Additional Books
Additional Books
Midnight at the Moon
screenplay Read the opening scenes of a feature-length screenplay adapted from "We Wanna Boogie" and the career of Sonny Burgess. |
We Wanna Boogie: The Rockabilly Roots of Sonny Burgess and the Pacers
Butler Books, Central Arkansas Library System, Little Rock, AR, 2014 Rock and roll pioneer and Newport native Sonny Burgess is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. In this book full of personal interviews and remembrances, Burgess and his band tell of their original recordings for Sun Records in the 1950s; their shows with greats such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis; and their success in the contemporary rockabilly revival. This also is the history of a once prominent and spirited Delta community of extensive agricultural wealth. Newport was home to numerous music clubs that hosted national artists as well as illicit backroom gambling. Burgess is a product of this history, and his vivacious music is shaped by his hometown and the dramatic transformation of southern rural life it witnessed. Awards for We Wanna Boogie Worthen Prize, Central Arkansas Library System Arkansiana Award, Arkansas Library Association Arkansas GEM Book Listed in the Readers’ Map of Arkansas Go to: KUAF radio interview on "We Wanna Boogie" Recorded June 2018. Marvin talks about Sonny Burgess and rockabilly history. |
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Racing Starts: A History of Competitive Swimming in Central Arkansas
Published by Little Rock Athletic Clubs, Inc., 2011 The story of competitive swimming from the 1920s through 2010 is presented in a large-format book with numerous color photos, newspaper clippings, and swimming memorabilia. The book presents a chronology of athletes, coaches, and community organizations, from the earliest days of Little Rock Boys Clubs and YMCA swim teams through the creation of modern aquatic facilities and swimming teams dedicated to producing Olympic athletes. Available through Amazon and the Central Arkansas Library System.
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Central in Our Lives: Voices from Little Rock Central High School, 1957-1959
The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System, Little Rock, AR Co-authored with Ralph Brodie, 2007 This history and analysis of the landmark desegregation crisis features untold stories by Central High School students who supported the entry of blacks into their classrooms. This group of students were among the top academic achievers at the school. Comprising the upper ten percent of the student body, they were Merit Scholars, nationally ranked athletes, and student government leaders. They recognized the noble goals of the blacks students who challenged the racial laws and social norms of the time. But their efforts to befriend the new black students and assist their academic efforts were thwarted, and at times directly prohibited, by school administrators, racial agitators inside the school and in the community, and elected officials. Ralph Brodie was the Central High School student body president for the Class of 1957. In the decades that followed the crisis, he collected numerous comments and memories of other top students.These stories reveal their shock, heartbreak, and confusion as their placid world turned into chaos and confrontation. For many years, the Central High School 1957 desegregation crisis has been analyzed as a conflict between two primary groups. One group included the courageous black students and a small cadre of adults who supported them. The other group was the mass racist community of Little Rock and the Southern politicians who refused to accept new national civil rights laws. Central In Our Lives offers a new perspective and a more complex social portrait. Also available through Amazon and the National Park Service Central High School Visitor Center.
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J. B. Hunt: The Long Haul to Success University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AR, 1992 The story of the trucking giant, J.B. Hunt, and its impact on the transportation industry. The book includes a biography of the founding entrepreneur and a marketing study of the business strategies and innovations which made J.B. Hunt the largest trucking firm in the nation. [Click here] for Amazon reviews and readers’ comments [Click here] for Central Arkansas Library System comments "Schwartz spins an American success story" Publishers Weekly Also available through J.B. Hunt Trucking Corp, UA Press, and Amazon
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Tyson: From Farm to Market - The Remarkable Story of Tyson Foods
University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AR, 1991 The story of Tyson Foods and its impact on both the business community and the poultry market in America in an entertaining and enlightening tribute to the Tyson vision and success. The book includes a biography of founding entrepreneur John Tyson and his son Don Tyson. [Click here] for the Amazon book review. Available through Amazon.
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In Service to America: A History of VISTA in Arkansas, 1965-1985
University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AR, 1988 Foreward by President Bill Clinton As part of President Johnson's War on Poverty, VISTA volunteers in the 1960s began fanning out across the United States to try to break the cycle of poverty in which many Americans were caught. This work takes a close look at the effect these volunteers had on Arkansas communities and, in turn, the effect the communities had on the volunteers. An American Library Association Notable Book Available through Amazon. |
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People of the Land: A History of Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation
Learning from the Land: How the Youth Enterprise in Agriculture Program is preparing a new generation of rural leaders Published by Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation, 1993 and 1999 The two publications are histories of ALFDC, a rural Arkansas nonprofit organization, and YEA, the innovative youth development program it created. The books offer insight into the challenges facing small family farmers, especially African American land owners, in eastern Arkansas. Both books include original photographs, maps, timeline illustrations, and interviews with key participants.
Copies may be available through Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation, Address. 533 Floyd Brown Rd; Brinkley, Arkansas 72021. (870) 734-1140.
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