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NFL kickoff

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Get out those NFL jerseys because football season is back! Tonight the Dallas Cowboys play the New York Giants in this season's opening game. Expand your football knowledge this season with two new UNP books:  Intercepted: The Rise and Fall of NFL Cornerback Darryl Henley by Michael McKnight McKnight tells the story of Darryl Henley’s tragic and rapid downfall from NFL cornerback to drug financer to federal prisoner. Adam Schefter, NFL reporter for ESPN, said "Capturing the inner life of an NFL player is challenging enough. Revealing the torment, hubris, and shame that marked Darryl Henley’s downfall is a task … Continue reading NFL kickoff

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From the desk of Nancy Plain

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Light on the PrairieBelow is a guest blog from Nancy Plain. Her new book, Light on the Prairie, is the biography and photographic works of Solomon D. Butcher. Here, we get an inside peek as to why she chose Solomon as her newest book subject.  

I can’t remember when I first saw a photograph by Solomon Butcher.  But around the time I was searching for a new book project, I found myself scrolling through his remarkable photos on the “Prairie Settlement” website of the Library of Congress.  I was hooked.  They look straight at the camera, Solomon’s pioneers, and they stand up straight amidst their families and possessions, against a background of infinite prairie.  If you peer really closely, you can find little secrets in the pictures—a shy child peeking out from a window, a dog half hidden in a shadowed doorway.  During the course of my research, I learned about individual sodbusters.  One of my favorite photographs is that of the four beautiful Chrisman sisters, known by their nicknames—Hattie, Lizzie, Lutie, and Babe.  Babe didn’t like how she looked in the photo, though.  She thought it made her look like a “horse thief!”

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Colorado in the political spotlight

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President Obama recently visited Colorado State University and this Sunday, he'll be rallying voters in Boulder on Colorado University's campus. In their forthcoming book, Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy explore the government, politics, and political traditions of Colorado. Colorado Politics and Policy is a fresh, engaging and essential reading for those who want to understand Colorado’s major election trends, chief public policy and budget challenges, and this distinctively purple state’s unique political history.   Continue reading Colorado in the political spotlight

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Review roundup

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Ellen Cassedy's We Are Here is in The New York Review of Books. Backstage by Ron Hull was on the blog "Dad of Divas." A Taste for War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray by William C. Davis was called an "entertaining, informative look at a usually ignored aspect of wartime life" on the Strategy Page.  Daviborshch's Cart by David Fraser was reviewed on H-Net Online. And The Brothertown Nation of Indians by Brad D. E. Jarvis was reviewed in Project MUSE.   Continue reading Review roundup

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7th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

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With Hurricane Issac blowing through southeastern Louisiana, many are remembering the devastation that Hurricane Katrina caused in 2005. Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster edited by Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker is an original collection of essays examining the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the lives of African- Americans in the social, cultural, political and legal spheres. Continue reading 7th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

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Like No Other Place: Nebraska

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Like No Other Place by David A. Owen is a collection photographs and stories from the beautifully stark and uniquely dazzling Sandhills of western Nebraska. New in paperback, Owen's photographs and stories tell of a remarkable region where history, legend, memory, and reality are all intertwined. Sandy Amazeen from Monsters and Critics said it "…allows armchair travelers to experience the heartland up close and personal." Continue reading Like No Other Place: Nebraska

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The Dakota War remembered

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Events across the country continue to honor the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota war of 1862. If you’re in Minnesota, check out the Minnesota Historical Society today. There are tours, dedications, and an exhibit open house all day. Two UNP books offer an insight into this important time in American History. A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity is a new annotated edition of a mixed-race couple's experiences while held captive during the 1862 Dakota War in Minnesota. The War in Words is a detailed study of the captivity narratives generated and inspired by the Dakota Conflict of 1862. Continue reading The Dakota War remembered