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Was the War Really Necessary?new

A best-selling history of the Revolutionary War makes a reader wonder if that first war could have been avoided and whether its ultimate success, and the consequent linking of violence with freedom, led to the war in Iraq.
Illinois Times  |  Fletcher Farrar  |  10-21-2005  |  Nonfiction

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' onnew

Women figure large in the Illinois poet’s verse; their sexuality, sensuality, and friendship are the sources of joy and pain.
Illinois Times  |  Corrine Frisch  |  09-16-2005  |  Poetry

People Who Care About Strangersnew

Barasch’s "field notes" are not sermons but tales of true people (and animals) who have chosen the road less traveled and, in doing so, found their way.
Illinois Times  |  Corrine Frisch  |  09-02-2005  |  Nonfiction

Scratching Chicago's Underbellynew

A travelogue with a twisted sense of humor makes the case that today's real Chicago is less interesting than it was just a decade ago.
Illinois Times  |  Corrine Frisch  |  08-17-2005  |  Fiction

A Final Passagenew

The retired man knew his wife would be devastated if he went through with it, but he thought she would understand how much he wished to escape a life of medical procedures and forgetfulness.
Illinois Times  |  Doug Bybee  |  08-05-2005  |  Original Work

Eulogy for Billy Mack See-Insidenew

It was the name he wanted and what he could do. He could see inside living trees, feel time as it was when each ring was newborn.
Illinois Times  |  Doug Bybee Sr.  |  06-21-2005  |  Original Work

After the Shine Went Out of Everythingnew

Burkhardt, an assistant professor of English at the University of Illinois at Springfield, has turned her substantial knowledge of Maxwell's work and her unprecedented access to his papers into the first major critical study of this important author.
Illinois Times  |  Corrine Frisch  |  04-05-2005  |  Nonfiction

Storytelling 'From the Ground Up'new

The unpretentious Midwest, as a region of calm between the noisy, status-seeking coasts, may be the best place for a writer who wants to explore large themes such as poverty and race through quiet stories of real people.
Illinois Times  |  Fletcher Farrar  |  03-28-2005  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Abe's High Lonesome Soundnew

Ronald C. White Jr. illustrates Lincoln's political maturation, tracing his trajectory in the simplicity and grace of his words. White believes that the quality of the president's rhetoric was the thread that held the Union together.
Illinois Times  |  Corrine Frisch  |  02-11-2005  |  Nonfiction

Gay Abe? "What Stuff!"new

In this over-hyped biography, Tripp 's evidence of Lincoln's homosexuality is flimsy to nonexistent, and his historical arguments are often dazzling in their vacuity.
Illinois Times  |  Charles B. Strozier  |  02-11-2005  |  Nonfiction

Ex-Officer Tells Her Side of Scandalnew

Renatta Frazier¹s "tell-all" book coughs up answers about, and a few mistakes in, the life of a Springfield cop. Frazier is the black female cop who was wrongly accused of failing to prevent a rape.
Illinois Times  |  Dusty Rhodes  |  02-05-2005  |  Nonfiction

Balancing Liberty and Securitynew

Although this book is light on discussion about the war on terror and the Patriot Act, the historical lessons learned by previous encounters with First Amendment restrictions can serve as a valuable lesson for those willing to reflect on our history.
Illinois Times  |  Stuart Shiffman  |  01-25-2005  |  Nonfiction

Which Side Are You On?new

Carl Oblinger had a special interest in the coal mining battles that tore central Illinois apart in the '30s: Dad was a G-man who helped sabotage the Progressive Miners and dash the hopes of democratic unionism in the mines.
Illinois Times  |  Roland Klose  |  11-30-2004  |  Nonfiction

The First George W.new

This book convinces readers that without George Washington, we might all still be British subjects. If ever there was an example of how one man can shape the world, the first George W. is it.
Illinois Times  |  Corrine Frisch  |  11-08-2004  |  Nonfiction

All Good Things Come to an Endnew

A Howard Dean campaign worker turns the story of the little engine that couldn't quite scale the final hill into a discussion of how the Dean team transformed the way America plays politics.
Illinois Times  |  Corrine Frisch  |  09-02-2004  |  Nonfiction

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