manuscript; Lucas Parra, whom I only know through e-mail, for his very
important editorial comments. I also thank my research assistant, Jagady
Blue, who was instrumental in providing much needed research and
editorial skills and Otterbein College for providing the opportunity to
apply for a National Endowment for the Humanities ( NEH) grant that
helped support the completion of this project. The support provided by
the NEH grant came in the form of a subscription to Lexis-Nexis, a re-
search tool no modern day researcher should be without. Finally, I thank
Maurice Foisy and Tim Allen at Western Washington University for their
mentoring and support over the years.

A book is never the work of one author and I owe an intellectual debt
to many people. All errors, of course, are my own.

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