Whiskey and Geography
...the struggling American government by taxing whiskey, the plan met with open revolt. Farmers who had fought against the British, specifically against taxation without representation, wanted nothing to do with...
"When I Say 'Steal,' Who Do You Think Of?"
...there are Women's Studies, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/ Transgender Studies, and Creative Writing. She lives with her partner, transgender activist and writer Leslie Feinberg, in Jersey City, New Jersey. For many years when...
Rent
There were five houses over twenty years. We lived almost a decade in one, a mild, shallow winter in another. We bartered work for rent in the last, the one...
#598, Common Meter
...And here my spirit waiting stands, Till God shall bid it fly. 3) ‘Tis he, by his almighty grace That forms thee fit for heaven: And...
Rosa Snoddy's Handkerchief Quilt [ca 1905]
...with narrow, brown-and-white stripes. The cotton batting is moderately thick, and the quilt edges were bound with a strip of the bright orange fabric. Cousin Mag was available to help...
Pratt newspaper
Pratt Republican. "A Bad State of Affairs." September 8, 1910. "Now the Republican always stands for law and against any form of mob law. It concedes the right of a...
Article praising Ponce de Leon's appearance
"Glistening in the newest coat of paint from the platform of the street car terminal station to the big white fence at the back of the toboggan slide; enlarged, improved...
The Boatloads
...the roll. But before he's halfway through, there's pushing at the back of the line and no relief in sight. In the end, Charon must abandon formality, must drop the...
You Can't Eat Coal, and Other Lessons from Appalachian Women's History
...Appalachia as an isolated, out-of-step place, have little chance of generating the kind of diverse, hopeful coalitional work that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s. West Virginia Teachers' Strike,...
Rose Library Highlights: Amos Kennedy, Jr.
...his archival holdings in the African American collections at Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Best known for artist books that narrate African American history in striking...