Stetson Kennedy was born in Jacksonville on October 5, 1916. From 1937 to 1942, Kennedy traveled the cities, towns, and rural backwoods of Florida documenting the cultural heritage of the state's diverse populations for the WPA's Florida Writers' Project. Kennedy later infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, exposing their secrets. He was an activist for positive social change, working to make life better for all Floridians until his death on August 27, 2011. This book is the first comprehensive look at the life and work of author, activist, folklorist, investigative journalist, and oral historian Stetson Kennedy.

We are taking our Anything Books series to new heights with the introduction of the Anything Book D.C. Series, featuring stunning photographs of Washington, D.C., by award-winning photographer Carol M. Highsmith.

Washington Monument Aerial View paperback contains alternating blank pages and lined pages. Express yourself with words or images. Blank pages also provide the option to paste pictures or clippings in scrapbook style. Get inspired by the cover photo of the Washington Monument bridge when you take this journal with you on your vacation travels or business trip. Uses include creative writing, taking notes, making lists, or drawing. Write or sketch - the choice is yours with this handy blank book. www.DistinctiveJournals.com

Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical temples, a pulsing hub of political power and prowess. But for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen. Before America became a world power in the twentieth century, Washington City was an eyesore at best and a disgrace at worst. Unfilled swamps, filthy canals, and rutted horse trails littered its landscape. Political bosses hired hooligans and thugs to conduct the nation's affairs. Legendary madams entertained clients from all stations of society and politicians of every party. The police served and protected with the aid of bribes and protection money. Beneath pestilential air, the city’s muddy roads led to a stumpy, half-finished obelisk to Washington here, a domeless Capitol Building there. Lining the streets stood boarding houses, tanneries, and slums. Deadly horse races gouged dusty streets, and opposing factions of volunteer firefighters battled one another like violent gangs rather than life-saving heroes. The city’s turbulent history set a precedent for the dishonesty, corruption, and mismanagement that have led generations to look suspiciously on the various sin--both real and imagined--of Washington politicians. Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital’s story and explores how the city was tainted from the outset, nearly stifled from becoming the proud citadel of the republic that George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant envisioned more than two centuries ago.

Washington DC's best photos inspire us in this dazzling collection, perfect to display in home or office, to give as a gift, or keep as a treasured souvenir. Teaming with fresh perspectives of the culture, people, food, natural beauty, art, and architecture of our nation's capital, readers will return time and again to lift spirits and to be awed. Every dazzling photograph captures an essential aspect of Washington DC in a manner that is guaranteed to yield new insight. An unparalleled collection of images of our great city, a sampling of topics includes cherry blossoms, the National Mall, Washington Monument, White House, Lincoln Memorial, US Capitol, Tidal Basin, Arlington Notational Cemetery, Alexandria, Georgetown, the Smithsonian, the Potomac River, and the list goes on and on.

Lincoln Memorial is a Heinemann title.