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Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian.

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Book Cover for: Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion, Elliott West

Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion

Elliott West
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Rather amazed to be hanging out in the back cover of Elliott West’s new book with these superstars! If you are looking for a book to gift to the US West history nerd in your life, “Continental Reckoning” would be a great choice! @UnivNebPress https://t.co/bT783CN5ms

Hardcover, 2023

$44.95Member price:$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands, Juliana Barr

Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands

Juliana Barr
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Thanks for the shout out, @KevinLevin! Right now I’m reading: * Elizabeth Fenn’s *Encounters at the Heart of the World* * Juliana Barr’s *Peace Came in the Form of a Woman* @womnknowhistory #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/wIaW8r6Hse

Paperback, 2007

$40.00Member price:$38.00 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation, Karl Jacoby

Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation

Karl Jacoby
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@karl_jacoby I can believe that, actually. Yellowstone was and is still hard to get to - you don't just wander across it! And you know this already, but CRIMES AGAINST NATURE is one of my favorite books about national parks and about American history in general.

Paperback, 2014

$31.95Member price:$31.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House ... Yet, Ali Vitali

Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House ... Yet

Ali Vitali
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“Because questions about the relationship between gender, likability, and electability are so prevalent, Electable should be required reading for, well, pretty much everyone.” An excellent review of “Electable” by @lmchervinsky https://t.co/UNlfSvM8nS

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Book Cover for: Phase Six, Jim Shepard

Phase Six

Jim Shepard
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RT @TheBookMaven: #Top5BooksoftheWeek: PHASE SIX by Jim Shepard PUNCH ME UP TO THE GODS by Brian Broome THE QUIET BOY by Ben H. Winters…

Paperback, 2022

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: To Walk about in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner, Carole Emberton

To Walk about in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner

Carole Emberton
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Happy Book Day to the brilliant @CaroleEmberton! “To Walk About in Freedom” is an incredible work of history - go buy it! @womnknowhistory #twitterstorians https://twitter.com/caroleemberton/status/1501170161533001731

Paperback, 2023

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis Devoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild, Nate Schweber

This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis Devoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild

Nate Schweber
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For a new perspective on Julia (and Paul!) Child, check out @nateschweber's new book about their great friends Bernard and Avis DeVoto, "THIS AMERICA OF OURS"

Paperback, 2023

$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: In Whose Ruins: Power, Possession, and the Landscapes of American Empire, Alicia Puglionesi

In Whose Ruins: Power, Possession, and the Landscapes of American Empire

Alicia Puglionesi
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Thanks to everyone who responded to this query! I will be in conversation with @a_puglionesi about her new book, #InWhoseRuins, this week at @HarvardBooks. Join us and see if I ask your question! @ScribnerBooks https://twitter.com/megankatenelson/status/1512799837262995456

Hardcover, 2022

$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America, Megan Kate Nelson

Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America

Megan Kate Nelson
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Thank you @paul_jkrause for this thoughtful and generous review of #SavingYellowstone! “Megan Kate Nelson has recently become one of the greatest popular writers and historians of Americana and of the American West in particular”: @ScribnerBooks @womnknowhistory https://twitter.com/paul_jkrause/status/1525951657154068485

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Book Cover for: The Family Chao, Lan Samantha Chang

The Family Chao

Lan Samantha Chang
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Up now at @SixBridgesFest: Lan Samantha Chang (The Family Chao) and @OscarHokeah (Calling for a Blanket Dance) https://t.co/6onZu8B9dS

Hardcover, Large Print, 2022

$32.99Member price:$32.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)