William Keith Leach

Country of Exiles

In Country of Exiles, William Leach, whose Land of Desire was a finalist for the National Book Award, explores the troubling effects of our national love affair with mobility.He shows us how the impulse to pull up stakes and find a new frontier has always battled with the need to put down roots, and...

Butterfly People: An American Encounter with the Beauty of the World (Vintage)

With 32 pages of full-color inserts and black-and-white illustrations throughout.From one of our most highly regarded historians, here is an original and engrossing chronicle of nineteenth-century America's infatuation with butterflies—“flying flowers”—and the story of the naturalists who unveiled t...

Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture

This monumental work of cultural history was nominated for a National Book Award. It chronicles America's transformation, beginning in 1880, into a nation of consumers, devoted to a cult of comfort, bodily well-being, and endless acquisition. 24 pages of photos.

True Love and Perfect Union

Sexual Studies, Social Studies, Feminism, Women's Studies

Sermon Hearts

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Land of Desire : Merchants, Power and the Rise of a New American Culture

True Love and Perfect Union

Country of Exiles : The Destruction of Place in American Life

Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

William Leach

William Leach may refer to: William Elford Leach (17901836), English zoologist and marine biologist; William Leach (Labour politician) (18701949), British...