Courses
Topics in American Culture Studies: Exploring America, 1957; Crossing Borders II; Topics in American Literature II; Topics in American Culture Studies: Mark Twain - Humor and Politics in 19th century America

Research Interests
American Literature, Non-fiction Prose, Rhetoric, American Political Argument

Selected Publications:

Union of Words: A History of Presidential Eloquence. The Free Press, 1996.

The Past Leads a Life of its Own. Poseidon Press, 1992. Paperback edition by University of Chicago Press, 1997.

What the River Knows: An Angler in Mid-Stream. Poseidon Press, 1990. Paperback edition by Fireside (Simon & Shuster), 1994 and University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Cooper: A Collection of Critical Essays, editor. Prentice-Hall, 1979.

"A Higher Plane," in Body Language: Writers on Sport, edited by Gerald Early. Minneapolis: Gray Wolf Press, 1998.