books by H. Bruce Franklin     books:     H. Bruce Franklin      The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America H. Bruce Franklin Island Press, 2007 Wow! Who knew?! Maybe menhaden ARE the most important fish in the sea...at least along the Atlantic seaboard. Franklin weaves a compelling tale that includes the biology, natural history, fishery development, politics, and ecological significance of menhaden to marine communities along the Atlantic seaboard of North America. Menhaden are unusual fish. They are ...             Vietnam and America: The Most Comprehensive Documented History of the Vietnam War Grove Press, 1995 A meaty political review of the Vietnam conflict. Full of primary source materical, Vietnam in America provides an amazing amount of information on the events leading up to and the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War. Whether its abstracts from Ho Chi Minh or CIA incursion force leaders, this book ...             Prison Writings in 20th-Century America Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 Valuable insights into American society H. Bruce Franklin has done us a great service by providing us with insights into American society which most of us are too busy or too myopic to see clearly. Franklin's selection of works by America's prisoners from Melville to Malcolm X from O'Henry to Hogan provides ...             The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade Herman Melville Dalkey Archive Press, 2007 the Frank and Charlie show H. Bruce Franklin's finely annotated Melville is once again available. Perhaps not the best place to discuss the story, at least let's discuss the edition. I have always thought these footnotes have been a necessary part of this long running joke. The book seems ...             The Wake of Gods: Melville's Mythology H. Bruce Franklin Stanford University Press, 1963 "Behind their bright splendours...darker and older forms..." This work by H. Bruce Franklin would be a good beginning place for anyone interested in Melville's knowledge of and use of mythology. That said, it should also be said that it should be used with caution. Franklin is determined to focus each of the major works within ...             The Vietnam War in American Stories, Songs, and Poems H. Bruce Franklin Bedford/St. Martin's, 1995 The first college anthology of American literature about the Vietnam War brings together 16 stories, 5 songs, and 63 poems in an affordable text for literature and history courses.             Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology H. Bruce Franklin Rutgers University Press, 1995 Fantastic as a textbook or casual read I found this at a used-book store, and was excited at the notion of reading short-story 19th century visions-- of the fantastic and of the future. The author gives a very interesting commentary/criticism which I feel adds much value to this book, not only as an ...             The Art Bulletin: A Quarterly Published by The College Art Association of America: June 1976, Volume LVIII, ... Franklin Toker, Thalia Gouma-Peterson, ... The College Art Association of America, 1976 Articles: "A Baptistery Below the Baptistery of Florence"; "The Parecclesion of St. Euthymios in Thessalonica: Art and Monastic Policy Under Andronicos II"; "A Rediscovered Series of Uomini Famosi from Quattrocento Venice"; "Musings on Maulne: Problems and Parallels"; "Cigoli's Annunciation at Montughi: A New Iconography"; "The Pythagorean Puzzle ...             War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination H. Bruce Franklin Oxford University Press, USA, 1988 Level 1........ You know the feeling you get from a book that gets better and more interesting as you read it. This is one of those books. He is a very good writer. I listened to a Chomsky talk/interview who recommended the book. I thought SciFi was crap. But he showed it to be a ...             M.I.A. or Mythmaking in America H. Bruce Franklin Rutgers University Press, 1993 Shatters the Biggest False Myth of the Vietnam War Franklin has done a great service for contemporaty America, and the collective memory of the Vietnam War in U.S. history. His book illustrates that maxim that truth is not only the first casualty of war, but often suffers long after a war has concluded. His extensive ...             Vietnam and Other American Fantasies H. Bruce Franklin University of Massachusetts Press, 2000 American fantasies explained As a Vietnamese living in America, I have always been puzzled by different historical accounts of what went on during the Vietnam war. One account was what I learnt while growing up there. Another account was the Vietnam that many Americans know from the media. This ...             Prison Literature in America: The Victim as Criminal and Artist (Oxford Paperbacks) H. Bruce Franklin Oxford University Press, USA, 1989 Twisting and turning Mr. Franklin seems to be so desperate to get his ideas in print he makes Robert Lowell, the renowned American poet, into a criminal (see "Memories of West Street and Lepke." I guess the poetry will survive, but the prisoners may be something else again. A ...             WAR STARS H. Bruce Franklin Univ of Massachusetts Pr, 2008          products you might be interested in search for books 20th-century, association, comprehensive, confidence-man, imagination, superweapon      toavi.com    web we recommend Wow! Who knew?! Maybe menhaden ARE the most important fish in the sea...at least along the Atlantic seaboard. randomly chosen DVD: The 2003 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Championship