SEPTEMBER 2000

WANT SOMETHING TO READ

NEW BOOKS BY FLORIDA STATE GRADUATES AND FACULTY

AMERICA'S 30 YEARS WAR Who is Winning?
by Balint Vazsonyi (M.A. music '60)
Regnery Publishing Inc., Washington, D.C.

Vazsonyi is a political philosopher and an internationally known pianist. His book concludes that the rule of law, individual rights and a common American identity are being replaced by government-mandated group rights and multiculturalism.

THE BEST-KEPT SECRETS OF HEALTHY COOKING More than 600 Kitchen-Tested, Easy-to-Make, Light and Healthy Recipes
by Sandra Woodruff, R.D. (B.A. '78, clothing textiles, M.A. '87, food and nutrition, College of Human Sciences)
Avery, New York, N.Y.

This book has simple guidelines for healthful eating, the basics of nutrition and plenty of hints, tips and advice about techniques and ingredients that will help you reduce fat and calories without sacrificing good taste.

CLAUDE PEPPER & ED BALL Politics, Purpose, and Power
by Dr. Tracy E. Danese (M.A. '94 arts and sciences, Ph.D. '97 history)
University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Tallahassee, Tampa, Boca Raton, Pensacola, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville

The power struggle between Claude Pepper and Ed Ball in the mid-20th century helped determine the future of Florida. This book gives a lively account of their interlocking careers, dominated by forceful personalities and struggles over power, money and purpose. Their histories and the historical roles they played in Florida are discussed.

THE MARITIME HERITAGE OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
by Roger C. Smith (FSU courtesy assistant professor of anthropology)
University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Tallahassee, Tampa, Boca Raton,
Pensacola, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville

This first illustrated nautical history of the Cayman Islands describes how an intrepid and independent group of islanders flourished on the frontiers of the sea. The Caymans for centuries possessed one of the most remarkable marine fisheries in the New World.

INDIANS OF THE GREATER SOUTHEAST Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Edited by Bonnie G. McEwan (FSU assistant professor of anthropology)
University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Tallahassee, Tampa, Boca Raton, Pensacola, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville

This volume brings together a group of scholars to summarize what we know of the development of native American cultures in the southeastern United States after 1500. The authors integrate archaeological, documentary and ethnohistorical evidence of the diverse southeastern Indian cultures.

KARMIC TIES A Novel of Modern Asia
by Stephen Long (B.S. '72, Business)
Medicine Bear Publishing, Blue Hill, Maine

This is the story of "Pompam," a handsome "Buffalo Boy" from Isan, Buddhist Thailand's most impoverished (though culturally rich) region. He rises above his lowly status as a novice monk to achieve unheard-of success.

DUBLIN'S MERCHANT QUAKER Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707
by Richard L. Greaves ( FSU history department chair & professor)
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif.

A towering figure in the history of Irish Quakerism, and friend of William Penn, Anthony Sharp left England in 1669 to settle in Dublin and carve a place for himself in the woolen trade. His economic success helped him gain entree to prominent political and ecclesiastical officials, from whom he sought relief for persecuted Quakers.

DID THE CHILDREN CRY? Hitler's War Against Jewish and Polish Children, 1939-45
by Richard C. Lukas (B.A. '57, M.A. '60, Ph.D. '63 history)
Hippocrene Books, New York, N.Y.

An unprecedented aspect of Nazi genocide in World War II was the cold and deliberate decision not to spare the children. Jewish children, first driven into the ghettos, were marked for total destruction as part of the "Final Solution" once it was put into effect, in 1942. Gentile children were starved, killed or Germanized in order to reduce the Polish nation to a small complement of semi-literate slaves tending the Herrenvolk in their thousand-year Reich.

THE FORGOTTEN HOLOCAUST The Poles under German Occupation 1939-1944, revised edition
by Richard C. Lukas with a foreword by Norman Davies
Hippocrene Books, New York, N.Y.

This book attempts to show that no one can properly analyze the fate of one ethnic community in occupied Poland without referring to the fates of others. This edition includes a short history of ZEGOTA, the underground government organization working to save the Jews, and an annotated listing of many Poles executed by the Germans for trying to shelter and save the Jews.

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