Drive through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, or Holmes County, Ohio, and you can’t miss signs advertising quilts for sale. Quilts have become one of the objects most closely associated with the Old Order Amish, and these bedcovers frequently serve as souvenirs from tourists’ visits to these regions. Yet prior to around 1970, no one used the…
Drive through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, or Holmes County, Ohio, and you can’t miss signs advertising quilts for sale. Quilts have become one of the objects most closely associated with the Old Order Amish, and these bedcovers frequently serve as souvenirs from tourists’ visits to these regions. Yet prior to around 1970, no one used the…
JHU Press authors will be contributing mightily to the holiday spirit in December with a grueling (but jolly!) schedule of book signings and special programs. Especially in the Baltimore area, where JHUP’s regional books have long been popular holiday gifts, authors such as Mike Olesker, Bryan MacKay, Ted Patterson, and Dean Smith will be meeting,…
Guest post by Charles J. Rzepka The late Elmore “Dutch” Leonard, who adopted the nickname of Senators pitcher Emil “Dutch” Leonard as a high school athlete and even had it tattooed on his arm, would seem an unlikely choice of subject for a book of academic criticism. Author of forty-five gritty, violent, fast-moving, and very popular novels…
Guest post by Charles J. Rzepka The late Elmore “Dutch” Leonard, who adopted the nickname of Senators pitcher Emil “Dutch” Leonard as a high school athlete and even had it tattooed on his arm, would seem an unlikely choice of subject for a book of academic criticism. Author of forty-five gritty, violent, fast-moving, and very popular novels…