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William Almon Wheeler
(December 2013)
Political Star of the North Country
Herbert C. Hallas - Author
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An American success story about the life of William Almon Wheeler, a poor boy from Northern New York who became the nineteenth Vice President of the United States.
William Almon Wheeler’s life is an American success story about how a poor boy living near the Canadian border in Malone, New York, achieved fame and fortune. Often referred to as “the New York Lincoln,” Wheeler was a lawyer, banker, railroad president, ...(Read More) |
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Ecology Is Permanent Economy
(July 2013)
The Activism and Environmental Philosophy of Sunderlal Bahuguna
George Alfred James - Author
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Explores the nonviolent philosophy and environmental activism of India’s Sunderlal Bahuguna.
For decades, Sunderlal Bahuguna has been an environmental activist in his native India, well known for his efforts on behalf of the Himalayas and its people. In the 1970s, he was instrumental in the successful Chipko (or “hug”) movement during which local people hugged trees to prevent logging for outside concerns. He was...(Read More) |
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Envisioning Sociology
(June 2013)
Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the Quest for Social Reconstruction
John Scott - Author
Ray Bromley - Author
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Examines the continuing relevance of early British sociologists Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and their associates.
Envisioning Sociology is a landmark work, the first major study of the founding of sociology in Britain and the enormous contributions made by the intellectual circle led by Victor Branford and Patrick Geddes. Authors John Scott and Ray Bromley chronicle the biographical connections and personal partner...(Read More) |
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Passionate Commitments
(June 2013)
The Lives of Anna Rochester and Grace Hutchins
Julia M. Allen - Author
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A story of two twentieth-century American women whose love for each other fueled their work to create an egalitarian world.
Developing their rhetorical skills in early-twentieth-century women’s organizations, Anna Rochester and Grace Hutchins, life partners and heirs to significant wealth, aimed for revolution rather than reform. They lived frugally while devoting themselves to several organizations in succession, including...(Read More) |
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Fight All Day, March All Night
(December 2012)
A Medal of Honor Recipient's Story
Wayne Mahood - Author
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An inspiring narrative of a young Civil War soldier, as told through his letters from the battlefield.
In 1862 twenty-one-year-old Morris Brown Jr. left his studies at Hamilton College to take up the Union cause. He quickly rose in rank from sergeant major to captain and acting regimental commander for the 126th New York Volunteers. In letters written to his family in Penn Yan, New York, Brown describes his experiences at war...(Read More) |
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The Impeachment of Governor Sulzer
(September 2012)
A Story of American Politics
Matthew L. Lifflander - Author
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2012 Isabelle Hermalyn Award of New York Urban History presented by the Bronx County Historical Society
Brings to life the dramatic and colorful career of William Sulzer (1863–1941), former governor of New York State.
In The Impeachment of Governor Sulzer, Matthew L. Lifflander brings to life the dramatic story of a forgotten incident in New York State political history. When William Sulzer wa...(Read More) |
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Oreos and Dubonnet
(June 2012)
Remembering Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller
Joseph H. Boyd Jr. - Author
Charles R. Holcomb - Author
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A behind-the-scenes look at one of New York’s most colorful and influential governors.
A unique figure and an outsized personality, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was a man whose character, personal style, and (of course) wealth shaped both his goals and how he pursued them. Although many stories about Rockefeller have been published over the years, many more remain to be told, and in Oreos and Dubonnet, Rockefeller&rs...(Read More) |
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Faithful to the Task at Hand
(June 2012)
The Life of Lucy Diggs Slowe
Carroll L.L. Miller - Author
Anne S. Pruitt-Logan - Author
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The story of Lucy Diggs Slowe, a pioneering African American figure in sports and education.
Born just twenty years after the end of slavery and orphaned at the age of five, Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885–1937) became a seventeen-time tennis champion and the first African American woman to win a major sports title, a founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and the first Dean of Women at Howard University. She provided leadersh...(Read More) |
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Corbino
(March 2011)
From Rubens to Ringling
Janis Londraville - Author
Richard Londraville - Author
Karal Ann Marling - Foreword by
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A biography of one of America’s neglected grand masters.
A Sicilian immigrant who trained at the Art Students League in New York, Jon Corbino (1905–1964) was one of the most influential members of the “Sarasota School” of art, a group of painters and artists, many of them expatriate New Yorkers, who came to the west coast of Florida for its natural beauty, the quality of its light, and the open-aired fre...(Read More) |
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Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643)
(January 2011)
Designing a New World
Janny Venema - Author
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2011 Annual Hendricks Award, presented by the New Netherland Institute
A biography of one of the founding directors of the Dutch West India Company and a leading figure in the establishment of the New Netherland colony.
During the early 1600s, as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands was locked in a war with Spain that would last for eighty years, thousands of immigrants came to Amsterdam and greatly i...(Read More) |
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