Books published by Eakin Press

A new contribution to the growing body of historical research on the outlaw couple, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose story has taken on near-mythical status but often has been told with little regard for the facts. Bonnie and Clyde: A Twenty-First Century update includes eyewitness accounts not seen elsewhere.

In times of fear, people seek comfort, purpose, and direction. We feel sadness and depression. We think about such issues as responsibility, error, guilt and forgiveness. We explore spiritual recourses such as prayer and sacred scripture.This book deals with such issues and concerns. These pages draw upon the world's longest continuous discussion of salvation, the precious traditions of Judaism, as preserved in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, and the Zohar (Kabbalistic commentary on the Bible).This book will inspire, comfort, and challenge readers of all faiths and backgrounds and show how "old-time religion" can help individuals and nations face both personal and social problems in order to build on the salvations that God has given us.Pulpit rabbi, innovator in synagogue programming, author, historian, and media critic, Rabbi Elliot B. Gertel is the retired spiritual leader of Congregation Rodfei Zedek, the distinguished Conservative synagogue on the South Side of Chicago.

Dying in the Old West chronicles the last words and dramatic deaths of over 550 Old West personalities. From the first entry, dated 1773, to the last, dated 1954, Radison's Last Words takes the reader into the unique world that was the Old West, a territory ranging from Canada to Mexico. It is a world where death was ever present, where gunfighters, settlers, lawmen, Indians, and soldiers met death with emotions ranging from regret and cowardice, to courage and defiance These words are artifacts imbued with the spirit of the West and resonant with life's final mystery.