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Lewis H. Carlson

Born: 08/01/1934   Muskegon , MI
Parents: Robert and Margaret H. Lavine
Children: Ann, Linda
Address(es):
Permanent :
3530 Meadowcroft Dr.
Kalamazoo , MI 49004
USA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
An American dream : the life of an African American soldier and POW who spent twelve years in communist China / Clarence Adams
-  edited by Della Adams & Lewis H. Carlson. 		History Adult Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press 2007
Red Tail captured, Red Tail free : memoirs of a Tuskegee airman and POW / Alexander Jefferson, with Lewis H. Carlson. History Adult New York : Fordham University Press 2005
Life behind barbed wire : the secret World War II photographs of prisoner of war Angelo M. Spinelli
- Joint Author 		History Adult New York : Fordham University Press 2004
Remembered prisoners of a forgotten war : an oral history of the Korean War POWs History Adult New York : St. Martin's Press 2002
And the wind blew cold : the story of an American POW in North Korea / by Richard M. Bassett, with Lewis H. Carlson. History Adult Kent : Kent State University Press 2002
Beyond the red, white, and blue : a student's introduction to American studies
- Co-authors: James M. Ferreira and Thomas A. Fleming 		Non Fiction Adult New York : McGraw-Hil 1998
We were each other's prisoners : an oral history of World War II American and German prisoners of war History Adult New York : Basic Books 1997
American popular culture at home and abroad Non Fiction Adult [Michigan] : New Issues Press 1996
Tales of Gold: Olympic Stories as Told by Those Who Lived Them
- [edited by] Lewis H. Carlson and John J. Fogarty. 		Non Fiction Adult Chicago : Contemporary Books 1987
In their place: white America defines her minorities, 1850-1950
- With George A. Colburn 		Non Fiction Adult New York, John Wiley & Sons 1972
- Work in p: An oral history of German and American prisoners of war who were incarcerated in each other's country during World War II Non Fiction
What is the aim or goal of your writing: To make readers understand how individual and national values dictate many of our historical decisions.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1935

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Other career endeavours
- Since 1974 Lewis Carlson has written the scripts and co-produced over 100 educational tapes, including numerous audiovisual publications for the WMU Aural Press; a series of audio productions sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities; presentations at the Association for Popular Culture, Midwest Popular Culture Association, and the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin. He is a former visiting professor at University of Passau and Free University of Berlin. 		1974
Professor of History
- Now Professor Emeritus, Department of History 		Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 1968
Assistant professor of English Ferris State College Big Rapids , MI 1965 -1968

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