Also in these pages are tales of the two alter egos he created to subvert the strict classical rigor of ballet: JbDubs, an out-and-proud pop musician, and Ühu Betch, an over-the-top drag queen named after Yoohoo chocolate milk.

Over six years he traveled more than 15,000 miles. Part travelogue and part historical tour, this book takes the reader along for the ride.

After examining the inherent physical dangers of the work, Whiteside shows how the interplay of economic, social, and technological forces created an envi-ronment of death in the western coal mines.

Annotated first edition of Italy in the Nineteenth Century (London: Richard Bentley, 1848), with holograph revisions by the author in preparation for the second edition (London: Richard Bentley, 1849).