Forgotten Voices from Illinois History

Résumé du livre

""Writings that reflect their authors' engagement with Illinois and the wide variety of human experience represented here function both as strands within our state's intricate cultural web and as lights illuminating it for examination. By sharing and contextualizing such writings from more than forty underappreciated authors spanning multiple generations, John Hallwas helps us to consider how best to strengthen the integrity and enhance the impact of that cultural web." -- Matt Meacham, program manager for statewide engagement, Illinois Humanities. "In this fine collection of forty articles about Illinoisans who expressed their insights and often shaped their identities through writing, John Hallwas is our guide to selected authors from every generation during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He takes us deep into their experience, explores their struggles and motivations, and presents their work in the context of an ever-evolving Illinois culture." -- William Furry, Executive Director, Illinois State Historical Society. "This compilation of articles is a welcome addition to the body of work by Illinois authors. Covering the gamut from earliest authors, think Chief Black Hawk and Eliza Farnham, to twentieth century writers like William Maxwell and Katharine Holland Brown, Hallwas introduces us to a delightful panoply of not only well-known authors who have called Illinois "home", but also to some lesser-known authors whom the reader will be pleased to meet. As Hallwas comments in the introduction, visits to not only the IL State Library and university libraries across the state will connect you with these authors, but also a visit to your local public library and the Illinois Digital Archives (IDA) will give you entree so you can meet some of Illinois most noted, though oft forgotten, authors." -- Kathryn Harris, former director of the Illinois State Historical Library and director of Library Services at the ALPLM." --