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In 2003 Fred Delcomyn imagined his backyard of two and a half acres, farmed for corn and soybeans for generations, restored to tallgrass prairie. Over the next seventeen years, Delcomyn, with help from his friend James Ellis scored, seeded, monitored, reseeded, and burned these acres into prairie. This book documents their journey.

The concept of 'fellow citizens' for Abraham Lincoln encompassed different groups at different times. In this first book focused on the topic, Mark Steiner analyses and contextualizes Lincoln's evolving views about citizenship over the course of his political career.

In this succinct study, Jason H. Silverman investigates Abraham Lincoln's evolving personal, professional, and political relationship with the wide variety of immigrant groups he encountered throughout his life, revealing that Lincoln related to the immigrant in a manner few of his contemporaries would or could emulate.

Catherine Prendergast draws on various insights from legal studies and literacy studies to interrogate contemporary multicultural literacy initiatives, providing a historical basis that informs debates over affirmative action, school vouchers, reparations and high-stakes standardized testing.

The Fifth Illinois Cavalry has remained obscure despite participating in some of the most important campaigns in Arkansas and Mississippi in the US Civil War. In this pioneering examination of that understudied regiment, Rhonda Kohl offers the only modern, comprehensive analysis of a southern Illinois regiment during the Civil War.

Twice a year numerous species of reptiles and amphibians, particularly snakes, migrate between the LaRue Pine Hills' towering limestone bluffs and the Big Muddy River's swampy floodplain in southern Illinois. In this engaging guide, author Joshua Vossler details what to expect and how to make the most of a visit to 'Snake Road'.

Today over a million people in Illinois claim Irish ancestry and celebrate their love for Ireland. This concise narrative history brings together both familiar and unheralded stories of the Irish in Illinois, highlighting the critical roles these immigrants and their descendants played in the settlement and the making of the Prairie State.

This sophisticated strategic and operational analysis of General Ulysses S. Grant's command decisions and actions shows how his determined leadership relieved the siege and shattered the enemy, resulting in the creation of a new strategic base of Union operations and Grant's elevation to commander of all the Federal armies.

"Abraham Lincoln was the first president consistently to make storytelling and laughter tools of office. This book shows how his uses of humor evolved to fit changing personal circumstances, and explores its versatility, range of expressions, and multiple sources"--

Author Libby Hill brings together years of original research and the contributions of dozens of experts to tell the Chicago River's epic tale from its conception the prehistoric bedrock to the glorious rejuvenation it is undergoing today, and every exciting episode in between.

In this broadly conceived study, Ralf Remshardt delineates the theatre's deep connection with the grotesque and traces the historically extensive relationship between performance and its 'other', the grotesque.

Examining the major works of Burroughs from the 1950s, Harris pieces together a material record of his creative history through an examination of his letter writing in real life, and in his fiction. Thus, the book suggests new ways to comprehend Burroughs's unique work and politics.

Weaves together the World War II experiences of students and faculty at Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois, to provide readers with a better understanding of the role American women and college students played during this defining period in US history.

Focuses on a number of overlooked themes and ideas, such as the importance of literary allusion and the general public's knowledge of the Bible in the age of Abraham Lincoln. This title focuses on a number of themes and ideas, such as the importance of literary allusion and the general public's knowledge of the Bible in the age of Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln was a skilled politician, an inspirational leader, and a man of humor and pathos. Despite the most meager of formal educations, Lincoln's tremendous intellectual curiosity drove him into the circle of Enlightenment philosophy and democratic political ideology. This title looks into the mind of Abraham Lincoln.

A reformer who was always provocative and controversial, Dan Walker became a political maverick, winning two tough elections to become governor of Illinois. This work tells the story of Walker's rise from dirt-poor beginnings to successful trial lawyer, business executive, and governor of Illinois and then to the fall that sent him to prison.

Examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in United States history since 1928. This book explains the causes of the accidents, identifies who was to blame, and details the emotional impact the disasters had on the survivors, their families, and their communities.

Offers a comprehensive auteurist study of the renowned Italian director, Federico Fellini. This book dispenses with a traditional film-career review of the man and instead organizes his discussion of Fellini's films into seven categories. It explores Fellini's narrative form and visual presentation and examines the fictionalized autobiography.

Argues that an underclass of rural whites is being left out of multicultural conversations. Katherine Kelleher Sohn shares how her own search for identity in the academic world parallels the journeys of eight non-traditional, working-class women. Through interviews and case studies, Sohn illustrates how academic literacy empowers women in their homes, jobs, and communities.

This study of African American students in the composition classroom lays the groundwork for reversing the cycle of underachievement that plagues linguistically diverse students. It approaches the issue of African American Vernacular English in terms of teacher knowledge and prevailing attitudes, and attempts to change pedagogical approaches.

Filmmakers David and Albert Maysles utilized an approach to documentary film that involved spontaneous observation of naturally occurring events. Their collaboration wrought 13 works and their style helped usher in a probing, realistic form of documentary. The Direct Cinema of David and Albert Maysles is a full-length treatment of their career.

Framing Monsters: Fantasy Film and Social Alienation reconsiders the cultural significance of this storytelling mode by investigating how films seemingly divorced from reality and presented in a context of timelessness are, in fact, encoded with the social beliefs of their era of production.

Responding to contemporary discussion about using personal accounts in academic writing, this book draws on classical and current rhetorical theory, feminist theory, and relevant examples from both published writers and first-year writing students to illustrate the advantages of blending experiential and academic perspectives.