A Texas Journey: The Centennial Photographs of Polly Smith
Evelyn Barker

In 1935, Texas was preparing for its biggest celebration to date: a world’s fair to commemorate the centennial of its independence from Mexico. Centennial officials eager to publicize the event needed an abundance of photographic images that would put the state in the best possible light. They hired a young photographer, Polly Smith, who had recently ... read more

Cultural Contact and Linguistic Relativity among the Indians of Northwestern California
Sean O’Neill

Examines the linguistic relativity principle in relation to the Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk Indians

Despite centuries of intertribal contact, the American Indian peoples of northwestern California have continued to speak a variety of distinct languages. At the same time, they have come to embrace a common way of life based on salmon ... read more

Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith
Margot Kahn

The world of the rodeo cowboy—from the back of a bucking bronco

When asked in an interview what he most liked about rodeo, three-time world champion saddle-bronc rider “Cody” Bill Smith said simply, “Horses that buck.” Smith redefined the image of America’s iconic cowboy. Determined as a boy to escape a miner’s life in Montana, ... read more

Napoleon’s Enfant Terrible: General Dominique Vandamme
John G. Gallaher

A rare look at a Napoleonic general who was his own worst enemy

A dedicated career soldier and excellent division and corps commander, Dominique Vandamme was a thorn in the side of practically every officer he served. Outspoken to a fault, he even criticized Napoleon, whom he never forgave for not appointing him marshal. His military ... read more

Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918
John S. D. Eisenhower, Mitchell A. Yockelson

Coalition warfare among the British and Americans in WWI

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The combined British Expeditionary Force and American II Corps successfully pierced the Hindenburg Line during the Hundred Days Campaign of World War I, an offensive that hastened the war’s ... read more

William Clark: Indian Diplomat
Jay H. Buckley

Examines the long and influential public career of the famed explorer

For three decades following the expedition with Meriwether Lewis for which he is best known, William Clark forged a meritorious public career that contributed even more to the opening of the West: from 1807 to 1838 he served as the U.S. government’s most important ... read more

Three Days in the Shenandoah: Stonewall Jackson at Front Royal and Winchester
Gary Ecelbarger

Cuts through the myths surrounding two famous Civil War battles

The battles of Front Royal and Winchester are the stuff of Civil War legend. Stonewall Jackson swept away an isolated Union division under the command of Nathaniel Banks and made his presence in the northern Shenandoah Valley so frightful a prospect that it triggered ... read more

The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival
J. Diane Pearson, Patricia Penn Hilden

A compelling story of tragedy and heroism

Following the Nez Perce War of 1877, federal representatives promised the Nimiipuu who surrendered with Chief Joseph repatriation to their Pacific Northwest homes. Instead, they were driven into exile. This book tells the story of the Nimiipuu captivity and deportation and offers an in-depth ... read more

The Civil War in Arizona: The Story of the California Volunteers, 1861–1865
Andrew E. Masich

A narrative history and firsthand accounts of the Civil War in the Far West

“Riveting—a provocative study of human conflict and development that is both relevant and exceedingly well written.”—Civil War Book Review

Bull Run, Gettysburg, Appomattox. For Americans, these battlegrounds, all located in the eastern ... read more

The Power of Money in Congressional Campaigns, 1880–2006
David C.W. Parker

A new understanding of what really matters in our elections
Prevailing wisdom holds that the pivot of American political campaigns has shifted over the past century from the parties to the candidate. David C. W. Parker challenges this conventional notion, arguing that campaigns center on neither orientation but are, more simply, resource ... read more

Mack to the Rescue
Jim Lehrer

A new One-Eyed Mack novel takes on the politics of Middle America

When he’s not anchoring the NewsHour on PBS, Jim Lehrer may be found casting a satirical eye at America’s heartland in such books as Crown Oklahoma and The Sooner Spy. Mack to the Rescue is the latest of his successful One-Eyed Mack novels. ... read more

Finding a Fallen Hero: The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner
Bob Korkuc, James M. McCaffrey

An author’s quest to discover what really happened to his uncle in World War II

To all appearances, Anthony “Tony” Korkuc was just another casualty of World War II. A gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, Korkuc was lost on a bombing mission over Germany, and his family believed that his body had never been recovered. But when they ... read more

Saving Jack: A Man’s Struggle with Breast Cancer
Jack Willis, Alan B. Hollingsworth, M.D.

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A moving account of breast cancer from a surprising perspective
It isn’t just a woman’s disease: few men stop to consider it, but one in a thousand males contracts breast cancer.

Saving Jack is a moving first-person account of a ... read more

Pre-Removal Choctaw History: Exploring New Paths
Greg O’Brien

Essential essays on Choctaw history

In the past two decades, new research and thinking have dramatically reshaped our understanding of Choctaw history before removal. Greg O’Brien brings together in a single volume ten groundbreaking essays that reveal where Choctaw history has been and where it is going.

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Forced Federalism: Contemporary Challenges to Indigenous Nationhood
Lindsay G. Robertson, Jeff Corntassel, Richard C. Witmer II

A critical evaluation of a new era in American Indian policy

Over the past twenty years, American Indian policy has shifted from self-determination to “forced federalism,” as indigenous nations in the United States have encountered new threats from state and local governments over such issues as taxation, gaming, and homeland security. ... read more