Aug 29, 2016 | News, Review
Hauser continues to provide the sporting world’s most perceptive boxing reporting, which, fortunately, is collected in an ongoing series from the University of Arkansas. This volume brings together Hauser’s work in 2015. He writes vivid summaries of key fights,...
Aug 24, 2016 | News, Review
Every student of Arkansas history — and anyone interested in sectional conflict and the Civil War more generally — will welcome Slavery and Secession in Arkansas: A Documentary History… This superb anthology doesn’t cherry-pick but instead offers readers the entire...
Jul 25, 2016 | News, Review
“…[A] fine and thorough overview of the military history of the Civil War in the Indian Territory, one that captures the different levels of politics, culture, and history that were pulling on Native communities at the time of the war, and that ultimately makes...
Jul 6, 2016 | News, Review
“Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas is an exceptionally strong contribution to the history of Arkansas and the U.S. South. It is rare to find an edited volume that is so superbly structured and that contains uniformly strong contributions. There is not a weak link among...
Jun 22, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
The Thrilla in Manila: Four Decades Later From A Hard World: An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing by Thomas Hauser University of Arkansas Press, September 2016 In 1989, I sat on the sofa in my living room with Muhammad Ali beside me and watched a...
Jun 15, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
“Morrison convincingly argues that Henry’s role as an activist and politician made him more important and influential than many other civil rights activists whose influence waned after the high tide of mass organizing. … Will likely stand as the definitive...
