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Bridging The Distances: Women Writers Exploring The Nightmare Of Vietnam, Christina Triezenberg Jul 2015

Bridging The Distances: Women Writers Exploring The Nightmare Of Vietnam, Christina Triezenberg

Christina Triezenberg

This essay seeks to challenge the now-common practice of excluding Vietnam-era antiwar verse from contemporary literary anthologies by exploring the works produced by professional and amateur female poets who, in many cases, had witnessed the war firsthand and reflected on their experiences in verse that depicts the often harsh realities of this still-contested conflict. By exploring poetry written by women who served in a variety of capacities during the war, this essay underscores the repeated attempts made by women writers to bridge the distances between the home front and the battlefront and offers a compelling argument about the importance of …


Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, The Untold Story Of An American Legend (Book Review), Linda Niemann Jun 2007

Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, The Untold Story Of An American Legend (Book Review), Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Review of the book "Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend", by Scott Reynolds Nelson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.


Diary Of A Common Soldier In The American Revolution, 1775-1783, Robert Bray, Paul Bushnell Dec 1977

Diary Of A Common Soldier In The American Revolution, 1775-1783, Robert Bray, Paul Bushnell

Robert Bray

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