Reviews So Young, So Great Review in Booklist: “Other Bob Feller biographies are available, but Ingraham’s insistent focus on the pitcher’s first six years—’so young, so great’—make for an animating, highly readable account of a career launch perhaps unparalleled in … Continue reading News & Reviews
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to be on NetGalley’s publisher list. NetGalley is a digital platform that helps authors and publishers promote digital review copies to book reviewers and other publishing industry professionals. Join the online reader community here! … Continue reading UNP Books on NetGalley
Valerie Sherer Mathes is professor emerita of history at City College of San Francisco. Mathes has written eight books, three with co-authors, and edited four others, all on some aspect of the late nineteenth century Indian reform movement with an … Continue reading From the Desk of Valerie Sherer Mathes: Mary Louise Eldridge and the Navajos
Jim Ingraham is an award-winning sports columnist for the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram in Ohio. He is the author of Mike Hargrove and the Cleveland Indians: A Baseball Life. His most recent book So Young, So Great: Bob Feller Electrifies Baseball and America was published by … Continue reading Excerpt: So Young, So Great
Planning your next vacation or wanting to get away in the comfort of your home? We’ve curated a reading list for those of you bitten by the travel bug. With a selection of travelogues, tourist histories, and guidebooks, this list … Continue reading Summer Reading: On the Road
Little House on the Prairie created by Rebecca Sonnenshine and starring Luke Bracey, Crosby Fitzgerald, and Alice Halsey is available to stream on Netflix. Little House on the Prairie, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books, follows the close-knit … Continue reading Netflix ‘Little House on the Prairie’ streaming now
Reviews Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet Review in Wall Street Journal: “The story of the Tennis Cabinet has largely been untold until now—but it clearly had an impact on the development of our Republic.” Slow Guillotine Review in Maine … Continue reading News & Reviews
Pearl E. Casias served as the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s chief judge for twelve years. She also served on the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council and was the first woman elected chair of the tribe. Her new book Red Woman: My … Continue reading Excerpt: Red Woman
UNP’s running (and walking) team, Footnotes, participated in the Lincoln Track Club’s 48th Havelock Charity Run on Saturday, June 6. On a cool, cloudy June morning, my husband and I packed up our 20-month-old daughter in the hiking pack and took off … Continue reading People Make Publishing: Footnotes at the 2026 Havelock Charity Run/Walk
To help spread the word about new books, our publicity team launched the UNP Influencer Partnership in 2023. As part of the partnership, influencers can request and receive galleys (physical or e-book) or finished books of their choice. We are … Continue reading UNP Influencer Partnership: Fall/Winter 2026 titles available
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