Thematic Guide to Popular Nonfiction

Lynda G. Adamson is Professor Emeritus of Literature, Prince George's Community College, where she has taught American, Children's, and Comparative Literature courses. Her many books include Thematic Guide to the American Novel (2002), Notable Women in American History (1999), and Recreating the Past: A Guide to American and World Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults (1994), all available from Greenwood Press.

"This work aims to guide librarians and teachers in selecting the most outstanding works on various themes. Popular nonfiction means works with an enduring readership that present a personal viewpoint on topics, but not from a scholarly perspective. Adamson divides the field into 50 categories ranging from Adolescent Females to World War II. Each section begins with a very short bibliographic essay and then presents at length the merits of three to four titles. For the section Race Relations, Adamson selected W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, John Howard Griffin's Black like Me, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. For each she gives a useful synopsis of the work, helpful when searching for titles that delineate the theme in a significant way and that are appropriate for students. At the end of a section is usually a short list of other titles of merit....Highly recommended. Librarians/libraries serving high school or young adult readers." - Choice

• Preface Introduction Adolescent Females African Life American Dream Animals Beginnings Brothers Change Commerce Conservation Cooperation Death Desire The Earth Education Environment Expatriate Experiences Exploration Family Fathers and Sons Female Identity Fishermen Genocide Illness Immigrants Investigations Islamic Women Journalists Latinas in America Leadership Mavericks The Mind Mothers and Sons Murder Mysteries Perseverance Poverty Power Prisons Race Relations Roaming Rocket Science Sports Dreams Survival Technology Traveling to Tibet Vietnam War Encounters Women of Chinese Ancestry Work World War II Writers