New Releases by Robert Lawson

Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World''s Columbian Exposition of 1893.

American Literature Before 1880 attempts to place its subject in the broadest possible international perspective. It begins with Homer looking westward, and ends with Henry James crossing the Atlantic eastwards. In between, the book examines the projection of images of the East onto an as-yet unrecognised West; the cultural consequences of Viking, Colombian, and then English migration to America; the growth and independence of the British American colonies; the key writers of the new Republic; and the development of the culture of the United States before and after the Civil War. It is intended both as an introduction for undergraduates to the richness and variety of American Literature, and as a contribution to the debate about its distinctive nature. The book therefore begins with a lengthy survey of earlier histories of American Literature.

Paul Revere''s horse takes history on a lark.

Derives an indicator for economic freedom based on personal choice, protection of private property, and freedom of exchange. Considers levels and trends in economic freedom, and their correlation with economic growth in 103 countries.

Carrier Air War In Original WWII ColorLawson and TillmanSubtitled: US Navy Air Combat 1939-1946. Filled with more than 2 rare, original WWII color photographs of US Navy aircraft and carriers on duty. The wars events are highlighted with anecdotes from themen who fought, plus first-person stories of combat with Zeros and other enemy aircraft. See them o n active duty onboard the Hornet, the Saratoga, and the Yorktown off Trinidad, at Midway, and at Guadalcanal. A dynamic tribute to the brave men who strapped into these legendary fighters. Hdbd., 1 1/4x 1 1/4, 176 pgs., 2 color ill.

This book attempts an interpretation of Revolutionary American culture. It argues that the cultural identity of the United States, like its political identity, emerged from a quarrel with the Old World. Europeans believed that the Revolution had ''turned the world upside down''. American intellectuals tried to construct a republic which refuted European criticism. They failed, but in failing they created an attitude to the terrain which became a central theme in American culture. The book employs the methods of perceptual geography and close textual analysis to examine images of the terrain and to propose close links between imaginative literature and a wide range of non-literary writing.

The hard winter that Analdas, the old Rabbit, prophesies comes to pass in more ways than one for the dwellers of Rabbit Hill when the "Folk" go away and leave a neglectful Caretaker with a mean Dog in charge.

New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers.

Dissatisfied with his own tail, a young rabbit tries out that of a cat, a garter snake, and a fox.

A Connecticut boy accidentally feeds an experimental vitamin formula to a mole.

A shy insurance clerk discovers he can talk to animals and becomes famous.

1945 Newbery Award.