Walter Mandela Lomax served 39 years in the now-closed, violent Maryland State Penitentiary (nicknamed 'The Cut') for a crime he did not commit. Lomax wrote extensively poet ry, fiction, essays and eventually became the editor of the prison's monthly magazine, The Conqueror. Collecting several of Lomax's essays from his seven-year editorship Monster in the Maryland State Penitentiary, his earliest (1972) extant work, a number of short essays ...

This breakneck autobiography allows readers to participate in Pelton's mission - understanding the hearts and minds of the people he meets. A funny and joyous book by a man passionate to learn about the stranger and wilder places in the world, "The Adventurist" takes readers places they might never willingly go. ...

Often described as the primary mover behind the Mexican Revolution, Ricardo Flores Magon was a liberal journalist working in Mexico in 1900. By 1910 and the Revolution, he was a radical anarchist in exile in the United States. Always a Rebel studies Magon's transformation during those crucial ten years, placing his changing ideas in the context of the liberal movement in Mexico, government suppression, the development of the Partido Liberal ...

"Bat Masterson was a typical Western hero, but Robert DeArment shows that he was not a typical man of the Western frontier. The legend of bat Masterson results from his exploits as a buffalo hunter and Indian fighter, lawman and professional gambler, and his association with other notable Western figures. ...After convincingly describing Masterson the Western hero, DeArment continues the story of Masterson's later life as a fight promoter and a ...

Louis Stokes was not an outstanding scholar, nor did he meet with a glorious death, but his letters are a fitting memorial to the generation of schoolboys who lost their lives in the Great War. ...

Confronting the Drug Control Establishment is a biography of Alfred R. Lindesmith and an intellectual history of his times. A sociologist at Indiana University, Lindesmith believed legal prohibition of addictive drugs was futile and wrote widely on the threat to democracy inherent in such a policy.<P>Lindesmith's career began during the 1930s and developed along with the emerging drug prohibitions in the early and mid-twentieth century. ...

Calvin's Wisdom is an anthology of the reformer's writing and almost an encyclopaedia of his theology. It will become a much-valued companion to those who use it. ...

Organized by subject areas in a unique Q&A format, this book offers quick access to facts and anecdotes about Hitler's life, shedding light on his habits, beliefs, and obsessions. "A wonderful addition to the works about Hitler."--Isaiah Kuperstein, Association of Holocaust Organizations. of rare photos. ...

Virginia Woolf was an inventive, witty correspondent, whether commenting on a domestic crisis, politics, or the roving of the writer's mind. Edited and with an Introduction by Joanne Trautmann Banks; Index. ...

The basis for an NBC-TV movie starring Glenn Close, "Coya Come Home" offers a gripping account of political triumph and betrayal, telling the story of Minnesota Democratic Representative Coya Knutson and her infamous political defeat in 1958. 20 photos. ...