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Review Notices
A C. S. Rafinesque Anthology
Edited by Charles Boewe
(Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland Publishers, 2005. Pp. viii, 271. Illustrations, index of genera, general index. $45.00.)
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| American naturalist and New Harmony, Indiana, resident C. S. Rafinesque is remembered among scientists for devising Latin scientific names for more plants than any other naturalist. But nomenclature was only one of his many scientific passions, which ranged from archaeology to zoology. This volume, arranged in nine sections and accompanied by editorial introductions, presents some of Rafinesque's published writings in those other areas of inquiry. All of these pieces are rare—several discovered only within the last few years—and their recovery and reissue will help broaden understanding of Rafinesque's wide-ranging achievements. |
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The Sword and the Pen
A Life of Lew Wallace
By Ray Boomhower
(Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press, 2005. Pp. x, 164. Illustrations, list of sources, list of historic sites, index. $15.95.)
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| The tradition of writing historical biography for young readers seems to have fallen out of favor with many authors and presses, leaving student and general reader alike to fall back on Internet-published biographies of inadequate length and often dubious attribution. Enter the IHS Press with this well-produced biography of Hoosier soldier and author Lew Wallace. The volume nicely balances text and illustrations and also recommends further reading and historic sites associated with Wallace. Librarians at every school and public library in Indiana should acquire this book for their young readers' section. |
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A Lost American Dream
Civil War Letters (1862/63) of Immigrant Theodor Heinrich Brandes in Historical Contexts
By Antonius Holtmann
(Indianapolis: Max Kade German-American Center, 2005. Pp. vi, 103. Illustrations, figures, maps, notes, appendix, bibliography. Paperbound, $6.95.)
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| Theodor Brandes emigrated from Prussia to Oldenburg, Indiana, in 1853. In October 1862, Brandes earned $800 as a paid substitute enlisting in the 83rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His subsequent letters, transcribed from the original German, detail the 83rd's actions during Grant's approach to Vicksburg but stop before the surrender of the city, due to Brandes's death from sickness. The letters also provide a window into the thoughts of a soldier who was fighting not for abolition or for the Union, but for the monetary gain that his service brought to his family. |
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Herndon's Lincoln
By William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik
Edited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis
(Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2006. Pp. xxxviii, 481. Appendix, illustrations, editor's annotations, corrigenda, index. $35.00.)
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