OTHER BOOKS

Caroline Jean Acker ’68, Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Weaving together the accounts of addicts and researchers, this historian explores how addiction in the early 20th century was strongly influenced by the professional concerns of psychiatrists seeking to increase their medical authority. She also examines other factors, including the ambitions of pharmacologists to build a drug development infrastructure and the American Medical Association’s campaign to reduce prescriptions of opiates and absolve physicians in private practice from the necessity of treating difficult addicts as patients. The author is an associate professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University and co-founder of Prevention Point Pittsburgh, a needle exchange program in Allegheny County, Pa.

Barbara Pearson Lange Godfrey ’31; Julie Lange Hall ’55 (ed.), Man of Chautauqua and His Caravans of Culture: The Life of Paul M. Pearson, self-published, 2001. After gathering letters, photos, lecture notes, and plays in which her father acted—with the assistance of Friends Historical Library at the College—the author tells her father’s story, helping her understand the facts of their family history. In the preface to the book, addressed to her children who never knew their grandfather, Godfrey begins this story where her father’s letters started—with one to his future wife. Many of these letters, reproduced in the book, document life during the late 1800s and early 1900s as well as the influence of railroads at the time.

Adam Haslett ’92, You Are Not a Stranger Here, Doubleday, 2002. This debut collection of short stories focuses on people facing some of life’s most profound dilemmas, including saying good-bye to someone you love, letting go of a long-held secret, and understanding the meaning of mental suffering. In settings ranging from New England to Great Britain and Los Angeles to the American West, these nine stories explore the themes of love and honor, pity and pride, and compassion and sacrifice. Currently a student at Yale Law School, Haslett has published work in Zoetrope: All-Story and The Yale Review.

William Matchett ’49, Shakespeare and Forgiveness, Fithian Press, 2002. This study of Shakespeare’s plays discusses the differences between “pardon” and “forgiveness,” tracing the evolution of the latter in works such as Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, King Lear, and The Winter’s Tale. To complete this study, Matchett, professor emeritus of English at the University of Washington, drew on years of scholarly study. From 1963 to 1982,he was editor of Modern Language Quarterly and the author of several books of poetry and criticism; his work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Saturday Review of Literature, Harper’s, and The New Republic.

John Riggs ’64 (ed.), U.S. Policy on Climate Change: What Next? A Report of the Aspen Institute Environmental Policy Forum, The Aspen Institute, 2002. In January, the Aspen Institute convened a diverse group of scientists, economists, business leaders, environmentalists, and government officials to discuss solutions to greenhouse gases, which dangerously interfere with the global climate system. This book draws together the thinking from leading experts on the nature of climate change and ways to respond to these issues. Some of the topics explored include action to reduce emissions, investment in future technologies, and government leadership.

Paula Lawrence Wehmiller ’67, A Gathering of Gifts, Church Publishing, 2002. The author writes about her experiences as educator, priest, parent, and member of a remarkable African-American family, whose origins she traces in this JourneyBook. She writes: “Telling stories is the way we speak in our family. ‘Parable’ is our mother tongue...;. Separating stories from who I am would be like separating breathing from the way I live my life. The stories that want telling are my way of knowing where I’ve come from, who I am becoming, and who I am called to be in this world.”

E. Roy Weintraub ’64, How Economics Became a Mathematical Science, Duke University Press, 2002. This book follows the history of economics within the framework of mathematics in the 20th century. The author also examines the career of his late father, economist Sidney Weintraub. The author is professor of economics at Duke University; editor of Toward a History of Game Theory; and author of several books, including Stabilizing Dynamics: Constructing Economic Knowledge.

COMPACT DISK

Yvonne Healy ’75, Stories From the Heart of the World, 2002. The author/artist presents original adaptations of folktales from around the world, which are suitable for listeners of all ages. Titles include Lugh, the Shining One; People-Eating Monster; and Isis and Osiris.