Holiday Gift Guide 2025

CONTENTS Wear Some Armor in Your Hair: Urban Renewal and the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Lincoln Park by Brian Mullgardt | 1 Avenues of Transformation: Illinois’s Path from Territory to State by James A. Edstrom | 2 Southern Illinois Fishing: A Comprehensive Guide for Anglers by Colby Simms | 3

20 Day Trips in and around the Shawnee National Forest by Larry P. and Donna J. Mahan | 4 Snake Road: A Field Guide to the Snakes of LaRue-Pine Hills by Joshua J. Vossler | 5 Fidelity: An Annotated Edition by Susan Glaspell | 6 Regional History | 7

Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln’s Life and Legacy by Stacy Lynn | 8 Sisters of Influence: A Biography of Zina, Amy, and Rose Fay by Andrea Friederici Ross | 9

Olmsted’s Riverside: Stewardship Meets Innovation in a Landmark Village by Cathy Jean Maloney | 10 Puerto Ricans in Illinois by Maura I. Toro-Morn and Ivis Garc­ía | 11

They Both Reached for the Gun: Beulah Annan, Maurine Watkins, and the Trial That Became Chicago by Charles H. Cosgrove | 12 Chicago: With the Chicago Tribune Articles That Inspired It by Maurine Watkins, Edited by Thomas H. Pauly | 13 Chicago History | 14-15

Black Americans in Mourning: Reactions to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by Leonne M. Hudson | 16 Lincoln | 17

Looking for Lincoln / Lincoln’s Family & Friends | 18 Concise Lincoln Library | 19 Engaging the Civil War | 20

World of Ulysses S. Grant | 21

Perspectives on Crime and Justice | 22 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry | 23

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WEAR SOME ARMOR IN YOUR HAIR

Urban Renewal and the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Lincoln Park

Brian Mullgardt

Police brutality, gentrification, and grassroots activism in 1960s Chicago

$24.95, 274 pages, 12 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3935-8 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3936-5

In August of 1968, approximately 7,000 people protested the Vietnam War against the backdrop of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. This highly televised event began peacefully but quickly turned into what was later termed a “police riot.” Brian Mullgardt’s investigation of this event and the preceding tensions shines a light on the ministers, Yippies, and community members who showed up and stood together against the brutality of the police. Charting a complex social history, Wear Some Armor in Your Hair brings together Chicago history, the 1960s, and urbanization, focusing not on the national leaders, but on the grassroots activists of the time.

Beginning in 1955, two competing visions of urban renewal existed, and the groups that propounded each clashed publicly, but peacefully. One group, linked to city hall, envisioned a future Lincoln Park that paid lip service to

diversity but actually included very little.

The other group, the North Side Cooperative Ministry, offered a different vision of Lincoln Park that was much more diverse in terms of class and race. When the Yippies announced anti-war protests for the summer of ‘68, the North Side Cooperative Ministry played an instrumental role. Ultimately, the violence of that week altered community relations and the forces of gentrification won out.

Mullgardt’s focus on the activists and community members of Lincoln Park, a neighborhood at the nexus of national trends, broadens the scope of understanding around a pivotal and monumental chapter of our history. The story of Lincoln Park, Chicago, is in many ways the story of 1960s activism writ small, and in other ways challenges us to view national trends differently.

Brian Mullgardt is a professor of history at Millikin University who specializes in US history in the Cold War era, with an emphasis on social

activism during the “Long Sixties” (1955–1975). He has served as the vice president of the Macon County Historical Society and Museum and on the board of directors for the Illinois State Historical Society. He has published in several journals, including the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society and the Journal of Illinois History.

“Views of the 1960s counterculture are too often simplified and centered on the coasts, with images of dancing flower children and rebellious youth. Mullgardt offers a valuable corrective, focusing not on the leaders of the protests, but on local Chicago activists, including clergy and people of color. The Yippies who came to Chicago found that there was already a movement for equality and justice happening here—and it continued after the DNC circus left town.”

—Mary Wisniewski, author of Algren: A Life

WINNER, 2025 Illinois State Historical Society Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award!

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AVENUES OF TRANSFORMATION Illinois’s Path from Territory to State

James A. Edstrom

A territory split by slavery, a state forged for union

$26.50, 274 pages, 17 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3876-4 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3877-1

Avenues of Transformation traces the surprising path, marked by shame, ambition, and will that led to Illinois’s admission to the Union in 1818. Historian James A. Edstrom guides the reader through this story by associating each stage of the narrative—the original statehood campaign, the passage of Illinois’s statehood-enabling act by Congress, and Illinois’s first constitutional convention—with the primary leaders in each of those episodes.

The lives of these men—Daniel Pope Cook, Nathaniel Pope, and Elias Kent Kane—reflect the momentous tangle of politics, slavery, and geography. This history maps the drive for statehood in the conflict between nation and state, in the perpetuation of slavery, and in the sweep of water and commerce. It underscores the ways in which the Prairie State is

uniquely intertwined—economically, socially, and politically—with every region of the Union: North, South, East, and West—and captures the compelling moment when Illinois statehood stood ready to more perfectly unify the nation.

This volume is the first full-length book in over a century to describe and analyze Illinois’s admission to the Union. It marks the first time that a historian has analyzed in detail the roll-call votes of the first state constitutional convention, seated evenly by pro- and antislavery delegates. Edstrom’s wit and prose weave a lively narrative of political ambition and human failure. Patiently crafted, Avenues of Transformation will be the first source for readers to turn to for gaining a better understanding of Illinois statehood.

James A. Edstrom is a librarian, researcher, and author whose scholarship on Illinois history

has appeared in journals such as Illinois Heritage and Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. He is a professor of library services and history at William Rainey Harper College.

“James A. Edstrom has written what will be the definitive history of the politics of state making in Illinois. This excellent book reminds us that the Land of Lincoln began as the state of transplanted and local slave owners and land speculators on the make. The story helps us all better understand the social and political forces that surrounded the Missouri crisis and the relentless movement of slavery west, even in the old Northwest.”

—Paul Finkelman, author of Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court and Chancellor of Gratz College

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WINNER, 2023 Illinois State Historical Society Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award!

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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FISHING A Comprehensive Guide for Anglers

Colby Simms

The ultimate resource for sport fishing in Southern Illinois

$26.95, 228 pages, 41 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3962-4 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3963-1 Shawnee Books

Southern Illinois’s many waterways teem with an incredible variety of fish species, and award-winning fisherman and journalist Colby Simms knows exactly where and how to catch them all.

Within these pages, Simms shares the secrets he’s gleaned from years of hardwon experience: colossal catfish dominate the Mississippi River; monstrous muskies rule over Kinkaid Lake. Rend gives up record crappie and bowfin, while Crab Orchard produces excellent largemouth bass fishing and Cedar offers huge striped bass. Whether you’re powerboating a large lake or paddling an out-of-the-way oxbow, the region presents countless opportunities for different styles of fishing. Wondering which bait and tackle will produce the best results, or how seasonal weather affects fish migration patterns?

Simms has already conferred with fellow fishing pros as well as biologists, outdoor sports

media figures, and other experts to bring you the most current, site-specific information possible. From fishing fundamentals to the most advanced, cutting-edge techniques, he presents a battle plan for attacking the waters, big and small, of the lower Prairie State, which will benefit all anglers— from beginners to seasoned tournament competitors.

Nestled between the critical information and detailed instructions, you’ll find stories from Simms and additional professional anglers, state fisheries staff, recreational fishers, and others. You’ll find encouragement and motivation to put away life’s modern distractions and get back to nature. Southern Illinois Fishing brims with enthusiasm, humor, and heart, and is sure to educate and inspire readers to lose themselves in the ancient tradition and modern sport of fishing.

Colby Simms is a multiple muskie, bass and billfish tournament champ, multiple circuit championship title holder, and winner of the first Illinois Muskie Tournament Trail Qualifier and IMTT State Championship, who’s been featured in the Chicago Sun Times, Field & Stream, Illinois Game & Fish, and USA Today. He’s a record-holding guide, public speaker, award-winning national network TV & radio personality, and a multiple award-winning international writer with work appearing over 3,000 times in over 50 publications. He’s owner of Colby Simms Outdoors LLC, operating one of the largest charter services in the Lower Midwest, and his signature tackle products have been carried by dealers across multiple countries, including the world’s largest outdoor sports retailer, Bass Pro Shops.

“Colby Simms shines as a masterful storyteller whose journeys across diverse terrains have honed his ability to craft narratives that are both riveting and enlightening.”

—Mark Lassagne, publisher, Bass Angler Magazine

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20 DAY TRIPS

in and around the Shawnee National Forest

Larry P. and Donna J. Mahan

$21.95, 160 pages, 102 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3255-7 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3256-4 Shawnee Books

One of the unique and most scenic treasures in the Midwest, the Shawnee National Forest spans more than 279,000 acres deep in southern Illinois. The natural beauty, stunning vistas, and diverse flora and fauna of this picturesque region invite exploration by all who love nature. This easy-to-use guidebook highlights 20 exciting day or weekend trips within and near the Shawnee National Forest, making it easy to take advantage of the forest’s myriad opportunities for outdoor recreational activity.

Intended for those without extensive hiking or camping experience, the guide provides all of the information necessary to safely and proficiently explore all the forest has to offer. Entertaining narratives describe

each journey in vivid detail, offering advice on needed supplies, pointing out shortcuts, and spotlighting not-to-miss views. Entries also include thorough directions, GPS coordinates, trail difficulty ratings, landform descriptions, exact distances between points, and a list of available facilities at each location.

From biking and bird watching to hiking, horseback riding, and rock climbing, the Shawnee National Forest is home to an abundance of possibilities for outdoor fun.

With this practical guide in hand, adventure seekers and nature lovers alike can make the most of southern Illinois’s own natural treasure.

Larry P. Mahan, recently retired from the teaching profession with 50 years of service, is the author of In Search of Large Trees. His wife, Donna, a native of southern Illinois, has also retired from teaching in the Springfield area.

“From waterfalls to caves to wonderful vistas overlooking the Ohio River, and from historic sites to calm lakes to interesting architecture, the Mahans take you everywhere you need to go to gain an intense appreciation of southern Illinois as a vacation spot. An enthusiastic guide to an overlooked place.”

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SNAKE ROAD

A Field Guide to the Snakes of LaRue-Pine Hills

Joshua J. Vossler

Visiting the mecca of snake watching

$19.50, 168 pages, 355 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3805-4 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3806-1 Shawnee Books

Twice a year, spring and fall, numerous species of reptiles and amphibians migrate between the LaRue–Pine Hills’ towering limestone bluffs and the Big Muddy River’s swampy floodplain in southern Illinois. Snakes, especially great numbers of Cottonmouths, give the road that separates these distinct environments its name. Although it is one of the best places in the world to observe snakes throughout the year, spring and fall are the optimal times to see a greater number and variety. Among the many activities that snakes can be observed doing are sunning themselves on rocks, lying in grasses, sheltering under or near fallen tree limbs, or crossing the road. In this engaging guide, author Joshua J. Vossler details what to expect and how to make the most of a visit to what is known around the world as Snake Road.

Vossler catalogs twenty-three native snake species by both common and scientific names,

lists identifying features, and estimates the probability of spotting them. Throughout this book, stunning color photographs of each species’ distinctive physical characteristics enable identification by sight only, an important feature, since Illinois law prohibits the handling, harming, or removal of reptiles and other wildlife on and around the road. Since snakes are visually variable—individual snakes of the same species can differ tremendously in size, color, and pattern—photographs of as many variations as possible are included.

To aid in identification, eleven sets of photographs contrast the features of similar species and point out how and why these snakes may be easily confused. Visitors can keep track of the snakes they have identified by using the checklist in the back of the book. A list of recommended reading provides sources of additional information about snakes in southern Illinois and beyond.

Joshua J. Vossler, formerly an associate professor and academic librarian at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is the coauthor of Humor and Information Literacy: Practical Techniques for Library Instruction. He specializes in making instructional videos about research skills. He is a lifelong snake watcher and herpetological enthusiast.

“Profusely illustrated, impressively informative, exceptionally ‘user friendly’ in organization and presentation, Snake Road: A Field Guide to the Snakes of LaRue-Pine Hills is an ideal and unreservedly recommended DIY identification guide—and a critically important selection for personal, professional, community, college, and university library herpetology collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists”

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—James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review

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FIDELITY

An Annotated Edition

Susan Glaspell

Recovering a lost feminist story of scandal and strength for a new generation

$24.50, 302 pages, 3 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-7017-7 Saluki Publishing

Out of print in the United States since its original publication in 1915, Susan Glaspell’s largely forgotten novel Fidelity tells the story of Ruth Holland, a young woman who returns to her small Midwestern hometown after eleven years’ absence. Forced home by the death of her father, Ruth must face a family and community that have largely turned against her following her affair with a married man.

Glaspell, mostly known as a playwright and for her founding of the Provincetown Players, was also an accomplished novelist. Inspired by events in Glaspell’s own life, Fidelity portrays Ruth’s struggle to find fulfillment, love, and purpose in a society that imposes rigid expectations and limitations on how a woman should live. Ruth is a woman torn between love and commitment to her family—and between

love and commitment to herself. Glaspell’s narrative shifts between characters, offering glimpses through the community’s eyes of the ways that Ruth’s return forces residents to confront their beliefs and the impact that they have. In the vein of Chopin’s The Awakening and Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Glaspell’s Fidelity holds an important place in the history of early twentieth-century feminist literature and is long overdue to be back in print.

Students at the University of Nebraska– Lincoln, under the guidance of Kevin McMullen, project manager of the Walt Whitman Archive, have resurrected this neglected novel. The text includes contemporary photographs of Susan Glaspell, a new introduction, and annotations throughout, which provide useful commentary for students and general readers alike.

Susan Glaspell (1876–1948), an influential American playwright and novelist, is celebrated as a pioneer of American drama and co-founder

of the Provincetown Players. Notable works include the play Trifles and the short story “A Jury of Her Peers,” inspired by her coverage of a real-life murder trial, as well as her Pulitzer Prize-winning play Alison’s House. Her novels include Fidelity, The Morning is Near Us, and Judd Rankin’s Daughter.

Editors: Kevin McMullen, Sophie Anderson, Kayla Barnes, Ian Byington, Sam Cobb, Sarah Daniel-

son, Hanna Dannar, Drew Fridrich, Edison Geiler, Rylee Gregg, Marissa Hanley, Bella Hardy, Michael Hodge, Ben Jezewski, Jackson Kissler, Wallace Langdon, Madalyn Meyer, Zoë Olson, Angelina Pattavina, Gabriel Reiman, Grace Reiman, Halle Ross, Audrey Salber, Fatima Salman, McKenna Sender, Presley Shonka, Paige Trutna, and Tyler Wagner

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“Kevin McMullen and his students have richly contextualized one of Glaspell’s most complex and provocative novels, illuminating still-relevant questions of love, marriage, and divorce that confront and challenge the characters.”

—Marcia Noe, author of Susan Glaspell: Voice from the Heartland

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REGIONAL HISTORY

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LOVING LINCOLN

A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln’s Life and Legacy

Stacy Lynn

Rediscovering Lincoln through the female gaze

$24.95, 310 pages, 27 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3967-9 Cloth: 978-0-8093-3966-2 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3968-6

Abraham Lincoln belongs to everybody.

The women he interacted with helped forge the outstanding moral character of America’s greatest president. This unique Abraham Lincoln biography features thirty historical and personal essays, and within them, the stories of more than ninety women, each with their own mini biographies in an appendix. Among them are Lincoln’s friends, clients, and extended family, as well as writers, artists, and—blurring the lines between history and memoir—author Stacy Lynn herself.

As a professional Lincoln scholar and editor, Lynn was often frustrated that male historians often overlooked Lincoln’s love for and friendship with women. Here, she posits a new paradigm—one that, instead of downplaying women, lifts up their interactions with Lincoln.

Lincoln understood the importance of the women in his life, and he put women’s wellbeing at the center of his personal, professional, and political ethos. He was loved by two strong pioneer mothers as well as sisters, friends, nieces, friends’ daughters, and his wife.

He served women clients during his long legal career. As president, he met with women, dedicating time to hear their concerns despite the

Stacy Lynn edited Abraham Lincoln’s papers for twenty-five years. She is the author or editor of four books, including Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman. She is associate editor of the Jane Addams Papers.

burdens of office. He replied to letters women wrote him. He believed in their capabilities and revolutionized the role of women in the workforce. After Lincoln’s death, women continued to shape his legacy. Mary Lincoln ensured his burial among friends, artist Vinnie Ream sculpted his statue in the US Capitol, and biographer Ida Tarbell provided a nuanced portrayal of his life.

Harriet Monroe and Ruth Painter Randall further cemented his place in literature and history.

Lynn presents a fresh perspective on Lincoln, connecting his story to the stories of women and showcasing his kindness, sensitivity, and moral center. She explores how women shaped Lincoln’s inspirational legacy and pays homage to all the women who gave Lincoln to the world.

Lynn’s unique blending of history, biography, and her own story reveals the ways in which an emotional connection to the historical figures one studies opens the door to richer human and historical understanding. By inviting readers to feel the past as well as read it, Lynn demonstrates that history matters most when it engages our minds and hearts.

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“Lincoln lovers will recognize themselves in Lynn. The disinterested will become swept up in her—and his female contemporaries’—view of Lincoln as a genuinely compassionate man who loved and respected women.”

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—Leigh Fought, author of Women in the World of Frederick Douglass

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SISTERS OF INFLUENCE A Biography of Zina, Amy, and Rose Fay

Andrea Friederici Ross

Three sisters who forged intertwined paths to empowerment

$24.95, 312 pages, 36 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3978-5 Cloth: 978-0-8093-3979-2 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3980-8

A real-life Little Women, Sisters of Influence is the untold story of three extraordinary sisters who defied Victorian-era expectations to leave their marks on history. Andrea Friederici Ross breathes new life into the fascinating stories of Zina, Amy, and Rose Fay, intertwining their narratives into a captivating family biography.

Zina Fay Peirce, frustrated by domestic expectations, became a writer and a conservative feminist, championing improved education for women and pioneering cooperative housekeeping initiatives. Amy Fay, a gifted pianist, pursued music studies abroad (including under the tutelage of Franz Liszt), inspiring generations of women to follow their artistic passions.

Rose Fay Thomas, a founder of the Anti-Cruelty Society and the wife of conductor Theodore Thomas, played a pivotal role in establishing

the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Through her exploration of the Fay sisters’ lives, Ross illuminates the shifting roles of women during a transformative era. Zina, Amy, and Rose exemplify the resilience and determination that bridged the restrictive norms of the Victorian age and the activism of the Progressive Era. Their remarkable journeys will inspire readers to reimagine the possibilities of women’s contributions to history and culture.

Andrea Friederici Ross is the author of Edith: The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick and Let

the Lions Roar! The Evolution of Brookfield Zoo. She has worked as the operations manager of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, assistant to the director of the Chicago Zoological Society, and at her local public school library.

“Ross’s sparkling biography brilliantly rescues these accomplished siblings from the dustbin of lapsed historical memory. This is a fascinating look at how nineteenth-century white women tested and stretched the confines of their traditional roles to usher in the next century’s progressive changes.”

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—Theresa Kaminski, author of Dr. Mary Walker’s Civil War: One Woman’s Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women’s Rights

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OLMSTED’S RIVERSIDE

Stewardship Meets Innovation in a Landmark Village

Cathy Jean Maloney

The challenge to preserve Chicagoland’s unique haven

$27.95, 154 pages, 60 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3952-5 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3953-2

Cathy Jean Maloney is a landscape historian and author of five books

on garden and environmental history, including World’s Fair Gardens: Shaping American Landscapes. For more than twenty years, Maloney served as senior editor of Chicagoland Gardening magazine. She also chaired the Landscape Advisory Commission in historic Riverside, Illinois, and spearheaded its certification as an arboretum. Maloney has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, and teaches at the Morton Arboretum and the Chicago Botanic Garden while writing for national and regional publications.

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Just outside the bustling metropolis of Chicago lies the unlikely green oasis of Riverside, Illinois, a small village that has continued to directly influence American landscapes and suburbs since the 1870s. Once farmland, the location provided a blank canvas for preeminent designers Fredrick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s manifestation of a truly democratic society.

Olmsted’s Riverside details the village’s historical significance, harmony with nature, and its nearly 150-year impact on American suburbs today.

Cathy Jean Maloney explores how Riverside’s layout and design presaged today’s urban planning goals of walkability, green space, public transportation access, sustainability, and resiliency.

Houses in Riverside are set back from the road, sidewalks meander along gently curving roads, and public green spaces abound.

Maloney shows how Riverside’s

leaders and residents struggled with stewardship of Olmsted’s ideals by balancing competing interests in suburban development and Chicago sprawl from the 1870s to the 2020s. She details in chronological chapters how the village adapted to tragedies such as the Great Fire of 1871 and the Panic of 1873, as well as advancements in transportation, local civic life, urban policy, and environmental thought, all while staying true to the framework inherited from Olmsted and Vaux.

Olmsted’s Riverside provides engaging examples of how citizen involvement can protect a community’s ideals. This richly illustrated volume combines landscape architecture, regional history, and urban design to show how audacious civic planning and thoughtful conservation can provide a model for future American suburbs.

“This is a book that needed to be written. Cathy Jean Maloney not only provides a complete, expert, and detailed history of the design and development of one of the country’s first suburbs, but also provides ample evidence that Riverside was and is an exemplar of the American suburban ideal.”

—Malcolm Cairns, author of The Landscape Architecture Heritage of Illinois

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PUERTO RICANS IN ILLINOIS Maura I. Toro-Morn and Ivis García A community making a home in Illinois

$24.50, 220 pages, 31 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3816-0 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3817-7

“An informative, well-documented, and clearly written chronicle of the displacement and resettlement of Puerto Ricans in Illinois, focusing on their community organization and mobilization, social and educational struggles, and cultural and political resilience. Drawing on census data, personal interviews, and ethnographic fieldwork, Puerto Ricans in Illinois makes a noteworthy contribution to Puerto Rican and Latino studies as well as to immigrant and ethnic studies more broadly.”

As the first book to document the experiences of Puerto Ricans in the state of Illinois, this inviting book maps the pedacito de patria (little piece of home) that many Puerto Ricans have carved from the bitter hardships faced in Illinois. Authors Maura Toro-Morn and Ivis García illustrate the multiple paradoxes underlying the experience of Puerto Ricans in Illinois: an island people in a heartland state, native-born citizens living an immigrant’s experience, climate refugees in the Midwest. They live a vaivén (coming and going). This volume partially exposes these paradoxes through a narrative of common survival and achievement. Along the proud Paseo Boricua (Puerto Rican Promenade) in Chicago and in smaller cities around the state, Puerto Ricans find and create the means to keep their national identity while contributing to the health and wealth of their adopted state.

From the voices of the people, the authors offer readers an opportunity to learn about the history of Puerto Rico, the migration of Puerto Ricans to Illinois, and the cultural, economic, and political contributions of the Puerto Rican women, men, and families that call Illinois home. In Chicago and across the heartland, Puerto Ricans have negotiated the gap between home and country, mobilized state-wide against the federal government’s virtual abandonment in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

A compelling weave of scholarship summary, archival research, and extensive sociological study including interviews conducted across the state, the book documents just how much many fail to know about a growing and transforming community in Illinois. The stories of Puerto Ricans are here.

Maura I. Toro-Morn is a professor of sociology at Illinois State University and director of the Latin American and Latino Studies program.

Ivis García, associate professor of landscape architecture and urban planning at Texas A&M University, was the cochair of the Puerto Rican Agenda of Chicago and a Chicago-based oral historian with Centro at City University of New York.

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—Jorge Duany, author of Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know

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THEY BOTH REACHED FOR THE GUN Beulah Annan, Maurine Watkins, and the Trial That Became Chicago

Charles H. Cosgrove

Examining the case that inspired a pop culture phenomenon In 1924 Beulah Annan was arrested for kill­ing her lover, Harry Kalsted. Six weeks later, a jury acquitted her of murder. Inspired by the sordid event, trial, and acquittal, reporter Maurine Watkins wrote the play Chicago, a Broadway hit that was adapted several times. Through a fresh retelling of Annan’s story and Watkins’s play, Charles H. Cosgrove provides the first critical examination of the crim­inal case and an exploration of the era’s social assump­tions that made the play’s message so plausible in its time. Cosgrove expertly combines inquest and police records, and interviews with Annan’s relatives, to analyze the participants, the trial, $24.95, 240 pages, 39 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3938-9 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3939-6

Charles H. Cosgrove is emeritus professor of early Christian literature at Garrett Seminary

in Evanston, Illinois. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Fortune and Faith in Old Chicago: A Dual Biography of Mayor Augustus Garrett and Seminary Founder Eliza Clark Garrett, and Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity. A lifelong native of the Chicago area, he is an aficionado of the city’s history and makes occasional appearances in the area’s music venues as a jazz trombonist.

“Cosgrove shines a dazzling spotlight on the historical distortions behind the musical Chicago and its source material. With authority and clarity, he argues there never was a Jazz Age Chicago where beautiful women routinely got away with murder. On trial here: the pushback against American women’s social progress.”

—Marcia Biederman, author of The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill: Abortion, Death, and Concealment in Victorian New England

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and the play. Although no one will ever know what really happened in that Kenwood apartment, Cosgrove’s interrogation shows how sensationalized Watkins’s writing was. Her reporting on the Annan case perpetuated falsehoods about Annan’s so-called “confession,” and her play inaccurately portrayed Chicago’s criminal justice system. Cosgrove challenges the portrait of Annan as a killer who got away with murder and of Watkins as a savvy reporter and precocious playwright.

He exposes the weaknesses of the case against Annan and vindicates the jury that tried her.

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CHICAGO

With the Chicago Tribune Articles That Inspired It

Maurine Watkins, Edited by Thomas H. Pauly New Special Edition of the Play That Birthed a Cultural Phenomenon

$26.95, 214 pages, 4 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3964-8 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3981-5

Maurine A. Watkins was a Chicago Tribune reporter whose play was derived from her bright, humorous coverage of the murder trials of two women remarkably like Roxie.

Thomas H. Pauly is the author of a critical

study of Elia Kazan, a biography of Zane Grey, and a book on American sport before World War I.

In 1924, the murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner shocked the world, providing the real-life inspiration for Maurine Watkins’s unforgettable characters, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly. Now, a century later, this reissue of Watkins’s play offers a fresh look at the origins of the story that has since become a household name.

From the silent film Chicago produced by Cecil B. DeMille in 1927 to the 1942 film Roxie Hart starring Ginger Rogers and the Broadway sensation created by Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb, and John Kander, this play has continuously evolved. It even inspired the 2002 Oscar-winning film Chicago starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere. But until recently, as editor Thomas H. Pauly writes in the book’s introduction, the real-life roots of the story were obscured.

While researching for a book on crime-as-entertainment during the 1920s, Pauly came across Maurine Watkins’s play, which was then out of print. After noticing similarities between

“Tom Pauly, [University of Delaware] professor of English, traces the history of the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago back to Maurine Watkins, a young Chicago Tribune reporter, who made media darlings of the women on Chicago’s Murderess’ Row in the 1920s and penned a 1926 Broadway comedy as a result.”

the play and a series of articles Watkins penned for the Chicago Tribune prior to the creation of her play, Pauly knew he had stumbled upon a revelation: Watkins’s play was based on real people. His republication of the play, alongside substantial background material and a reprinting of Watkins’s news articles, has become an indispensable starting point for all subsequent interest in Watkins and Chicago, whose subject remains as topical as ever.

This special edition includes a new foreword

by Charles H. Cosgrove, author of They Both Reached for the Gun: Beulah Annan, Maurine Watkins, and the Trial That Became Chicago.

Cosgrove’s extensive research into the real-life cases provides deeper insight into the world that Watkins portrayed with such satirical brilliance. Additionally, the original editor, Thomas H. Pauly, has contributed a new preface, further enhancing understanding of the play and its inspiration, the thrilling true-crime story that captivated a nation and birthed a cultural phenomenon.

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—Beth Thomas, University of Delaware

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BLACK AMERICANS IN MOURNING Reactions to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Leonne M. Hudson

Centering Black grief in the aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination

$24.95, 208 pages, 16 illustrations Paper: 978-0-8093-3954-9 Cloth: 978-0-8093-3972-3 Ebook: 978-0-8093-3955-6

On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth carried out the first presidential assassination in United States history. The euphoria resulting from General Lee’s surrender evaporated at the news of Abraham Lincoln’s murder. The nation—excepting many white Southerners— found itself consumed with grief, and no group mourned Lincoln more deeply than people of color. African Americans did not speak with a monolithic voice on social or political issues, but even Lincoln’s Black contemporaries who may not have approved of him while he was alive mourned his death, understanding its implications for their future.

Beginning with the assassination itself and chronicling Lincoln’s three-week-long national funeral, historian Leonne M. Hudson captures the profound sadness of Black Americans as they

mourned the crafter of the Emancipation Proclamation and the man they thought of as their earthly Moses, father, friend, and benefactor.

Hudson continues the narrative by detailing the postwar efforts of African Americans to gain citizenship and voting rights.

Black Americans in Mourning includes the tributes of prominent figures such as Frederick Douglass, Martin R. Delany, and Elizabeth Keckley, who raised their voices to honor Lincoln, as well as formal expressions of grief by institutions and organizations such as the United States Colored Troops. In a triumph of research, Hudson also features the voices of lesser-known Black people who mourned Lincoln across the country, showing that the outpouring of individual and collective grief helped set the stage for his enduring glorification.

Leonne M. Hudson, associate professor emeritus at Kent State University, is the author

of The Odyssey of a Southerner: The Life and Times of Gustavus Woodson Smith, the editor of Company “A” Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., 1846–1848, in the Mexican War, and the coeditor of Democracy and the American Civil War: Race and African Americans in the Nineteenth Century.

“Leonne M. Hudson has accomplished a tour de force of research and analysis in the account of the response of Black Americans to Lincoln’s assassination. He describes how many viewed the slain martyr as a Moses who led them from bondage to the promised land of freedom but was struck down at the end of the journey, and others likened him to Christ who was crucified on Good Friday 1865 to save them from the sin of slavery. A fine addition to Lincoln scholarship.”

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—James M. McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize– winning Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

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CRAB ORCHARD SERIES IN POETRY

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