The New Town Square: Museums and Communities in Transition (American Association for State and Local History)

"Bob Archibald's book is beautifully and passionately written. His is a life profoundly rooted in place: the stark beauty of Michigan's upper peninsula, the evocative landscape of the southwest, the open skies of Montana, and the urban landscape of St. Louis. He discovers stories everywhere: in graveyards, old homes, open air markets, old bridges, an African-American hospital, the death mask of an infant, and an Alaskan train ride. Archibald believes that public history can help repair our connections with place and revitalize communities. In a dark time, his is a welcome voice.-Edward T. Linenthal, author of Preserving Memory: The Struggle To Create America's Holocaust Museum, and The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City In American Memory."Robert R. Archibald is the author of 'The New Town Square: Museums and Communities in Transition (American Association for State and Local History)', published 2004 under ISBN 9780759102873 and ISBN 0759102872.