Mary F. Ehrlander is a Professor Emeritus of History and Arctic & Northern Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is the author of Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son (Bison Books, 2017), Equal Educational Opportunity: Brown’s Elusive Mandate and coauthor of Education Reform in the … Continue reading From the Desk of Mary Ehrlander: The Success of the Walter Harper Project
Geoffrey D. Kimball is an independent scholar. He is the author of Koasati Dictionary (Nebraska, 1994), Koasati Grammar (Nebraska, 1991), and translator of Kosati Traditional Narratives (Nebraska, 2010). His new book Yukhíti Kóy (Nebraska, 2022) is now available. Introduction The Atakapa language is attested … Continue reading Excerpt: Yukhíti Kóy
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “UNP’s mystery novel Deer Season by Erin Flanagan was propelled to the … Continue reading July Staff Reading List
Reviews Under My Bed and Other Essays Review in Publisher’s Weekly: “Keisner debuts with a riveting essay collection that revisits her painful past. Adopted as an infant and raised in a series of homes in rural Nebraska by a borderline-abusive … Continue reading News & Reviews
J.J. Anselmi’s Out Here on Our Own (Bison Books, 2022) tells the story of Rock Springs, Wyoming, a mining boomtown with a history of brutal racial violence, widespread addiction, prostitution, and a staggeringly high per-capita suicide rate—yet a place that has proved … Continue reading Book Trailer: Out Here on Our Own
Michael Weeks is a lecturer of history at Utah Valley University. His book Cattle Beet Capital (Nebraska, 2022) is now available. From the Introduction Few companies in the American West articulate the agricultural transformations of the twentieth century more completely than … Continue reading Excerpt: Cattle Beet Capital
Annette B. Dunlap is an independent scholar and journalist. She is the author of Frank: The Story of Frances Folsom Cleveland, America’s Youngest First Lady; The Gambler’s Daughter: A Personal and Social History; and Charles Gates Dawes: A Life. Her newest book, A Woman … Continue reading From the Desk of Annette B. Dunlap: Discovering First Lady Lou Henry Hoover
Summer is the perfect time to kick back, relax, and read baseball books written by one of our authors. With our summer reading sale, you can get our baseball books for 50% off! From now until the end of July, … Continue reading Baseball Summer Reading List
Awards Foreword Indies winners: Black Snake – Honorable Mention A Second Reckoning – Gold A Harp in the Stars – Honorable Mention Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves was a finalist in 2022 National Indie Excellence Awards for Western Fiction The … Continue reading News & Reviews
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “I’m currently reading The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by André Leon Talley, … Continue reading June Staff Reading List
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