Books by Herbert K. Russell

This pictorial record of the men who worked in the Illinois and Kentucky fluorspar fields from the 1890s to the 1990s shows early and later methods of extracting, hoisting, processing, and transporting the mineral from mine mouth to end-user; notes its many industrial uses; and briefly illustrates its beauty and value to collectors.

A biography of Edgar Lee Masters, author of the "Spoon River Anthology". It provides an account of the poet's tempestuous relationships, impetuous business decisions, and artistic struggles.