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Voyageur: Across the Rocky Mountains in a Birchbark Canoe
by Robert TwiggerBest-selling author of Angry White Pyjamas travels across the Rocky Mountains by canoeFifteen years before Lewis and Clark, Scotsman Alexander Mackenzie, looking to open up a trade route, set out from Lake Athabasca in central Northern Canada in search of the Pacific Ocean. Mackenzie travelled by bark canoe and had a cache of rum and a crew of Canadian voyageurs, hard-living backwoodsmen, for company. Two centuries later, Robert Twigger decides to follow in Mackenzie's wake. He too travels the traditional way, having painstakingly built a canoe from birchbark sewn together with pine roots, and assembled a crew made up of fellow travelers, ex-tree-planters and a former sailor from the US Navy. Several had tried before them but they were the first people to successfully complete Mackenzie's diabolical route over the Rockies in a birchbark canoe since 1793. Their journey takes them to the remotest parts of the wilderness, through Native American reservations, over mountains, through rapids and across lakes, meeting descendants of Mackenzie and unhinged Canadian trappers, running out of food, getting lost and miraculously found again, disfigured for life (the ex-sailor loses his thumb), bears brown and black, docile and grizzly.
Voyageur: Across the Rocky Mountains in a Birchbark Canoe
by Robert TwiggerBest-selling author of Angry White Pyjamas travels across the Rocky Mountains by canoeFifteen years before Lewis and Clark, Scotsman Alexander Mackenzie, looking to open up a trade route, set out from Lake Athabasca in central Northern Canada in search of the Pacific Ocean. Mackenzie travelled by bark canoe and had a cache of rum and a crew of Canadian voyageurs, hard-living backwoodsmen, for company. Two centuries later, Robert Twigger decides to follow in Mackenzie's wake. He too travels the traditional way, having painstakingly built a canoe from birchbark sewn together with pine roots, and assembled a crew made up of fellow travelers, ex-tree-planters and a former sailor from the US Navy. Several had tried before them but they were the first people to successfully complete Mackenzie's diabolical route over the Rockies in a birchbark canoe since 1793. Their journey takes them to the remotest parts of the wilderness, through Native American reservations, over mountains, through rapids and across lakes, meeting descendants of Mackenzie and unhinged Canadian trappers, running out of food, getting lost and miraculously found again, disfigured for life (the ex-sailor loses his thumb), bears brown and black, docile and grizzly.
Voz que escondi
by Carolina JadueRelato en primera persona de la noche en que El Tila, conocido como El psicópata de La Dehesa, atacó a una familia completa. Carolina Jadue sobrevivió a esa noche y al trauma que vino después. Hace veinte años, la familia Jadue Zaror vivó una pesadilla. La noche del 5 de junio de 2002, su departamento en Camino El Huinganal, La Dehesa, fue asaltado por Roberto Martínez Vásquez, un delincuente de 26 años conocido como El Tila. Tras años de residencia en el Sename, El Tila asoló Santiago ese año con una seguidilla de asaltos, violaciones y asesinatos. Carolina Jadue tenía 19 años cuando se convirtió en su víctima. Estuvo al borde de la muerte y en este libro describe, con crudeza y valentía, los pormenores de esa noche, el trauma posterior y el trabajo terapéutico que ha hecho desde entonces.
Vozes Divinas e Demoníacas. Vida e Morte de Joana D'Arc.
by Borja Loma Barrie Luiza Castilho Saturnino BragaRomance histórico. Biografia. A morte na fogueira de Joana D'Arc. Vida de Joana D'Arc. História da França. História da Guerra dos Cem Anos. Carrascos da época. Como executavam as bruxas.
Vrajanatha Vadajena
by Janaki Ballabha MohantyOn the life and works of Oriya Poet Vrajanatha Vadajena.
Vuelo 495
by Gerardo ReyesEl vuelo 495 de Cubana de Aviación salió de Miami a Varadero el primero de noviembre de 1958 y nunca llegó a su destino en Cuba. A menos de dos meses del triunfo de la revolución, cinco jóvenes secuestraron el avión a nombre del 26 de Julio, el movimiento que lideraba el comandante guerrillero Fidel Castro. Llevaban armas, municiones y posiblemente dinero. Fue el primer acto de piratería aérea en la historia de Estados Unidos, con un agravante: la operación terminó en una tragedia en la que perdieron la vida más de la mitad de los pasajeros. Este siniestro quedó en el olvido y la absoluta impunidad. Sin embargo, durante más de diez años el periodista colombiano Gerardo Reyes Copello, co-ganador del Premio Pulitzer, se ha dedicado a esclarecer los hechos. Recaudó una gran cantidad de información del accidente y del fascinante contexto histórico en el que ocurrió. Habló con sobrevivientes que relataron el drama a bordo del avión y con testigos que lo vieron caer; descubrió documentos secretos inéditos y logró confrontar a uno de los sospechosos del secuestro. La historia tiene como epicentro el mundo conspirativo de Miami, una ciudad donde los sótanos de la memoria de muchos de sus habitantes están llenos de guerras clandestinas y complots que relatan abiertamente como si el tiempo lo perdonara todo. A lo largo del libro se presentan los elementos para entender la conspiración de silencio y desdén que borró de la historia el siniestro durante más de cincuenta años. Fidel aseguró que no habían autorizado la operación y su hermano Raúl anunció que llevaría al paredón a los responsables. Los lectores podrán enterarse del giro que dio el ultimátum en las páginas de esta obra periodística. English Description Cubana de Aviación’s flight 495 left Miami for Varadero on November 1, 1958, and never arrived at its destination in Cuba. Less than two months shy of the Cuban revolution, five young people hijacked the plane in the name of the 26th of July Movement, which was led by guerrilla commander Fidel Castro. They carried weapons, ammunition, and possibly money. It was the first act of air hijacking in the history of the United States, and with an additional problem: the operation ended in a tragedy that killed more than half of the passengers aboard. This disaster went forgotten and absolutely unpunished. Nevertheless, for more than ten years, Colombian journalist and Pulitzer Prize cowinner Gerardo Reyes Copello has dedicated himself to uncovering the facts.
Vuelo hacia el amanecer: El Vuelo De Orestes Lorenzo
by Orestes LorenzoEn 1991, Orestes Lorenzo, un mayor en la Fuerza Aérea Cubana, desertó su país de origine en un avión MiG y arriesgó todo lo que tenia para realizar un peligroso vuelo a los Estados Unidos buscando la libertad ideológica que ya no existía en Cuba. Pero fue en 1992, un año más tarde cuando Orestes realizó un viaje aun más peligroso. Después de 21 meses frustrantes, haciendo peticiones a las autoridades cubanas, pidiendo la libertad de su familia, Orestes se dio cuenta de una cosa: la única solución tendría que ser algo sumamente arriesgado y difícil. Habría que volver a Cuba a buscarlos él mismo. Durante todo este tiempo, su esposa Vicky sufrió el constante asedio de las autoridades cubanas, que insistieron que denunciara a su esposo como un cobarde traidor que abandonó a su familia. De lo contrario, jamás tendría permiso para salir de su país. Hasta Raúl Castro, hermano del dictador, tenía algo que decir sobre el asunto: -Si Lorenzo tuvo pantalones para irse con uno de nuestros MiGs, tal vez los tenga para venir a buscar a su familia.- Y eso fue lo que Orestes Lorenzo hizo. Volando un viejo Cessna de dos motores, cruzó las aguas del estrecho de la Florida, evitando el radar cubano. Aterrizó en una carretera bien transitada donde su esposa y sus hijos le esperaban, y les rescató. Vuelo hacia el amanecer es la historia de esta hazaña asombrosa, narrada por el mismo protagonista, Orestes Lorenzo. Es también la odisea individual de un joven que creció durante la euforia de la revolución cubana. Después de casarse y entra en un entrenamiento para pilotos en la unión soviética, Orestes nos muestra su creciente desilusionamiento con el comunismo, apoyado por su despertar a la religión gracias a las revelaciones de la Perestroika y la enfermedad grave de su esposa. Sobre todo, sus motivos tienen sus raíces en la convicción de criar a sus hijos en un país que respeta la dignidad del espíritu individual. Vuelo hacia el amanecer es una historia de heroísmo, el heroísmo de un hombre que haría lo imposible y arriesgaría su vida para obtener la libertad de su familia. Es un testamento al poder y fuerza del amor.
Vuelta y vuelta
by Iosi HavilioEl nuevo libro de Iosi Havilio, autor de Opendoor y Pequeña flor, entre otras celebradas novelas, es una historia alucinada sobre el duelo, tras la muerte de una madre. La nueva novela de Iosi Havilio es una historia sobre la búsqueda de sentido y también es una fábula realista. En medio del duelo por la muerte de su madre, una mujer muy especial cuya huella ha quedado marcada en sus hijos y en su arte, el autor y protagonista de esta ficción se embarca en una aventura extrema, que se inicia en la isla Martín García y lo llevará a conocer personas extraordinarias en un viaje tan alucinado como consciente. Con un trabajo singularísimo del lenguaje, aboliendo las normas, la narración se vuelve hipnótica y logra una atracción irreversible hacia su genial universo literario.
Vulcan Boys: From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V Bomber (The\jet Age Ser. #6)
by Tony BlackmanAn in-depth look at these Cold War–era bombers, in the words of those who flew them—includes photos. The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the United Kingdom during the Cold War, has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape as instantly recognizable as the howling noise it makes when the engines are opened for takeoff. Vulcan Boys is the first book about this bomber recounted completely firsthand by the operators themselves. It tells the story of the aircraft from its design conception through the Cold War, when it played out its most important job as Britain&’s nuclear deterrent; it also reveals the significant role its bombs and missiles played in liberating the Falkland Islands, for which it gained much celebrity. These individual accounts detail how hours at a time were spent waiting to be scrambled to defend the country in the event of a third world war, and how pilots&’ aggressive skills were honed by carrying out Lone Ranger sorties flying to the United States and westward around the world, and taking part in Giant Voice and Red Flag, competitive exercises against the US Strategic Air Command. The attacks in the Falklands using Shrike missiles are described accurately and in great detail for the first time, including the landing at Rio de Janeiro alongside a vivid account of Black Buck 2. Vulcan Boys is a fascinating and completely authentic read reminding us of the Cold War, how it was fought, and the considerable effort required to prevent all-out nuclear war.
Vulcan Test Pilot: My Experiences in the Cockpit of a Cold War Icon
by Tony BlackmanIn this memoir, the author of Nimrod: Rise and Fall details his experience testing the UK&’s strategic bomber while flying for Avro during the Cold War. In 2007, a restored Avro Vulcan Mark 2—XH558—took to the skies to help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. To coincide with this, the memoirs of one of its test pilots, Tony Blackman, was published to great acclaim. Tony flew no less than 105 of the 136 built, logging 850 flights at over 1,327 hours. His book describes in layman&’s terms what it was like to tame the first prototypes of the monumental delta-wing aircraft and to master the unusual characteristics necessitated by the Vulcan&’s shape. Although Tony puts the developments, demonstrations, incidents, and accidents in their political and historical context, his story is a highly personal one. He explains how this awesome aircraft became a national treasure and captured the imagination of the whole country. His words, descriptions, and photographs will make people feel as he did the excitement of handling such an incredibly powerful monster always in the knowledge that he had to be always in complete control of the monster as it could, and did, bite back.Praise for Vulcan Test Pilot&“Highly readable, keeping both the technical reader interested without perplexing the layman. A fine book for both.&” —Logbook &“Fascinating, gracefully written, and superbly knowledgeable.&” —Air and Space Magazine
Vulgar Favors (FX American Crime Story Tie-in Edition): The Assassination of Gianni Versace
by Maureen OrthThe basis for the FX true crime series American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, from creator Ryan Murphy and starring Edgar Ramirez, Penelope Cruz, Darren Criss, and Ricky MartinTwo months before Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by Andrew Cunanan, award-winning journalist Maureen Orth was investigating a major story on the serial killer for Vanity Fair. Culled from interviews with more than four hundred people and insights from thousands of pages of police reports, Orth tells the complete story of Cunanan, his unwitting victims, and the moneyed, hedonistic world in which they lived . . . and died. In fascinating detail, she reveals how Cunanan met his superstar victim, why police and the FBI repeatedly failed to catch Cunanan, and why other victims’ families stonewalled the investigation, as well as the controversial findings of the Versace autopsy report. Here is a gripping odyssey that races across America—from California’s wealthy gay underworld to modest Midwestern homes of families mourning the loss of their sons to South Beach and its unapologetic decadence. Vulgar Favors is at once a masterwork of investigative journalism and a riveting account of a sociopath, his crimes, and the mysteries he left along the way.Praise for Vulgar Favors “[An] exhaustive deconstruction of Andrew Cunanan’s five murders . . . The breadth and thoroughness of Orth’s research are often staggering.”—The New York Times “Fascinating . . . ripe with chilling detail . . . paints a disturbing picture.”—Entertainment Weekly“A fascinatingly detailed account.”—USA Today “It will hook you from the first page and never let you go.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth might be called the complete Cunanan. . . . She [has] an indefatigable hunger to know everything.”—Chicago Tribune “A detailed page-turner.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press “An exceptionally good account of suspected serial killer Andrew Cunanan’s spree in 1997 . . . Orth tells this twisted story with grace and courage.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Orth has an inviting, readable style.”—Oakland Tribune “The definitive book on the July 15, 1997 murder of Versace.”—Sun-Sentinel “An exhilarating journalistic chronicle of Cunanan’s crime and flight . . . The book is charged with adrenaline and the pages just seem to turn themselves.”—Lesbian and Gay New York
Vulnerability Is My Superpower: An Underpants And Overbites Collection (Underpants and Overbites Collection)
by Jackie E. DavisVulnerability Is My Superpower features Jackie Davis's relatable diary comics about self-discovery, mental health, relationships, and childhood. From bouts with anxiety and insecurity to the thrill of simple pleasures like secretly trying on other people&’s coats at a party, she&’s figuring things out as she goes along, navigating domestic life with her husband, Pat (aka &“the Purple Guy&”), and sharing her most embarrassing thoughts and habits so you don&’t have to.For anyone who struggles with self-confidence or just likes to scrutinize the curious workings of relationships and everyday life, the confessional comic gems in this book invite laughter at even the most awkward and vulnerable moments while making you feel less alone.
Vygotsky in Perspective
by Ronald MillerLev Vygotsky has acquired the status of one of the grand masters in psychology. Following the English translation and publication of his Collected Works there has been a new wave of interest in Vygotsky, accompanied by a burgeoning of secondary literature. Ronald Miller argues that Vygotsky is increasingly being 'read' and understood through secondary sources and that scholars have claimed Vygotsky as the foundational figure for their own theories, eliminating his most distinctive contributions and distorting his theories. Miller peels away the accumulated layers of commentary to provide a clearer understanding of how Vygotsky built and developed his arguments. In an in-depth analysis of the last three chapters of Vygotsky's book Thinking and Speech, Miller provides a critical interpretation of the core theoretical concepts that constitute Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory, including the development of concepts, mediation, the zone of proximal development, conscious awareness, inner speech, word meaning and consciousness.
Václav Havel: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts
by John KeaneThis authorized biography of Havel, based on unrestricted access to him, his circle, and even his enemies, is not only the first definitive account of one of the modern world's great moral and political leaders but also a vivid panorama of the tumultuous events of his times. Havel's life, like that of his African counterpart Nelson Mandela, has been shaped and determined by the large political shifts of the twentieth century. Readers will taste the moments of joy, irony, farce, and misfortune through which he has lived, and realize that he has taught the world more about the powerful and the powerless, power-grabbing and power-sharing, than virtually anyone else on the world stage.
Vértigo
by Rigoberta BandiniUna profunda autoficción donde la autora nos muestra de forma intimista lo que se siente al decidir llevar a cabo un cambio de vida. Un relato honesto y fresco sobre la crisis de los treinta. Vértigo es el retrato de una transición vital, de un momento en el que necesité saltar al vacío, como si mi cuerpo supiera la magnitud del cambio que me esperaba al otro lado. En Vértigo tejí las emociones que me invadían y las fui entendiendo hilo a hilo, y me doy cuenta de que siempre son los mismos hilos los que me duelen, los que me satisfacen o los que me enervan. Mis grandes dramas se simplifican a tres colores primarios que se van combinando de formas diferentes. De aquel Vértigo salió este libro y en esa crisis es donde empecé a componer las canciones que me han cambiado la vida. Rigoberta ya es una parte de Paula. Rigoberta siempre ha estado en mí. Rigoberta somosun poco todas. Rigoberta Bandini es el alter ego de Paula Ribó, actriz, cantante, directora dramática y escritora. Es el fenómeno musical más sorprendente de los últimos años.
Víctor Jara: No to Dictatorship (They Said No)
by Bruno DouceyThe only story for young readers of the legendary Chilean songwriter and activist who became a symbol of peace amidst the brutality of Augusto Pinochet's regime.On September 11, 1973, in Santiago de Chile, Augusto Pinochet took power and installed a dictatorship in place of the democratic government of President Salvador Allende. That day Victor Jara, a young songwriter and activist, poet and playwright is arrested and imprisoned with hundreds of other people in the Santiago stadium because of his association with the socialist opposition. His hands, so crucial to playing music, are broken by one of Pinochet's soldiers. He is executed in the stadium days later, but his protest songs will continue to resound to this day, as does his defiance in singing, "Venceremos," We Will Overcome, in the stadium. Pinochet will die at an advanced age without having answered for his crimes that were committed in an effort to crush dissent. But we celebrate the brave and defiant artists and activists like Victor Jara who help us to remember our humanity in the face of oppressive dictatorships.
W Stands for Women: How the George W. Bush Presidency Shaped a New Politics of Gender
by Michaele L. Ferguson Lori Jo MarsoTaking seriously the "W Stands for Women" rhetoric of the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign, the contributors to this collection investigate how "W" stands for women. They argue that George W. Bush has hijacked feminist language toward decidedly antifeminist ends; his use of feminist rhetoric is deeply and problematically connected to a conservative gender ideology. While it is not surprising that conservative views about gender motivate Bush's stance on so-called "women's issues" such as abortion, what is surprising--and what this collection demonstrates--is that a conservative gender ideology also underlies a range of policies that do not appear explicitly related to gender, most notably foreign and domestic policies associated with the post-9/11 security state. Any assessment of the lasting consequences of the Bush presidency requires an understanding of the gender conservatism at its core. In W Stands for Women ten feminist scholars analyze various aspects of Bush's persona, language, and policy to show how his administration has shaped a new politics of gender. One contributor points out the shortcomings of "compassionate conservatism," a political philosophy that requires a weaker class to be the subject of compassion. Another examines Lynndie England's participation in the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in relation to the interrogation practices elaborated in the Army Field Manual, practices that often entail "feminizing" detainees by stripping them of their masculine gender identities. Whether investigating the ways that Bush himself performs masculinity or the problems with discourse that positions non-Western women as supplicants in need of saving, these essays highlight the far-reaching consequences of the Bush administration's conflation of feminist rhetoric, conservative gender ideology, and neoconservative national security policy. Contributors. Andrew Feffer, Michaele L. Ferguson, David S. Gutterman, Mary Hawkesworth, Timothy Kaufman-Osborn, Lori Jo Marso, Danielle Regan, R. Claire Snyder, Iris Marion Young, Karen Zivi Michaela Ferguson and Karen Zivi appeared on KPFA's Against the Grain on September 11, 2007. Listen to the audio. Michaela Ferguson and Lori Jo Marso appeared on WUNC's The State of Things on August 30, 2007. Listen to the audio.
W, or The Memory of Childhood
by Georges PerecCombining fiction and autobiography in a quite unprecedented way, Georges Perec leads the reader inexorably towards the horror that lies at the origin of the post-World War Two world and at the crux of his own identity. Translated by David Bellos
W-3: A Memoir
by Bette HowlandOriginally published in 1974 and now republished with a new introduction in 2021 by Yiyun Li, this is the account of a brilliant mind on the brink. In 1968, Bette Howland was thirty-one, a single mother of two young sons, struggling to support her family on the part-time salary of a librarian; and laboring day and night at her typewriter to be a writer. One afternoon, she swallowed a bottle of pills. W-3 is both an extraordinary portrait of the community of Ward 3, the psychiatric wing of the Chicago hospital where she was admitted; and the record of a defining moment in a writer's life. The book itself would be her salvation: she wrote herself out of the grave. This memoir that launched Bette Howland's career ("moving and heroically funny"--New York Times) is available once again for a new generation to discover. BETTE HOWLAND (1937-2017) was born in Chicago. She was the author of three books: W-3, Blue in Chicago, and Things to Come and Go. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984, after which she did not publish another book. A posthumous collection of her stories, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, is also available from A Public Space Books. Saul Bellow called her "One of the significant writers of her generation."
W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics (Princeton Legacy Library)
by Robert L. TignorW. Arthur Lewis was one of the foremost intellectuals, economists, and political activists of the twentieth century. In this book, the first intellectual biography of Lewis, Robert Tignor traces Lewis's life from its beginnings on the small island of St. Lucia to Lewis's arrival at Princeton University in the early 1960s. A chronicle of Lewis's unfailing efforts to promote racial justice and decolonization, it provides a history of development economics as seen through the life of one of its most important founders.If there were a record for the number of "firsts" achieved by one man during his lifetime, Lewis would be a contender. He was the first black professor in a British university and also at Princeton University and the first person of African descent to win a Nobel Prize in a field other than literature or peace. His writings, which included his book The Theory of Economic Growth, were among the first to describe the field of development economics.Quickly gaining the attention of the leadership of colonized territories, he helped develop blueprints for the changing relationship between the former colonies and their former rulers. He made significant contributions to Ghana's quest for economic growth and the West Indies' desire to create a first-class institution of higher learning serving all of the Anglophone territories in the Caribbean.This book, based on Lewis's personal papers, provides a new view of this renowned economist and his impact on economic growth in the twentieth century. It will intrigue not only students of development economics but also anyone interested in colonialism and decolonization, and justice for the poor in third-world countries.
W. C. Handy: The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues
by David RobertsonBefore there was Elvis, there was W. C. Handy, "the man who made the blues. " Here is the first major biography in decades of the man who produced iconic songs and who was responsible, more than any other musician, for bringing the blues into the American mainstream.
W. E. B Du Bois
by Tonya BoldenWilliam Edward Burghardt Du Bois, perhaps best known for his seminal work The Souls of Black Folk and as the founding editor of the NAACP's groundbreaking magazine The Crisis, was ever a soul in motion for justice. Whether he was protesting Jim Crow laws and lynch mobs in the Deep South, advocating for the end of European Colonialism, or campaigning for world peace, Du Bois was always speaking out for others. This fascinating Up Close biography by award-winning author Tonya Bolden tells the story of how one man-tirelessly and never quietly- fought for equality until his death at age ninety-five.
W. E. B. Du Bois Speaks: Speeches and Addresses, 1920-1963 (Vol #2)
by W. E. B. Du Bois Kwame Nkrumah Philip S. FonerPioneer for the struggle for Afro-American liberation and for African liberation, prolific Black scholar, W.E.B. Du Bois is one of the giants of the twentieth century. Yet until very recently his contributions have been largely ignored. Today a growing number of Black and white scholars and students are reading and re-reading many of Du Bois's works and increasingly appreciating his contributions towards advancing the modern civil rights movement and the achievement of African independence. This volume the second of a two-volume collection is devoted to his speeches from 1920 to his death in 1963. The first volume covers the period of his earliest speeches in the 1890s to the close of the First World War. Nearly all of the speeches in these two volumes have never before been published in book form. W.E.B. Du Bois Speaks covers the full range of issues involving Black Americans from the era of slavery to the contemporary period. In these speeches, Du Bois set forth clearly and in his usual magnificent prose the various strategies in the Black liberation struggle. But as a profound believer in socialism and internationalism, he also made it clear that this struggle was linked with the interests of all who lived in the United States, regardless of color. An anti-imperialist from his youth, Du Bois repeatedly emphasizes in his speeches the need for all Americans to unite in the struggle against colonialism and for peace. Each speech is preceded by a brief description of the circumstances under which it was delivered and there are explanatory notes by the editor throughout the volume.
W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet
by Edward J. BlumPioneering historian, sociologist, editor, novelist, poet, and organizer, W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the foremost African American intellectuals of the twentieth century. While Du Bois is remembered for his monumental contributions to scholarship and civil rights activism, the spiritual aspects of his work have been misunderstood, even negated. W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet, the first religious biography of this leader, illuminates the spirituality that is essential to understanding his efforts and achievements in the political and intellectual world.Often labeled an atheist, Du Bois was in fact deeply and creatively involved with religion. Historian Edward J. Blum reveals how spirituality was central to Du Bois's approach to Marxism, pan-Africanism, and nuclear disarmament, his support for black churches, and his reckoning of the spiritual wage of white supremacy. His writings, teachings, and prayers served as articles of faith for fellow activists of his day, from student book club members to Langston Hughes.A blend of history, sociology, literary criticism, and religious reflection in the model of Du Bois's best work, W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet recasts the life of this great visionary and intellectual for a new generation of scholars and activists.Honorable Mention, 2007 Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Awards