Amy Helene Forss has a PhD in African American history and teaches at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska. Her work has appeared in journals such as Nebraska History and Great Plains Quarterly. She is the author of Black Print … Continue reading From the desk of Amy Helene Forss: The Scoop on Mildred D. Brown
September Staff Reading List UNP staff members are always reading new books within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books our noses have been buried in. Hannibal by Richard Gabriel (a Potomac book!) “Very … Continue reading What We’re Reading
An excerpt from Capitalist Family Values: Gender, Work, and Corporate Culture at Boeing by Polly Reed Myers (September 2015). The war was a turning point for the Boeing “family” in that it required the company to do more with less and to refashion … Continue reading Excerpt: Capitalist Family Values
We love to hear from our readers. Check out what people are saying on Amazon and Goodreads about some of our most recent titles: In Pursuit of Pennants by Mark Armour and Daniel Levitt “Tremendous book, essential reading for anybody … Continue reading A Word From Our Readers
An excerpt from Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West (August 2015) by Michael J. Dax. 1 Grizzly Americana After tracking the bear for two days, William Wright finally spotted it a few hundred yards above the edge of … Continue reading Excerpt: Grizzly West
Nancy Plain is the author of numerous children’s books, including This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon (2015) and Light on the Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska’s Pioneer Days (2012), winner of the Spur Award for Best Western … Continue reading From the desk of Nancy Plain: Solomon D. Butcher photographs
Tis the season for enjoying concerts, festivals, and sunshine. Our new reading list is full of books about summertime and music. If you haven’t found time to make it to a concert or festival, indulge yourself in one of these books to … Continue reading Reading List: Songs and Summer
An excerpt from The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins’s Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864-1891 edited by Cari M. Carpenter and Carolyn Sorisio (June 2015). INTRODUCTION “Winnemucca’s role as advocate made her the mightiest word warrior of her time.” —LaVonne Brown … Continue reading EXCERPT: The Newspaper Warrior
Patrick Dobson is a writer, historian, and ironworker with a PhD in history. He is the author of Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains (Nebraska, 2009) and newly released, Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer. Next … Continue reading From the desk of Patrick Dobson
An excerpt from Playing with the Big Boys: Basketball, American Imperialism, and Subaltern Discourse in the Philippines by Lou Antolihao (May 2015). Tatangkad din ako! (I will grow taller!) was the trademark catchphrase in a series of television advertisements promoting Growee, a … Continue reading EXCERPT: Playing with the Big Boys
