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IN writing : uncovering the unexpected Hoosier State /

Fueled by an insider's view of Indiana and the state's often surprising connections to the larger world, IN Writing is revelatory. It is Indiana in all its glory: sacred and profane; saints and sinners; war and peace; small towns and big cities; art, architecture, poetry and victuals. It&#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wissing, Douglas A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Quarry Books, an imprint of Indiana University Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Saints and sinners
  • The last vaudevillian: Red Skelton
  • Hubris: Bobby Knight
  • Odd Bodkin
  • D.C. Riddle
  • The Hoosier general: Lewis B. Hershey and the selective service
  • Herbie Wirth
  • Inner vision: Amish healer
  • Part II. Complicated places
  • A fair of the heart
  • A surprising utopia
  • Architecture and community
  • The song of Indiana
  • Part III. Culinary delights
  • 'Cook good, serve generously, price modestly': the Shapiro's story
  • She's the cheese
  • Strange brew
  • Market daze: Bloomington's farmers market
  • Pawpaw redux
  • Tibetan new year celebration
  • Lair of the turtle soup: a culinary tradition
  • Part IV. Artists and their craft
  • This rash adventure: Ezra Pound at Wabash College
  • Erotica whose purpose was scholarly: Kinsey Institute Art exhibit
  • Gargoyles and other pagans
  • Crossroads of American sculpture
  • The stuff of legend: Indiana and the Empire State Building
  • Part V. The present past
  • John Dillinger's funeral
  • Twist the tiger's tail
  • That's it: prohibition, 1918-1933
  • Black-gold era's luxurious perch: Evansville Petroleum Club
  • Lions, tigers, high wires
  • Conflict and conciliation
  • Taliban in Indiana
  • War fare.