News and Reviews

Posted by univnebpress on October 13, 2017 in In the News, Jewish Publication Society, Potomac Books | Leave a comment

BOOKS

 

Glenn Miller Declassified

Dennis M. Spragg

Review in Military Review:

“Spragg has crafted a book that will appeal and benefit an eclectic group of readers, including those with interests in World War II, big band and swing music, unsolved mysteries, and of course, Glenn Miller himself.”

 

A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time

Paula Tarnapol Whitacre

Feature in the Washington Post:

“Julia [Wilbur] confided to her diary: ‘I begin to think it will not do to wait some for anything to turn up, but I must turn up something myself.'”

 

Lefty O’Doul

Dennis Snelling

Review in Minor League Baseball News:

“O’Doul was an open book, friendly with fans and the media, and one really gets a sense of his personality by reading Snelling’s biography.”

 

Ute Land Religion in the American West, 1879-2009

Brandi Dennison

Review in Reading Religion: 

“…an important, critical, and engaging text with a number of working parts.”

 

It’s My Country Too

Edited by Jerri Bell and Tracy Crow

Mention in Military Times:

“The welcome chronology attempts to show that ‘America’s fighting women have been―and remain―patriots and warriors,’ and its stories might empower service women―and many of their brothers in arms―to stand tall.”

 

AUTHORS

 

Rabbi Shai Held

Author interview on Tablet’s Unorthodox Podcast.

 

Jim Leeke

Author interview on the History Author Show.

 

Fleda Brown

Author article in the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

 

Safiya Sinclair

Author interview with PEN America.