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On April 2, 1917, the United States officially entered a war that had been raging for nearly three years in Europe. Even though America's involvement in the "Great War" lasted little more than a year and a half, the changes it wrought were profound. More than seventy thousand Arkansans served as soldiers during the war. Wartime propaganda led to suspicions directed against Germans, Jehovah's Witnesses, and African Americans in Arkansas, but wa...

The 3rd Arkansas was one of the most distinguished and well-respected Confederate regiments of the Civil War. As part of Gen. John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade, they found themselves in some of the fiercest fighting in the war in places such as the famous "sunken road” at Antietam and the Battle of Gettysburg. They'll Do to Tie To! was originally published in 1959.

Returning from a vacation trip to Mexico, Little Rock attorney Roger Glasgow were stopped at the border crossing. What followed was a long nightmare of political intrigue and subterfuge. Down and Dirty Down South is Glasgow's story of how he attempted to clear his name and also track down the people who had set him up for charges of smuggling illegal drugs into the United States.

Returning from a vacation trip to Mexico, Little Rock attorney Roger Glasgow were stopped at the border crossing. What followed was a long nightmare of political intrigue and subterfuge. Down and Dirty Down South is Glasgow's story of how he attempted to clear his name and also track down the people who had set him up for charges of smuggling illegal drugs into the United States.

Using archival primary material such as photographs, yearbooks, artwork, and first-person written accounts, A Captive Audience gives an inside look at the experiences of young people at the Rohwer and Jerome Relocation Centers in Arkansas during the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Many young internees at the camps saw their families lose their homes, businesses, and possessions on the West Coast when the U.S. go...

Since Arkansas's creation as an independent territory in 1819, its legislature has officially designated a wide assortment of symbols. Some of these refer to economic mainstays while others attest to the aspirations of those who saw a bright future for their extensive and varied community. This volume's essays examine each of Arkansas's officially designated symbols, outlining their genesis, their significance at the time of their adoption, an...

Women from all over Arkansas took part in a long struggle to gain the primary civil right of American citizens: voting. Based on original research, Cahill's book relates the history of some of those who contributed to this struggle, reveals long-forgotten photographs, and provides a list of Arkansas suffragists who helped ensure that discrimination could no longer exclude women from participation in political life.

In this visual historyathe Hanley brothersa most extensive book yetareaders will trace many townsa humble beginnings, with wooden-frame structures lining rutted dirt streets teeming with wagons, horses, and mules. The evolution of towns such as Walnut Ridge, Bentonville, Little Rock, and Lake Village, as well as tiny hamlets such as Black Rock and Ponca, unfolds before readersa eyes. Scenes from the 1950s feature stores such as Ben Franklin, O...

David Pryor's career of public service is unparalleled in Arkansas history: he has been elected state representative, congressman, governor, and, alongside Dale Bumpers, US senator (1979-1997). This book addresses Pryor's curiosity, compassion, and concern for ordinary Americans that draw the reader from one colorful vignette to another.

The St Louis Cardinals were contenders in 1957 and '59, two of Hal Smith's best years as a Major League player. Smith, out of tiny Barling, Arkansas, had risen in the Minor Leagues, and played in Mexico, Cuba, and the Asian circuit. This title shows the parallels between baseball's maturation in the 1950s and those of American society at the time.

Presents a murder mystery unsolved for 160 years and an account of Arkansas in the decade following statehood. Opening with the senseless killing of a boy, this novel provides the quest for resolution that drives the characters - in their interwoven stories - in search of an answer to the identity of the killer.

For almost two hundred years, Arkansans have been part of America's struggle to maintain democracy and keep the peace at home and around the globe. This work shows how war has affected those at home as well as those who served as soldiers.

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Dogwood trees were in full bloom as Union General Frederick Steele led 8, 500 soldiers out of comfortable quarters in Little Rock and into the pine and scrub woodlands of southwest Arkansas. Steele's intended target was Shreveport, Louisiana. He planned to join another Union force coming from Fort Smith, bringing his projected complement to 12, 500 troops, and then link with another Federal army in Louisiana.

In this book noted Arkansas historian Grif Stockley (Blood in Their Eyes, Daisy Bates) presents a clear depiction of the struggles of race and class in Arkansas, using personal stories to give a deeper understanding of the price of racism in Arkansas. The last chapter explores the experiences of Hispanics in the state. Lesson plans developed by the author are available for teachers at www.butlercenter.org..

Part military history, part social history, and part history of the westward movement during the major conflict of the 1840s, this anthology of essays bridges the gap between scholarly and popular history. Five contributors have examined the role of the citizen-soldier, the impact of war preparations upon the citizenry, movement of troops and yet-to-be organized volunteers, the waras effect on Americansa perception of their nation, and the str...

The Black River flows from Missouri into Arkansas east of Branson and west of the Bootheel. It meanders where the foothills of the Ozarks begin to rise out of the Mississippi plain. The area was sparsely populated when E. R. Coleman was a young man. Like the population they served, businesses were modest, mostly small, and scattered. Arkansas was still the Bear State, slogans boasting that it wasaor predicting that it would becomeathe aLand of...

This engrossing autobiographical account of a student athlete who is hardened by a tough coach in a soon-to-be famous high-school setting, brings the civil rights era into focus.

This engrossing autobiographical account of a student athlete who is hardened by a tough coach in a soon-to-be famous high-school setting, brings the civil rights era into focus.

From the forceas origins as the aArkansas Rangersa to Governor Cherryas plan for aa trooper in every countya and on to todayas sophisticated, diversified force, this new history of Arkansasas statewide policing authorityafrom its earliest days to dramatic manhunts and modernizationatells an important part of the stateas development.Lindseyas text and archival photos show how the saga of Arkansasas police has reflected the stateas growth, devel...