On the new History Author Talks virtual program, join guest host Paula Whitacre on Monday, June 22 at 6:00 p.m. EST in a conversation with Robert C. Plumb and Stephanie McCurry as they discuss women’s contributions during the Civil War. … Continue reading Civil War History Authors Zoom Event
BOOKS Thinking about God: Jewish Views by Rabbi Kari H. Tuling Reviewed by Publishers Weekly: “Rabbi Tuling analyzes a range of Jewish thought on major theological questions throughout history in her sharp debut.” From Miniskirt to Hjab: A Girl in … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following books will be available this Fall from Bison Books—the herd grows larger! The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas by Robert M. Utley The Heart of California: Exploring the San Joaquin Valley by … Continue reading Coming Soon from Bison Books
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a books life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss: Private Equity, Wealth, and Inequality (Nebraska, 2019) by Daniel Scott Souleles. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss
Ray A. March is an independent journalist whose articles and essays have appeared in Time, the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere. He is the author of several books, including Alabama Bound: Forty-Five Years inside a Prison System and A River in Ruin: The … Continue reading Ray A. March at Home: Built-in Social Distancing and Regional History
The following is an excerpt from Millennial Cervantes: New Currents in Cervantes Studies edited by Bruce R. Burningham (June 2020), the newest addition to the New Hispanisms Series. Chapter 6: QuixoNation Unfinished Adaptations of Don Quixote in Cold War U.S. Cinema … Continue reading Excerpt: Millennial Cervantes
Continue to educate yourself about history and race in the United States and around the world. Check out our list below or visit Edelweiss for a larger list in coordination with our sister presses and Longleaf Services. Redskins by C. … Continue reading Read about Race and History
Mark Spitzer is an associate professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Season of the Gar: Adventures in Pursuit of America’s Most Misunderstood Fish, Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West (Bison … Continue reading Where in the Monster Fish World is Mark Spitzer?
Kat D. Williams is a professor of American history at Marshall University. She is board president of the International Women’s Baseball Center and the author of Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star (Nebraska, 2020). Like … Continue reading From the Desk of Kat D. Williams: The Real Strength of Baseball
The following is an excerpt from Rising from the Ashes edited by William Willard, Alan G. Marshall, and J. Diane Pearson (June 2020). Chapter 2: Nimiipuu Peoplehood, Survival, and the Indian TerritoryBy J. Diane Pearson On October 5, 1877, an estimated … Continue reading Excerpt: Rising from the Ashes
