OU Press 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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Bud Wilkinson
It's almost @OU_Football season and we're feeling all sorts of school pride and nostalgia. The solution? Read "Bud Wilkinson and the Rise of Oklahoma Football" by John Scott and watch some #SoonerMagic happen! Learn more here ➡️https://t.co/ZzpYgogIiX @UofOklahoma @OUSportsDaily https://t.co/mjrYKJCAsl
Paperback, 1993
$11.95$5.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Girl Who Dared to Defy: Jane Street and the Rebel Maids of Denver
Jane L. Botkin
🎉Yay, @jane_l_botkin! Her latest book "The Girl Who Dared to Defy: Jane Street and the Rebel Maids of Denver" is a must-read. The paperback version will be released in September and is currently available for pre-order. https://t.co/szs1c03zXt https://t.co/PmBunfbcsT
Hardcover, 2021
$32.95$16.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Midst of Radicalism: Mexican American Moderates During the Chicano Movement, 1960-1978 Volume 3
Guadalupe San Miguel
Out Now! 'In the Midst of Radicalism: Mexican American Moderates during the Chicano Movement, 1960–1978' by Guadalupe San Miguel. https://t.co/WFHDaOYLsB https://t.co/suJ1P8qWUx
Paperback, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
John Bradstreet's Raid, 1758: A Riverine Operation of the French and Indian War
Ian MacPherson McCulloch
Out Now! "John Bradstreet's Raid, 1758: A Riverine Operation of the French and Indian War" by Ian Macpherson McCulloch. https://t.co/3ddFBN4ZUA https://t.co/MhLJubS3IG
Hardcover, 2022
$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cow Talk: Work, Ecology, and Range Cattle Ranchers in the Postwar Mountain West Volume 8
Michelle K. Berry
Out Now! "Cow Talk: Work, Ecology, and Range Cattle Ranchers in the Postwar Mountain West" by Michelle K. Berry. https://t.co/mKNxegb2L3 https://t.co/fzbiO22JFt
Paperback, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Prize for the Fire
Rilla Askew
"A very fine book and a major accomplishment.” - @storycircle. A new review of Rilla Askew's PRIZE FOR THE FIRE is now up from Story Circle Network! https://t.co/tFYlidGwpW https://t.co/GKt3T2nMPY
Hardcover, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Being Indigenous in Jim Crow Virginia: Powhatan People and the Color Line
Laura J. Feller
🎧Lunchtime Listen! OUP author Laura J. Feller was interviewed by Miranda Melcher with @NewBooksNetwork about her latest book BEING INDIGENOUS IN JIM CROW VIRGINIA. Tune in here - https://t.co/4MMcd01VFd
Paperback, 2024
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crooked Hallelujah
Kelli Jo Ford
The OUP staff bookclub wrapped up #WomensHistoryMonth with a discussion of CROOKED HALLELUJAH by #KelliJoFord, a beautiful novel of Cherokee matrilineal relationships! https://t.co/AfT0yVWvlo
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v. Oklahoma
Robert J. Miller
🎧Lunchtime Listen! @180099native: Assessing McGirt v. Oklahoma. Explore the importance of the decision in its historical and legal context, as laid out in the new book A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt V. Oklahoma. https://t.co/SHX2TSh9gz
Paperback, 2023
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Land Is Herland: Gendered Activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s to the 2010s Volume 1
Sarah Eppler Janda
Save the Date! @kgounews Reader's Club with @loganlayden will be live and on air 3/28 at 1pm to discuss "This Land Is Herland: Gendered Activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s to the 2010s" edited by Sarah Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin. Learn more here ➡️https://www.kgou.org/show/kgou-readers-club?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=kgou-enews// https://t.co/sJI6tSKJph
Paperback, 2021
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book