Rosemary Sekora and Anna Weir represent Team Publicity at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in May. Rosemary Sekora: In an incredible plot twist, all of … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Planet Building, the King of Surfing, and Other May Books
Awards Black Jesus and Other Superheroes Venita Blackburn Finalist for the 2018 Young Lions Fiction Award: “The Young Lions Fiction Award not only celebrates the rising stars in the world of literature, it also ensures that readers can look forward … Continue reading News and Reviews
It is not often that ordinary lives of men and women in American history end with an extraordinary story deserving of more attention. Lt. Benjamin Loring (1824–1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor. He commanded no armies … Continue reading How a Civil War sailor ends up at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865
Bridget Barry will be representing UNP at the American Association of Geographers annual meeting this year in New Orleans from April 10-14. The conference celebrates the latest in research and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience. Here are some of the books … Continue reading AAG preview
The Society for Military History annual begins tomorrow in Louisville, Kentucky. Visit booth 208 for our newest books! NEW in the Studies in War, Society, and … Continue reading SMH preview
The Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies annual meeting begins tomorrow in Reno, Nevada. Stop by our table to check out some of our newest books! San Miguel de Allende: Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site … Continue reading RMCLAS preview
The following is an excerpt from American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis (March 2018) by Allen M. Hornblum. From Chapter 1: “A Game of Society” There is no sensation in the sporting world so thoroughly enjoyable … Continue reading Excerpt: American Colossus
The following is by from Kimberly J. Lamay Licursi, author of Remembering World War I in America (March 2018). Lamay Licursi is an adjunct instructor of history at Siena College in New York. When I first began studying the United States in … Continue reading Marking the Centenary of World War I in America
The following is an excerpt from The General Who Wore Six Stars: The Inside Story of John C. H. Lee (March 2018) by Hank H. Cox. The foreword writer, Clarence E. McKnight Jr., is a retired three-star U.S. Army general and was … Continue reading Excerpt: The General Who Wore Six Stars
A version of this article originally appeared in an October 2017 issue of The Hill. Gregory J. Wallance is the author of The Woman Who Fought an Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring (Potomac Books, 2018) and a lawyer and writer … Continue reading From the Desk of Gregory J. Wallance: After a Century, End the Myth of Women In Espionage
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