First, some bragging: Two University of Nebraska Press titles took top honors at the 2009 American Association of University Presses Book, Jacket and Journal Show. Valentines, by Ted Kooser, was recognized for its dust jacket design, and Corkscrewed: Adventures in the New French Wine Country, by Robert V. Camuto, was recognized in the trade typographic category. Hooray for our talented designers! Another bit of local(ish) news: Shelf Awareness mentioned the Bookworm, an Omaha bookstore, in today's daily e-newsletter. The bookstore is among several shops to begin book clubs for adults who want to read children’s titles. Click here for the … Continue reading Wednesday morning book news roundup

Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that sneaks up on a person. It seems that Christmas has just passed and that you’re just getting back into the groove of not going to holiday parties and not shopping for gifts when all of a sudden, it’s Feb. 12 and the hand-knitted scarf you had planned to make for your beloved just isn’t going to happen. However, you still have plenty of time to buy Valentines, former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s collection of more than two decades worth of Valentine’s Day poems. Every year for 22 years, Kooser wrote a … Continue reading Classic books by two Nebraska authors

New this month from the University of Nebraska Press: The Catholic Church and the Jews, Argentina, 1933-1945 by Graciela Ben-Dror, and The State, the Nation, and the Jews: Liberalism and the Antisemitism Dispute in Bismarck's Germany by Marcel Stoetzler. The impact of events in Nazi Germany and Europe during World War II was keenly felt in neutral Argentina among its predominantly Catholic population and its significant Jewish minority. The Catholic Church and the Jews, Argentina, 1933-1945 considers the images of Jews presented in standard Catholic teaching of that era, the attitudes of the lower clergy and faithful toward the country’s … Continue reading Linking in Lincoln – January 29, 2009

New this month from the University of Nebraska Press: Lt. Charles Gatewood & His Apache Wars Memoir by Charles B. Gatewood, edited and with additional text by Louis Kraft.

Lt. Charles B. Gatewood (1853–1896), an educated Virginian, served in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry as the commander of Indian scouts. Gatewood was largely accepted by the Native peoples with whom he worked because of his efforts to understand their cultures. It was this connection that Gatewood formed with the Indians, and with Geronimo and Naiche in particular, that led to his involvement in the last Apache war and his work for Indian rights.

Realizing that he had more experience dealing with Native peoples than other lieutenants serving on the frontier, Gatewood decided to record his experiences. Although he died before he completed his project, the work he left behind remains an important firsthand account of his life as a commander of Apache scouts and as a military commandant of the White Mountain Indian Reservation.

This week’s installment of Tuesday Trivia is about the Apache Indians. Ready?

1. The word “Apachean” describes Indian groups language and culture are similar to that of the Apache. Name another major Apachean Native American group.

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