Product Description: On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrived in Indiana to campaign for the Indiana Democratic presidential primary. As Kennedy boarded his flight from an appearance in Muncie to Indianapolis, he learned that civil rights leader Dr...read more

Product Description: Indiana: An Interpretation is arguably the best single book about Indiana. Originally published in 1947, John Bartlow Martin's work sparked controversy in Indiana for challenging Hoosiers' assumptions about their history and how they saw themselves and their state...read more

Product Description: During the 1940s and 1950s, one name, John Bartlow Martin, dominated the pages of the "big slicks," the Saturday Evening Post, LIFE, Harper’s, Look, and Collier’s. A former reporter for the Indianapolis Times, Martin was one of a handful of freelance writers able to survive solely on this writing...read more

Product Description: On the eve of Election Day in November 1974, a lonely figure trudged down the road in Monticello, Indiana. Jim Jontz, a young, first-time candidate for the Indiana House of Representatives, was finishing up a long day of campaigning...read more

Product Description: Famed Indiana author Booth Tarkington once took on the task of naming three of Indianapolis's most outstanding citizens. Two of the three he named--former president Benjamin Harrison and legendary poet James Whitcomb Riley--were well-known people...read more

'This work examines the Depression decade's popular type of comedy--the clown. The study filters its analysis through twelve pictures. While some of the comedians in this text have generated previous analysis, some funnymen are all but forgotten. This book addresses these oversights and attempts to re-expose the brilliance and ingenuity the screen clowns contributed'--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: Sports history

Selected as one of NASA's original Seven Mercury Astronauts, Gus Grissom would go on to become the first man to fly in space twice and later give his life to the NASA space program. This book unearths the story of Indiana's first astronaut by offering a more complete picture of Grissom's life and character and the events that led up to his death.

Product Description: Based on Ray Boomhower's regular column in "Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History" by the same name, "Destination Indiana" highlights many of the beautiful and fascinating public historic sites located throughout Indiana and the many people who brought these places prominence...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Boomhower, Ray E.

Product Description: From his key role in adopting the Australian ballot system in Indiana to his failed attempt at enacting a fresh state constitution, Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr did more than anyone to reduce fraud and ensure honest elections in Indiana. This book documents Dunn's merging of his careers in both politics and the study of history...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)