MKN Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian.
Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion
Elliott WestMKNRather 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
Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands
Juliana BarrMKNThanks 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
Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation
Karl JacobyMKN@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)
Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House ... Yet
Ali VitaliMKN“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
Out of stock
Phase Six
Jim ShepardMKNRT @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
To Walk about in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner
Carole EmbertonMKNHappy 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
This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis Devoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild
Nate SchweberMKNFor 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
In Whose Ruins: Power, Possession, and the Landscapes of American Empire
Alicia PuglionesiMKNThanks 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
Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America
Megan Kate NelsonMKNThank 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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The Family Chao
Lan Samantha ChangMKNUp 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)