Captured by Germans after the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, soldier Kurt Vonnegut and other prisoners of war were taken to Dresden, Germany, where they were confined in a cement shed used for butchering livestock and called "Schlachthof-funf" or "Slaughterhouse-Five." Several weeks later, American and British planes firebombed Dresden, killing 135,000 civilians and leveling the city. Amazingly, the prisoners survived, by taking cover in an underground meat locker. Vonnegut spent two decades coming to grips with the experience, producing this classic American novel as his ultimate response to the ordeal.
The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. This Compendium brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency - dealing with both current issues and historical events. The compendia consist of the combined and rearranged issues of "White House Studies" with the addition of a comprehensive subject index.
This beloved American classic captures the essence of growing up in a small town in the 1930s American South. Scout and her brother Jem experience the injustice of prejudice when their father, respected lawyer Atticus Finch, defends a black man unjustly accused of assaulting a white woman. Read by Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek. Winner of the 1960 Pulitzer Prize. "A victorious reading. Spacek reads with a slight Southern lilt and quiet authority."—Publishers Weekly
Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage: Greenwood Milestones in African American History
For the first time, the Middle Passage, the experience of slaves on the trans-Atlantic ships, receives a full reference treatment in an encyclopedia. This A-to-Z reference consists of 226 signed entries arranged alphabetically, exhaustively covering the Middle Passage from a variety of perspectives for student research and browsing.
Hailing from small vegetable farms, cattle ranches and grain farms covering thousands of acres, the producers in The New American Farmer, 2nd edition have embraced new approaches to agriculture. They are renewing profits, enhancing environmental stewardship and improving the lives of their families as well as their communities. The second edition builds on our popular first book. We've updated many of the profiles originally researched and written in 2000 and added 14 new profiles to represent every state and two U.S. territories.
