Gail Shaffer Blankenau is a professional genealogist, historian, speaker, and author. She holds an MA degree in history from the University of Nebraska–Kearney, and in 2023 she received the James L. Sellers prize for her article about the Grayson sisters in … Continue reading Excerpt: Journey to Freedom
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! The 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Awards Continental Reckoning by Elliott West has won Columbia University’s Bancroft Prize! Reviews Cast Out of Eden Review in Foreword Reviews: “A revealing biography, Cast Out of Eden details the hypocrisy, cruelty, and astonishing achievements of John Muir.” Biblical Women … Continue reading News & Reviews
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Skywalks: Robert Gordon’s Untold Story of Hallmark’s Kansas City Disaster (Bison Books, March 2023) by R. Eli Paul. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Skywalks
Jim Leeke is a former news journalist, a retired copywriter and creative director, and a U.S. Navy veteran. He is the author of several books, including The Turtle and the Dreamboat (Potomac Books, 2022), The Best Team Over There (Nebraska, … Continue reading Excerpt: The Gas and Flame Men
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion (University of Nebraska Press, February 2023) by Elliott … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Continental Reckoning
On February 12 the Society for American Baseball Research announced the winner of its 2024 Seymour Medal. We not only published the winner of this year’s medal but the runner-up as well! Steven P. Gietschier’s Baseball: The Turbulent Midcentury Years … Continue reading Clean Sweep for the 2024 Seymour Medal
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! A.M. Pate Award 2023 Union General (Potomac Books, 2023) by William L. Shea won the 2023 Pate Award. Given out annually, the A. M. Pate award recognizes the … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
ICYMI Changing Woman by Venetia Hobson Lewis was nominated as a Semi-Finalist for the 2023 Laramie Book Awards. Salish and Kootenai Indian Chiefs Speak for Their People and Land, 1865-1909 was selected by the American Library Association as one of … Continue reading News & Reviews
Reviews If This Were Fiction Review in Sweet Lit: “In your collection of essays, you deftly stretch and flex the delicate and injured tendons of memory to explore grief, love, and the relationship between the two. . .Your essays inspire … Continue reading News & Reviews
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