Adam Elder’s New Kids in the World Cup (Nebraska, 2022) is officially out today! Be sure to mark your calendars for some upcoming events celebrating this new book. New Kids in the World Cup is the origin story of modern American … Continue reading Upcoming Events Schedule for Adam Elder’s New Kids in the World Cup
Check out the list of books under the Nebraska imprint that are available in paperback for the first time! The Chalmers Race by Rick Huhn “This book goes beyond baseball, also giving readers an understanding of America itself after the … Continue reading New in Paperback this Fall
David Krell is the author of Our Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers in History, Memory, and Popular Culture. His most recent book is 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK (Nebraska, 2021). My original idea for a book about the 1962 … Continue reading From the Desk of David Krell: My Journey to 1962
Books Backcountry Ghosts Review in the Seattle Book Review: “This is an interesting story of how land in California, and in a larger sense the West, has shaped the history and the people of the region. I highly recommend this … Continue reading News and Reviews
Joseph Siegman is a Los Angeles–based entertainment executive and author of Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Nebraska, 2020). He founded the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979 and is its past chairman. WHO KNEW? … Continue reading From the Desk of Joseph Siegman: Jewish Sports Legends
Books How to Survive Death and Other Inceonveniences Sue William Silverman Praise from Lilith: “It’s both ironic and not that the title of the book mentions death, since if there was ever a guide for how to live, this is … Continue reading News and Reviews
The following has been excerpted from Sporting Realities: Critical Readings of the Sports Documentary (Nebraska, 2020), edited by Samantha N. Sheppard and Travis Vogan. Introduction Sports documentaries have never been more popular, prestigious, or visible. Such films won the Academy Award … Continue reading Excerpt: Sporting Realities
The following is an excerpt from Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Fifth Edition, (Nebraska, 2020) by Joseph Siegman. Lipman “Lip” Pike United States Born: May 25, 1845, New York, New York Died: October 10, 1893 … Continue reading Excerpt: Jewish Sports Legends
Patrick S. Washburn is a professor emeritus of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He is the author or editor of several books, including A Question of Sedition: The Federal Government’s Investigation of the Black Press during World War … Continue reading From the Desk of Patrick S. Washburn: The Importance of Asking “Why”
Kat D. Williams is a professor of American history at Marshall University. She is board president of the International Women’s Baseball Center and the author of Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star (Nebraska, 2020). Like … Continue reading From the Desk of Kat D. Williams: The Real Strength of Baseball
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