Yardbird non-fiction books
Pow Wows,
or The Long Lost FriendFolklore
by John George Hohman"The long-suppressed, reviled and revered Pennsylvania-German folk-healing classic. First published by the author in 1820. With an up-to-date introduction." Second Yardbird printing. 70 pages. 0-9620251-5-1 / Pbk. / acid-free paper / $15
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Helping Hands
Nonfiction
by William Keisling
"For hundreds of years American politicians have relied on a peculiar institution -- political patronage -- to place family and supporters in government jobs. In 1990 an obscure United States Supreme Court decision outlawed most patronage. Pennsylvania politicians elected to ignore the decision, and kept hiring friends and family into government agencies like the Pennsylvania turnpike. State employees responded by filing several federal lawsuits to stop the practice.
In Helping Hands, writer William Keisling relates what happened when he was asked to serve as an expert witness in one of these suits brought by a turnpike employee. You don't have to look too far to realize the stakes are high for the continuance of political patronage. 142 pages. 1-882611-10-1/Pbk, / acid-free paper / $11.95
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Maybe Four Steps Nonfiction
by William Keisling"An unauthorized biography of former U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh. Maybe Four Steps first appeared in Pennsylvania twenty-five days before Thornburgh lost his bid to a senate seat. Rather than working toward a justice system that would serve as a model of fairness, Keisling writes, Thornburgh devoted his energies to denigrating the American justice system into an enforcement arm of a political party." 151 pages. 0-9620251-8-6/Cloth; acid-free paper / $16.95 -51-7-8 / Pbk, / acid-free paper / $9.95
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We All Fall Down Nonfiction
by William Keisling"In We All Fall Down, writer William Keisling tells the story of the impeachment of Pennsylvania state Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen, a once-popular Pittsburgh jurist. Keisling's account suggests that Larsen's impeachment was a blemish on democracy that should concern all Americans. Keisling describes the breakdown of nearly every democratic institution in the state that cradled American democracy." 336 pages. 1-882611-08-X / Cloth / acid-free paper / $24.00 IN STOCK
Nonfiction
by William Keisling
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The Sins of Our Fathers By William Keisling
and Richard Kearns"A fascinating, compelling account of Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer's public suicide and the historical corruption of Pennsylvania's capital city."
169 pages
978-092025105/ Pbk / $15
