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Books & Film

How do ideas travel? Whether it’s policy reform or impact investment, storytelling is a valuable currency. Sagamore has been publishing books and producing films for two decades in our pursuit of telling better stories.

Our current focus is on content that will remind Americans of our precious inheritance and point the way to making America’s next 250 years even better. Please see our collection below to learn more about those products and other ideas promoting the good, true, and beautiful.

Films

The Life and Legacy of Benjamin Rush

Explore the legacy of this "unknown Founding Father" in a documentary supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Lost Superstar

Sagamore has teamed up with Jeremy Beer, Gerald Harkness and Studio Auteur to tell the story of Indiana-born Negro League star Oscar Charleston.

Just One Man

Produced by Sagamore's Jeff Sparks and supported by Sagamore as a nonprofit partner, this film chronicles activist Richard Propes' 150 mile journey to erase $155 million in medical debt.

The Gift of the Italians

Dr. Joseph Loconte covers Italy's pivotal role in shaping modern culture and philosophy in this documentary series supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

MEI & Harvard's Pathways to Business

NFL player Jaylon Smith dissects lessons from his Minority Entrepreneurship Institute (MEI), a partnership with Sagamore, for a Harvard Business School case study.

Faith and Flourishing: Parchman Prison

This film, produced by Baylor University, explores research by Senior Fellow Byron Johnson on the reforms that transformed Mississippi's most notorious prison.

Heartland Film

Founded by Senior Fellow Jeff Sparks in 1991, Heartland Film has grown to host a globally-renowned film festival while maintaining its local roots in the Indy community.

More Than a Game

This documentary spotlights local leaders in Indy, including Senior Fellow Bill Taft and Sagamore Co-founder Jay Hein, who leveraged the 2012 Super Bowl to transform the city's East Side.

Art & Citizenship

Culture and Civics meet at Sagamore's 2019 Indiana Conference on Citizenship

New Harmony & Heartland

Sagamore's Jeff Sparks looks at how two Indiana-based arts organizations used the arts to build and transform their communities.

Books

America's Next 250

Sagamore's upcoming book on the ideas, leaders, and active civic strategies that will help us shape America's next quarter-millennium.

From Generation to Generation

Dan and Marsha Coats reflect on their storied careers and encourage a new generation to answer the call of public service.

Workforce 2040

Experts dissect how economic disruption is shaping workforces, education, and opportunity in Indiana.

The New Security Blueprint

Sagamore Senior Fellows Alan Dowd and Jerry Hendrix outline a pathway to renew U.S. national security in a series of essays.

Changing Culture Through Stories

A spotlight on how two Indiana-based arts organizations helped build and transform their communities through the arts.

National Development as an Aesthetic Project

Senior Fellow Donald Cassell's edited collection covering the history of Liberia's growth and development.

America: The Last Best Hope

Under a partnership with Sagamore, former Secretary of Education Dr. William J. Bennett offers a gripping and inspirational account of American history for the next generation.

Liberia Country Profile

Senior Fellow Donald Cassell traces his homeland's complicated and remarkable journey of development, war, and renewal.

The Rise of Global Civil Society

Former Senior Fellow Don Eberly's examines how citizen-led initiatives have increasingly become an integral tool in global development.

The New Wisconsin Idea

This edited volume from Sagamore Co-Founder Jay Hein looks at the success of Wisconsin's 1990s welfare reforms and their global influence on countries such as Germany and the UK.

A Quiet Revolution

Sagamore Co-Founder Jay Hein explores how voluntary faith-based organizations have played an outsized role in tackling some of society's biggest challenges.

Agents of Flourishing

Senior Fellow Amy Sherman offers an actionable framework for "pursuing Shalom in every corner of society."

The War for Middle-earth

Senior Fellow Joe Loconte recounts how the crisis of the Second World War helped forge a friendship between literary greats C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Restorers of Hope

Amy Sherman examines how churches are putting "love they neighbor" into practice by addressing the challenges of poverty in their communities.

Kingdom Calling

Senior Fellow Amy Sherman makes a case the case for "vocational stewardship" in this book on putting faith to work in everyday practices.

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War

Senior Fellow Joe Loconte explores how the horrors of the Great War shaped the lives and faith of Tolkien and Lewis.

More God Less Crime

Sagamore hosted a book signing with author and Senior Fellow Dr. Byron Johnson, who argues that faith communities are essential to an effective criminal justice system.

Conversations on Philanthropy vol. 1-10

This journal edited by Lenore Ealy covers emerging issues in philanthropic giving and social enterprise.

The Lost Art of Dying

Dr. Lydia Dugdale, founder of Sagamore partner Heal the Nation, explores the history of "dying well" and lessons for our era contemporary medicalized care.

Being There

The landmark book on forging early childhood connections by Erica Komisar, the founder of Attachment Circles, a Sagamore nonprofit partner.

The Softer Side of Leadership

Senior Fellow and former higher education executive Gene Habecker outlines the soft skills leaders need to foster effective organizations.

Library of Liberty

The Liberty Fund generously donated copies of its collection to Sagamore. These books comprise the library of Sagamore’s HQ conference room for all visitors to enjoy learning about the foundations of Western Civilization.

Works from Dr. Jerry Pattengale

Explore the various works form Senior Fellow and Indiana Wesleyan University professor Dr. Jerry Pattengale that explore putting faith into action to make a difference in communities.

American Outlook

Sagamore Institute’s archive of its former quarterly policy magazine featuring ideas and solutions from the Heartland.

Reagan and the Midwest

Super City

Renewing the American Idea

Governing Matters: The Indiana Model

Global Travel, Trade and Terrorism

Digital Millenium

Another American Century?

Are You Being Served?

Fixing the Family

Exporting Civil Society

Global Warming

Fighting the Next War

Globocop

Is Your Job Safe?

Renewing the Culture

Social Conflict

Startled Giant

The Anglosphere

The Graying of America

The Millennial Culture

The Next Middle East

The Politics of Compassion

The Politics of Religion

The Slowdown

Utopias Unlimited

What Is A School?

What the Next President Needs to Know

Where Science & Religion Meet

A Crisis of Confidence

Africa Rising