Southern Illinois University Press

Offering a glimpse into a world largely misunderstood by mainstream society, this book documents the period of eight years that Jane Flynn practiced with Mennonites in two different Southern Illinois...

First published in 1987 and revised in 1997 and 2007, Stage Rigging Handbook remains the only book in any language that covers the design, operation, and maintenance of stage rigging equipment. This...

They Both Reached for the Gun sheds new light on the sordid story of the 1924 shooting of Harry Kalsted, Beulah Annan's trial, the participants, and reporter Maurine Watkins's 1926 play Chicago,...

This first biography of the extraordinary John J. Bird (1844-1912) tells the long-forgotten story of one of the most significant Black politicians in Illinois during the post-Civil War Era.Author:...