Praise from Al Gore, Ralph Nader,James Fallows, Michael Doyle, and others for:

People's Warrior: John Moss and the fight for Freedom of Information and Consumer Rights by Michael R. Lemov. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, July 2011.

Al Gore:

A new book, People's Warrior: John Moss and the Fight for Freedom of Information and Consumer Rights, has just been published. Lovingly prepared by his former chief counsel, Michael Lemov, this work tells the amazing story of one man's determination to make government information accessible to the public. He has an amazing record of public service, from his work on the Consumer Product Safety Act to the Securities Investor Protection Act and so much more. It's almost unthinkable now, but before John Moss, average citizens and the media did not have the right to see government information. People's Warrior shines a light on an amazing life of public service.

Ralph Nader (Foreword)

I recommend Peoples Warrior especially for young people today, beset with cynicism about Congress or simply "turned off" from politics. The book is an awakening antidote that shows, not so long ago, that there were key members of Congress who made regular, significant decisions on behalf of the people. They were not "cash and carry" politicians as is the norm today at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

James Fallows, The Atlantic

I've just finished reading a book about the late John Moss,who from the early 1950s through the late 1970s was a Congressman from California's Central Valley. It is mainly because of Moss that we now have a Freedom of Information Act, a Consumer Product Safety Commission, various financial-reform bodies, and a host of other protections that would not have a prayer of getting through the Congress if they were introduced now. Moss's longtime aide and associate, Michael Lemov, has written a new biography of him, Peoples Warrior, that is startling mainly in recalling an era in which politicians actually thought (gasp!) that they could agree on significant reforms and get them passed in relatively short order. It's only a generation ago, though it seems as distant as the time of Upton Sinclair and Lincoln Steffens, and Lemov's book conveys what it was like within three years--from 1970 through1972--groundbreaking product safety and air and water pollution laws were enacted and given to newly formed agencies to implement. It is important for young people today, who see procrastination, cowardliness, evasions,corporate-indentured stagnation, and arrogance running through members of Congress like an epidemic, to read about a different time when many more legislators knew why they were sent to Washington by the voters back home.The book is worth reading and reflecting upon.

Michael Doyle McClatchy Newspapers:

Two signal accomplishments stand out. In 1966, after more than a decade of laying the groundwork, Moss muscled the Freedom of Information Act across the finish line. It's made a difference. Last year, Moss's legislation was used in 597,415 separate FOIA requests filed with federal agencies. Moss's federal freedom-of-information law and the numerous state laws it inspired are now taken for granted. But back when Moss was first getting started, Lemov's book underscores the omnipresence of government secrecy and the resistance the reformer faced.

Fresno Bee:

In 1966, after more than a decade of laying the groundwork, Moss muscled the Freedom of Information Act across the finish line.It's made a difference. Last year, Moss' law was used in 597, 415 separate FOIA requests filed with federal agencies. Moss' freedom-of-information law and the numerous state laws it inspired are now taken for granted. But back when Moss was first getting started, Lemov's book underscores the omnipresence of government secrecy and the resistance the reformer faced.

Capital Public Radio

The Peoples Warrior is authored by Michael Lemov, a former staffer of Congressman John Moss. The new book highlights Moss' notable accomplishments, especially his authorship of the Freedom of Information Act, which at the time faced great opposition from the government, and the Consumer Product Safety Act. It also traces Moss's difficult childhood and his interrupted education at Sacramento Junior College.

Awards for our authors!

The Milton Society of America named William Shullenberger's Ladyin the Labyrinth: Milton's "Comus" as Initiation asco-winner of the James Holly Hanford award for the best book on Milton for2008.

Geoffrey S. Proehl's Toward a Dramaturgical Sensibility: Landscape and Journey, published in 2008, won the Outstanding Book Award given annually by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Geoff Proehl received his award at the ATHE annual conference at the Astor Ballroom of the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on August 10 2010.

Other awards received recently by FDU Press include:

The National Huguenot Society 2008 Book Award to A Huguenot on the Hackensack: David Demarest and His Legacy. This award recognizes the best scholarly work on the Huguenots published in 2007.

Carol Sotiropolous's book Early Feminists and the Education Debates was cited by CHOICE magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for2008.

Philip Hanson's This Side of Despair: How the Movies and American Life Intersected During the Great Depression was selected by CHOICE Magazine as one of its Outstanding Academic Titles for 2008. Fewer than 10% of books reviewed this year were selected for this honor.