Historic Chronicles of Genesee County - Paperback

by Michael J. Eula (Author)

Discover the Beautiful Valley's Harrowing Past/

Genesee County has seen trials, tribulations and triumphs throughout its storied history as national events have been brought to its doorstep. Cold War anxiety was on full display in the preparedness drills of the 1950s and the effect those had on Batavia's studnets. Too often overlooked, the scourge of racism has reared its ugly head in the region, as the Ku Klux Klan once had a presence in the county. Locals were rocked by the assassinations of MLK and John F. Kennedy in the 1960s. Genesee women from acitivists to farmers have left an indelible mark on the county's past. Join author and historian Michael Eula as he reveals historic chronicles of Genesee County.

Author Biography

Michael J. Eula is the Genesee County, New York Historian and a Professor Emeritus of History at El Camino College. He is the author of more than thirty articles and books in American and European history, including Between Peasant and Urban Villager: Italian-Americans of New Jersey and New York, 1880 to 1980--The Structures of Counter-Discourse. His awards include being named a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow three times, along with receiving the DeAngelis Prize in History in 2000. He is an honors graduate of Rutgers and the Regent University School of Law, where he received an LLM degree. He holds an MA and a PhD in history from the University of California-Irvine.