The Night Before Christmas

Abstract A family seated round the fireplace Singing and making merry; A sprightly waltz played with grace Noche Buena brings us all the magic of the Christmas se...

For a brief time following the end of the U.S. Civil War, American political leaders had an opportunity—slim, to be sure, but not beyond the realm of possibility—to remake society ...

This chapter discusses the rise of the Friday Night Fighters. The new age of television meant grand opportunity for Friday Night Fighters. As broadcasts expanded in the postwar yea...

Charles Dickens was the most popular writer of his age and is still considered one of the world's greatest novelists. This well-written study surveys his unusual and prolific life,...

A romance of the far future, in which humankind has relocated underground, where it is beset by monsters from another dimension—but love leads on. In the far future,...

This chapter traces the history of two competing views about the role of high school football in American communities: the “Football Town” and the “Friday Night Lights syndrome.” “...

Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) is an American artist who portrayed the sounds and colors of nature in his paintings and drawings, producing such works as Rainy Night, Church Bells ...