User:James Postema
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James Postema, Professor of English, Concordia College--Moorhead, Minnesota.
My specialized academic areas include American literature (especially since 1900), Native American literatures (Anishinaabe/Ojibwe and D-Lakota/Sioux), and literary theory. I have also researched and published articles on the Rev. Oscar Elmer[1] and have continued to transcribe the manuscript of Elmer's journal, which includes daily entries for the years 1868-1889. I used Elmer's journal to research and publish an article on Garrison Keillor's use of the Prairie Home Cemetery in the book Lake Wobegon Days.[2]
Lately I've become interested in the history of railways in the United States, which led to work on the Northern Central Railway article, which was woefully in need of expansion and citations. I'm now focusing on the eary history of the BNSF, which is the major operator in my part of the country.