New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. First Printing. 24 cm, 375, illus., glossary, index, red dot on top edge, edges soiled. More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. First Printing.[stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 375, [1] pages. Illustrations. Glossary. Index, Inscribed by the author. The DJ has some wear and soiling. Larry Engelmann is a nonfiction writer who comes to writing from the world of history and literature. Although he says he became a writer "because teaching pays too poorly," he has always been a storyteller. He gradually realized that he could write stories and people would pay him for them. In fact, one of his earliest articles, a piece for Life magazine, paid him as much as his annual salary as a history professor at San Jose State. His books have now been translated into 14 languages, and his articles have been published in dozens of national magazines and newspapers. More