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Eight years in the making, Arkansas Biography brings to light the lives of those who have helped shape Arkansas history for over four hundred years. Featured are not only the trailblazers, such as steamboat captain Henry Shreve, Olympic gold medalist Bill Carr, discount mogul Sam Walton, and aviator Louise Thaden, but also those whose lives reflect their culture and times--musicians, scientists, teachers, preachers, and journalists. One hundred and eighty contributors--professional and avocational historians--offer clear vignettes of nearly three hundred individuals, beginning with Hernando de Soto, who crossed the Mississippi River in the summer of 1540. The entries include birth and death dates and places, life and career highlights, lineage, anecdotes, and source material. This is a browser's book with an Arkansas voice. The wealth of information condensed into this single reference volume will be valuable to general readers of all ages, libraries, museums, and scholars. A fitting summary at the turn of a millennium, Arkansas Biography pays lasting tribute to the men and women who have enriched the life and character of the state and, by extension, the region and the nation.

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Eight years in the making, Arkansas Biography brings to light the lives of those who have helped shape Arkansas history for over four hundred years. Featured are not only the trailblazers, such as steamboat captain Henry Shreve, Olympic gold medalist Bill Carr, discount mogul Sam Walton, and aviator Louise Thaden, but also those whose lives reflect their culture and timesmusicians, scientists, teachers, preachers, and journalists. One hundred and eighty contributorsprofessional and avocational historiansoffer clear vignettes of nearly three hundred individuals, beginning with Hernando de Soto, who crossed the Mississippi River in the summer of 1540. The entries include birth and death dates and places, life and career highlights, lineage, anecdotes, and source material. This is a browser's book with an Arkansas voice. The wealth of information condensed into this single reference volume will be valuable to general readers of all ages, libraries, museums, and scholars. A fitting summary at the turn of a millennium, Arkansas Biography pays lasting tribute to the men and women who have enriched the life and character of the state and, by extension, the region and the nation."

Details

Title Arkansas Biography: A Collection of Notable Lives
Author Nancy Williams
Binding Paperback
Pages 334
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AR
Date April 2000
ISBN 9781557285874 / 155728587X
Weight 1.56 lbs (0.71 kg)
Dimensions 9.97 x 7.02 x 1.07 in (25.32 x 17.83 x 2.72 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: Deep South
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Arkansas
Library of Congress subjects Arkansas
Library of Congress Catalog Number 99-43732
Dewey Decimal Code 920.076

About the author

Nancy A. Williams is director of the Arkansas Biography Project and is currently working on a biography of Alfred Edgar Smith. Jeannie M. Whayne is associate professor and chair of the history department at the University of Arkansas and has authored A New Plantation South: Land, Labor and Federal Favor in Twentieth Century Arkansas (1996, University Press of Virginia).