Rules
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Many fans enjoy keeping track of baseball action with easy abbreviations written on simple grids. Serious scorekeeping, however, is more complicated than just jotting down runs, outs, and the final score. Official scorekeeping requires a thorough knowledge of a large body of rules—many of which...
The Wizard of Oz as American Myth
A Critical Study of Six Versions of the Story, 1900-2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Since the publication of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, authors, filmmakers, and theatrical producers have been retelling and reinventing this uniquely American fairy tale. This volume examines six especially significant incarnations of the story: Baum’s original novel, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Widely acknowledged as the preëminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research. This collection of 15 new essays selected from the 2015 and the 2016 symposia examines topics whose importance...
Publishing Romance
The History of an Industry, 1940s to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Romance novels have attracted considerable attention since their mass market debut in 1939, yet seldom has the industry itself been analyzed. Founded in 1949, Harlequin quickly gained market domination with their contemporary romances. Other publishers countered with historical romances, leading to...
Paul Kagame and Rwanda
Power, Genocide and the Rwandan Patriotic Front
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
In 1994, ethnic conflict turned to genocide in Rwanda. When the world finally took notice, a million people lay dead, and the small African country lay in ruins. Rwanda returned from the brink guided by rulers determined to rebuild the country on their own terms, rather than those of a previously...