This work looks at how experimental art and the avant-garde artists lifestyles have influenced the larger American culture since the mid-19th century. The study explores the many ways in which Americas experimental artists have impacted upon, and at times transformed, the culture of a modern industrial nation.
This work looks at how experimental art and the avant-garde artists lifestyles have influenced the larger American culture since the mid-19th century....
Unique individuals of fiery temperament, Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound made an odd pair on the streets of 1920s Paris. If the elder cane-carrying Pound appeared the out-of-date poet, Hemingway was the epitome of his generation's Flaming Youth. Meeting on the high ground of art, these two literary giants formed a friendship that survived until Hemingway's death. During their short time together in Paris, Pound edited Hemingway's early work.
Unique individuals of fiery temperament, Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound made an odd pair on the streets of 1920s Paris. If the elder cane-carrying Po...
As part of the great migration of southern blacks to the north, Sunnie Wilson came to Detroit from South Carolina after graduating from college, and soon became a pillar of the local music industry. He started out as a song and dance performer but found his niche as a local promoter of boxing, which allowed him to make friends and business connections quickly in the thriving industrial city of Detroit. Part oral history, memoir, and biography, Toast of the Town draws from hundreds of hours of taped conversations between Sunnie Wilson and John Cohassey, as Wilson reflected on the...
As part of the great migration of southern blacks to the north, Sunnie Wilson came to Detroit from South Carolina after graduating from college, an...
Called upon to take a hill at the 1863 Battle of Chickamauga, the 22nd Michigan Infantry - untested in combat - fought valiantly, helping to save the Union right commanded by General George H. Thomas. This narrative traces the 22nd's day-to-day experiences in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, including many unique towns and cities.
Called upon to take a hill at the 1863 Battle of Chickamauga, the 22nd Michigan Infantry - untested in combat - fought valiantly, helping to save the ...
