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LeRoy Ashby
Area of expertise: American Popular Culture, American History
LeRoy Ashby, Regents Professor and Claudius and Mary Johnson
Distinguished Professor of History at Washington State University, is the author
of many books, including the prize-winning Fighting the Odds: The Life of
Senator Frank Church.
His most recent book is With Amusement for All: A History of American Popular Culture since 1830, published in May 2006 by The University Press of Kentucky.
Media contact: Leila Salisbury
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"No single author has tackled popular culture with so much breadth and depth and managed to strike a balance between the popular and scholarly approaches. Ashby's absorbing and hugely informative study will appeal to a wide audience. Highly recommended."
—Library Journal (* starred review) |
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