Robert Aquinas McNally is the author of The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America’s Gilded Age (Bison Books, 2017), which won a 2018 Commonwealth Club of California’s gold medal for the year’s best book on … Continue reading California Governor Opens the Door on Native Genocide in the State’s Closet and Apologizes
This July will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. In celebration of this enormous milestone we are offering a 50% discount on its celebrated spaceflight books. From the unsung heroes of mission control to the space … Continue reading Spaceflight Sale
David Naze is the dean of academic excellence and support at Joliet Junior College. His book Reclaiming 42: Public Memory and the Reframing of Jackie Robinson’s Radical Legacy is available now. What Would Jackie Robinson Think? In April 2019, Chicago White … Continue reading From the Desk of David Naze: What Would Jackie Robinson Think?
The annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) begins today in San Diego and will last through the weekend. Open to all baseball fans, the meeting includes top featured speakers from around the baseball world—front office executives, players, managers, … Continue reading SABR49
Books No Place I Would Rather Be Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing Joe Bonomo Praised in America Magazine: “Of the recent books I have read about baseball, Joe Bonomo’s book chronicling the career of Roger Angell, No … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following is an excerpt from Legacies of Dust: Land Use and Labor on the Colorado Plains by Douglas Sheflin (June 2019). The dust storm that gathered momentum on April 14, 1935, the day later named Black Sunday, was only the … Continue reading Excerpt: Legacies of Dust
This week UNP will be at the Western Writers of America convention in Tucson, Arizona. Saturday morning at 10:30 join Bison Books author Robert Aquinas McNally as he moderates “Writing Outside the Lines” with panelists Julia Bricklin, Kristi Eaton, and … Continue reading Western Writers of America
Jacqueline Vanhoutte is a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas, where she also chairs the English Department. She received her B.A. from Carleton College and her Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Jacque has published on … Continue reading From the Desk of Jacqueline Vanhoutte: Perceptions of Female Rule, Then and Now
The following books are now available in paperback this month! Paradise Destroyed: Catastrophe and Citizenship in the French Caribbean 2017 Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize Winner “This well-researched book moves beyond being simply an analysis of the issues surrounding race, … Continue reading New in paperback
Over the past forty years, the study of women and gender has become foundational for understanding the early modern period. Women and Gender in the Early Modern World encompasses both single-author and edited collections that fall within and outside the traditional … Continue reading Series Update: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
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