Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! Colorado Book Awards Rainbow Cattle Co. (Nebraska, 2024) by Nicholas Villanueva is a History Finalist. Mary’s Place (Bison Books, 2024) by Charlotte Hinger is a finalist in the … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council Awards The Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council (GHRAC) created the Outstanding Archives Award Program in 2003 to recognize superb efforts in archives and … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Robert Cvornyek is professor emeritus of history at Rhode Island College. He is the author of Black Grays and Colored Giants: A Comprehensive Guide to Black Baseball in Rhode Island, 1870–1949. Douglas Stark is a museum consultant and sports historian. He is the author … Continue reading Excerpt: Race and Resistance in Boston
Mary E. Mendoza is an assistant professor of history and Latino/a studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of several journal articles and book chapters about the intersections of race, environment, health, and disability. Traci Brynne Voyles is … Continue reading Excerpt: Not Just Green, Not Just White
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 74th National Jewish Book Awards The National Jewish Book Awards were established in 1950 by the Jewish Book Council as a way to honor exceptional works of Jewish … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Reviews All Roads Lead to Rome Review in Lincoln Journal Star: “Author Thorness’s descriptions of the long-forgotten battles involved are vivid and his depictions of the Italian landscape 70 years later serve as reminders of the war which changed so … Continue reading News & Reviews
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to The Gas and Flame Men
ICYMI Tiffany Midge was featured in Poets & Writers! Reviews Star Bound Review in Library Journal: “Interspersed between the well-documented chapters are fun interludes, such as a playlist of space-themed songs and selections of archival photographs. A detailed bibliography encourages … Continue reading News & Reviews
Terrence C. Petty is a writer and retired journalist. He worked for the Associated Press for thirty-five years. Based in Bonn, Germany, from 1987 to 1997, he covered German and European affairs, the pro-democracy movement that toppled the Berlin Wall, … Continue reading From the Desk of Terrence C. Petty: Nazis at the Watercooler
Reviews The Boy Who Promised Me Horses Review in Big Sky Journal: “As much a personal quest to find himself as a haunting portrait of Prairie Chief’s too-short life—in all its joy and tragedy, pain and hope, freedom and sorrow—The … Continue reading News & Reviews
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