Constructing the American Past: A Source Book of a People's History, Volume 1 (7th Edition)
Elliott J. Gornteaches history and American studies at Brown University. He is author of The Manly Art, Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America, Dillinger's Wild Ride, and co-author of A Brief History of American Sports. Randy Robertsearned his Ph.D. From Louisiana State University. His area of special interest include modern U.S. history and the history of sports and films in America. He is a faculty member at Purdue University where he has won the Murphy Award for outstanding teaching, the Teacher of the Year Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists Teacher of the Year Award. The books he has authored or co-authored includeJack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler(1979, expanded ed., 1984),Papa Jack: Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes(1983),Heavy Justice: The State of Indiana vs. Michael G. Tyson(1994),My Lai: A Brief History with Documents(1998),John Wayne: American(1995),Where the Domino Fell: America in Vietnam, 1945-1990(1990, rev. ed., 1996),Winning Is the Only Thing: Sports in America Since1945(1989),"But They Can't Beat US": Oscar Robertson and Crispus Attucks Tigers(1999),Joe Louis: Hard Times Man(2010).Pittsburg Sports: Stories From the Steel City(2000), andA Line in the Sand: The alamo in Blood and Memory(2001). He editedThe Rock, The Curse, and the Hub: A Random History of Boston Sports(2005). Roberts serves as co-editor of the Sports and Society series, University of Illinois Press, and is on the editorial board of theJournal of Sports History. A teacher of American history and world religions,Terry Bilhartzis an associate dean at Sam Houston State University. He is the author of Urban Religion and the Second Great Awakening, Sacred Words: A Source Book on the Great Religions of the World, and co-author of Currents in American History: A Brief History of the United States.