William Sturkey Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Historian. Writer. Teacher. Avid Reader. Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
Walter JohnsonWilliam Sturkey@tammyingram Last 6 months: Fiction: Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying Nonfiction: Walter Johnson, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
Paperback, 2021
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
To Drink from the Well: The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation's Oldest Public University
Geeta N. KapurWilliam SturkeyUNC Folks: please consider joining @GeetaNKapur and me on Thursday 9/2 at 6pm as we discuss her important book, To Drink From the Well. It's the first comprehensive history book of race at @UNC. @UNChumanities https://www.flyleafbooks.com/event/kapur-2021 https://t.co/gzrYh0qFKy
Paperback, 2021
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Uncle Tom's Children: Novellas
Richard WrightWilliam Sturkey@JasonAHiggins So many! One I've used is Richard Wright's Uncle Tom's Children. A series of novellas with a tremendous introductory essay.
Paperback, 2008
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The McGavocks of Carnton Plantation: A Southern History
Lochlainn SeabrookWilliam SturkeyAmazing news! New book series on Southern History edited by @DrKarenLCox @DrFHamlin @brndnpr @UNC_Press https://t.co/oKSV7HsECT
Hardcover, 2017
$67.99Member price:$61.19 + Free shipping10% off
Why I Write
George OrwellWilliam SturkeyGeorge Orwell, "Why I Write" (1946) "No book is genuinely free from political bias. The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude." https://t.co/C4aANPekfB
Paperback, 2005
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. GainesWilliam Sturkey@tammyingram Last 6 months: Fiction: Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying Nonfiction: Walter Johnson, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
Paperback, 1997
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book