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Stephen R. Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

W.A. Senior | Filed under: History
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Stephen R. Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant examines Donaldson’s first three novels in an attempt to define their place in the fantasy canon.  The book begins with an extensive introduction to the fantasy genre in which W.A. Senior eloquently defends fantasy against charges of being…

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David Zeisberger

Earl P. Olmstead | Filed under: Biography, History
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“Detailed research and thoughtful insights make David Zeisberger:  A Life among the Indians a valuable study of Indian-Colonist relations in eighteenth-century British North America.  Judicious in approach and compassionate without being polemical or sentimental, Olmstead brings to life the story of this Moravian missionary to…

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May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970 (DVD)

David Hassler | Filed under: Art, Drama, History, Regional Interest
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Stage Direction by:  Katherine BurkeFilmed by: Mathias PeraltaWritten by:  David HasslerCo-produced by: Kenneth Bindas & David Hassler
On October 12, 2012, the play, May 4th Voices, was featured at the annual Oral History Association Conference in Cleveland, Ohio.  Over the next month, film director Mathias Peralta…

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May 4th Voices

David Hassler | Filed under: Drama, History, New Releases, Regional Interest
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The text of David Hassler’s play is based on the Kent State Shootings Oral History Project, begun in 1990 by Sandra Halem and housed in Kent State University Libraries’ Department of Special Collections and Archives. The collection is comprised of over 110 interviews, with first-person…

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A Teacher’s Resource Book for May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970

John Morris | Filed under: Drama, Education, History, New Releases, Regional Interest
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Created to supplement May 4th Voices, a play based on the 1970 tragedy, A Teacher’s Resource Book for May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970 explains how real teachers in real classrooms have adapted the play to use in various pedagogical situations and levels of instruction….

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Denmark Vesey’s Revolt

John Lofton, and Peter C. Hoffer | Filed under: American Abolitionism and Antislavery, History
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In 1822, Denmark Vesey was found guilty of plotting an insurrection—what would have been the biggest slave uprising in U.S. history. In Denmark Vesey’s Revolt, John Lofton draws upon primary sources to examine the trial and provide, as Peter Hoffer says in his new introduction,…

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Battle of Lake Erie and Its Aftermath

David Skaggs | Filed under: History, Military History
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Few naval battles in American history have left a more enduring impression on America’s national consciousness than the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. This splendid collection celebrates the bicentennial of the American victory with a review of the battle and its consequences. The…

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