Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend by Timothy M. Gay “[C]ompellingly depicts Speaker’s life on and off the diamond, a life that was not without its less attractive side. . . . The writing is excellent, the research is competent, and the balance of baseball and non-baseball topics is just right. . . . More importantly, Gay treats the subject of the book, Tris Speaker, the way a conscientious author should. . . . It’s a story of toughness and tenderness, of transgression and redemption. It’s not preachy; just well told. And well worth reading.”—David Shiner, Elysian … Continue reading Praise for Tris Speaker

Twilight of the Long-ball Gods: Dispatches from the Disappearing Heart of Baseball by John Schulian “For those who love baseball but sometimes wonder why, amidst the barrage of headlines about steroid use, grand jury investigations, and lavish excesses, John Schulian’s Twilight of the Long-ball Gods will, lyrically and poetically, reaffirm your affection for America’s greatest game. This sparkling anthology of columns . . . solidifies Schulian’s place among the elite of contemporary baseball writers. In fact, I prefer Schulian to, for example, Roger Angell and Tom Boswell . . . because the subjects Schulian chooses to write about are more … Continue reading More Praise for Twilight of the Long-ball Gods

From Lead Mines to Gold Fields: Memories of an Incredibly Long Life by Henry Taylor “[A] delightful and entertaining gold rush memoir. . . . [A] rich addition to the body of gold rush literature, as well as a pleasant book to read.”—Nebraska History Continue reading Praise for From Lead Mines to Gold Fields

Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War by David J. Eicher “This fine book . . . . comes as a sort of eye opener to anyone who was raised on the popular assumption that the South lost the war because of bad luck, no foreign assistance in their ‘just cause’ and overwhelming Union strength.”—The Manhattan Mercury Continue reading Praise for Dixie Betrayed

Bigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir by Dinah Lenney Dinah Lenney’s stirring memoir about the murder of her father and its aftermath has been featured on E! Online’s “The Books You Must Read: Picks for 2007” list. On Bigger than Life, reviewer Samantha Dunn writes, “[T]here is no abuse, drug use, crazy parents or even a hot Italian lover, just beautiful sentences, deep emotions and intellectual stimulation.” Click here for the full article. To read earlier praise for Bigger than Life, please visit http://nebraskapress.typepad.com/university_of_nebraska_pr/2007/03/praise_for_bigg.html. Continue reading More Praise for Bigger than Life

The Canoe and the Saddle: A Critical Edition by Theodore Winthrop, edited and with an introduction by Paul J. Lindholdt “The long-cherished notion that the Pacific Northwest’s unique topography and climate produce a special breed of men will find eloquent support in the recently republished account by Theodore Winthrop, The Canoe and the Saddle. . . . Paul J. Lindholdt . . . provides an excellent introduction. . . . The Canoe and the Saddle is an extraordinary example of literary nonfiction informed by personal experience.”—Western American Literature Continue reading Praise for The Canoe and the Saddle

Identity Politics of the Captivity Narrative after 1848 by Andrea Tinnemeyer “The book’s great strengths are its close readings of understudied materials pertaining to an understudied topic. . . . Tinnemeyer makes a valuable contribution to the field with perceptive analyses and creative archival work. . . . [She] has brought together an exciting group of texts, admirably parsing them from her readers.”—Western American Literature Continue reading Praise for Identity Politics of the Captivity Narrative after 1848

From the Garden Club: Rural Women Writing Community by Charlotte Hogg “Hogg convincingly argues that the literate artifacts produced and inspired by women in post-World War II Paxton, Nebraska, in effect ‘grew’ a community of people such as herself. . . . Her interpretive lens encourages further study about women sponsoring literacy in post-World War II America.”—Western American Literature Continue reading Praise for From the Garden Club

Lana’s Lakota Moons by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve “[An] unassuming yet potent chronicle of a fateful year in the lives of two preteen cousins.”—Publishers Weekly Continue reading More Praise for Lana’s Lakota Moons

Pulp Writer: Twenty Years in the American Grub Street by Paul S. Powers, edited and with biographical essays by Laurie Powers “Paul Powers’ autobiography disappeared into a closet for 40 years until his enterprising granddaughter found it, annotated it and unveiled its extraordinary account of a writing life at the lower end of the critical spectrum.”—J. C. Martin, Arizona Daily Star, 2007 Southwest Books of the Year Special Feature Read earlier praise for Pulp Writer at http://nebraskapress.typepad.com/university_of_nebraska_pr/2007/04/praise_for_pulp.html. Continue reading More Praise for Pulp Writer