Author: Michael D. Watkins

1'Co. Aytch,' Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show

By Sam R. Watkins

Samuel “Sam” Rush Watkins (June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was a noted Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. He is known today for his memoir <i>Company Aytch: Or, a Side Show of the Big Show</i>, often heralded as one of the best primary sources about the common soldier's Civil War experience....Sam’s writing style is quite engaging and skillfully captures the pride, misery, glory, and horror experienced by the common foot soldier. Watkins is often featured and quoted in Ken Burns’ 1990 documentary titled <i>The Civil War</i>. (Introduction from Wikipedia)

2Book of American Negro Poetry

By Otto Leland Bohanan, William Stanley Braithwaite, Benjamin Griffith Brawley, James Edwin Campbell, Waverly Turner Carmichael, James David Corrothers, Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., Ray G. Dandridge, Daniel Webster Davis, R. Nathaniel Dett, W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Jessie R. Fauset, Leslie Pinckney Hill, John Wesley Holloway, Roscoe C. Jamison, Charles Bertram Johnson, Georgia Douglas Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, Fenton Johnson, Edward Smyth Jones, Joshua Henry Jones, Jr., George Reginald Margetson, George Marion McClellan, Claude McKay, William H. A. Moore, Alex Rogers, Theodore Henry Shackelford, Anne Spencer and Lucian B. Watkins

The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edited by writer and diplomat James Weldon Johnson, this collection was published with the hope of bringing to the public a greater awareness of the art and literature created by Black writers. This is the first edition of this long-republished anthology and collects seminal works by Paul Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois, Claude McKay, Leslie Hill, James Corrothers, and many more. - Summary by ChuckW

The hit Broadway play that spawned the musical of the same name! All the low-life, Jazz-Age characters are here, including Roxie Hart, the famous murderess and her lawyer, Billy Flynn. In addition to the musical, Chicago had three other film versions, including a silent movie in 1927. Based on the true story of Beulah Annan who killed her boyfriend in 1924. (Summary by WendyKatzHiller) <BR><BR>Cast List:<BR><BR> Roxie Hart: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/1310">Jenn Broda</a><br> Amos Hart: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16240">HelloCentral</a><br> Billy Flynn: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Martin S. Harrison: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17576">Beeswaxcandle</a><br> Charles E. Murdock: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16205">James R. Hedrick</a><br> Jake: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Babe: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17752">redrun</a><br> Mary Sunshine: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18236">MaggieRose</a><br> Mrs. Morton: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16252">Anna Maria</a><br> Velma: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18160">Cat Sadler</a><br> Liz: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18447">karmaemmings</a><br> Moonshine Maggie: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3157">TriciaG</a><br> Go-to-Hell Kitty: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18140">valroth </a><br> Machine-Gun Rosie: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3157">TriciaG</a><br> Judge: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Bailiff: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16205">James R. Hedrick</a><br> Clerk: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13257">Elsie Selwyn</a><br> Photographer 1: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7079">Chuck Williamson</a><br> Photographer 2: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/18447">karmaemmings</a><br> Photographer 3: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/17713">Brian Fullen</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15373">WendyKatzHiller</a><br>