John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th President. Barbie gets her boyfriend, Ken. And The Supremes are signed with Motown Records. The year is 1961.

For the University of Nebraska Press, the Bison Books trade paperback line was introduced as a way to bring affordable works of enduring literary merit to a mass audience.

This month in Publishers Weekly, Bison Books is being celebrated for its 50th anniversary of its "groundbreaking print imprint.”  

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