Indiana University Press: 1129 books
Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless
The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in Indiana
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2000
Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless
The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in Indiana
Ronald L. Baker
Lives of former slaves in their own words, published for the first time.
Based on a collection of interviews conducted in the late 1930s, Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless is...
Albion Fellows Bacon
Indiana's Municipal Housekeeper
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2000
Albion Fellows Bacon
Indiana’s Municipal Housekeeper
Robert G. Barrows
Examines the career of a leading Progressive Era reformer.
Born in Evansville, Indiana, in 1865, Albion Fellows was reared in the nearby hamlet of McCutchanville and graduated from Evansville High School. She worked...
by Susan S. Neville
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 1994
"Neville’s observations on inner and outer worlds deserve a large readership." —Studies in Short Fiction
"Blending fictional and reportorial technique, Ms. Neville unwinds a tapestry of the Indiana seasons... in scene after remarkable scene she succeeds in disturbing and...
Pioneers of the Hardwood
Indiana and the Birth of Professional Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 1998
As fire is to prairie or water to fish, so is basketball part of the natural environment in Indiana. Round ball, or Hoosier Hysteria is so much a part of the state’s heritage that many people believe basketball was invented in Indiana. Naismith’s game is a virtual religion in the state.
While...
by Theodore Dreiser
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 1997
"Though far from the author’s usual musings, this is actually a forerunner to the American road novel and very well could have been one of the inspirations for Jack Kerouac... this is a fine addition to public and academic libraries." —Library Journal
"Theodore Dreiser, road...
Herman B Wells
The Promise of the American University
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Energetic, shrewd, and charming, Herman B Wells was the driving force behind the transformation of Indiana University—which became a model for American public higher education in the 20th century. A person of unusual sensitivity and a skilled and empathetic communicator, his character and vision...
A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana
119 Unique Places to Explore
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
This is the first comprehensive and fully illustrated guidebook for nature lovers who want to explore the wild and natural areas of southern Indiana by trail, water, or road. Featuring 95 beautiful color photos and 5 maps, A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana provides ideas for a lifetime...
by Fred D. Cavinder
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
The stories in this book will provide entertainment for everyone and evoke wonder in the most jaded observer of the human condition. Some of the exploits that Fred D. Cavinder describes are half-hidden footnotes to national and international happenings. Others seem so typical of Indiana that they...
Robert F. Kennedy
And the 1968 Indiana Primary
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2008
This account of a dramatic moment, and a classic speech, is “a must-read for anyone interested in presidential politics” (Indiana Magazine of History).
On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arrived in Indiana to campaign for the state’s Democratic presidential primary....
Being Lucky
Reminiscences and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
In this absorbing autobiography, Herman B Wells, the legendary former president of Indiana University, recalls his small-town boyhood, the strong influence of his parents, his pioneering work with Indiana banks during the Great Depression, and his connection with IU, which began as a student when...
This Is INDIANA
Tom Crean, the Team, and the Exciting Comeback of Hoosier Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
On a chilly Saturday in December 2011, Tom Crean led his Hoosier basketball players to an upset win over Kentucky, the #1-ranked basketball team in the nation. From that moment on, the revival of IU basketball was becoming a reality. Back in 2008, facing many challenges, Coach Tom Crean walked into...
New African Fiction
Transition: The Magazine of Africa and the Diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Published three times per year by Indiana University Press for the Hutchins Center at Harvard University, Transition is a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling ideas from and about the black world. Since its founding in Uganda in 1961, the magazine has kept apace of the rapid transformation...
Dissent in the Heartland, Revised and Expanded Edition
The Sixties at Indiana University
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
During the 1960s in the heartlands of America—a region of farmland, conservative politics, and traditional family values—students at Indiana University were transformed by their realization that the personal was the political. Taking to the streets, they made their voices heard on issues from...
Valor
The American Odyssey of Roy Dominguez
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
The son of Hispanic immigrants, Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez grew up in gang-plagued Gary, Indiana. With strong family support, he managed to beat the odds, graduating with distinction from Indiana University, finishing law school after a rough start, and maturing into a successful attorney and officeholder....