Tag Archives: University of Nebraska Press

Wednesday’s Book Review: “Baseball’s New Frontier: A History of Expansion, 1961-1998”

Posted on February 15, 2017 by launiusr

Baseball’s New Frontier: A History of Expansion, 1961-1998. By Fran Zimniuch. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. One of the most significant changes to Major League Baseball (MLB) in the latter half of the twentieth century was its transformation from … Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, History, Sports | Tagged 1961-1998, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baseball’s New Frontier: A History of Expansion, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, Continental League, Florida Marlins, Fran Zimniuch, Houston Colt 45s/Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles/Anaheim Angels, MLB, mlb business, Neil Sullivan, New York Giants, New York Mets, oxford university press, Philadelphia A's, Russell D. Buhite, St. Louis Browns, The Continental League: A Personal History, The Dodgers Move West, University of Nebraska Press, Washington Senators, World Series | Leave a comment

Wednesday’s Book Review: “Extra Bases”

Posted on April 6, 2016 by launiusr

Extra Bases: Reflections on Jackie Robinson, Race, and Baseball History. By Jules Tygiel. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. Jules Tygiel, who passed away in 2008, had worked for many years on the history of race relations, baseball, and Jackie … Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, History | Tagged and Baseball History, Extra Bases: Reflections on Jackie Robinson, Jules Tygiel, race, University of Nebraska Press | Leave a comment

Wednesday’s Book Review: “Billy the Kid”

Posted on December 9, 2015 by launiusr

Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life. By Robert M. Utley. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. There are no fewer than 180 biographies, memoirs, and the like available concerning Bill the Kid (1859-1881), the rustler, gunman, and sometime cowhand. … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 1881-1981, Alexander A. McSween, Billy the Kid, Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life, Billy the Kid: His Life and Legend, Fort Stanton, Henry McCarty, Inventing Billy the Kid: Visions of the Outlaw in America, James Joseph Dolan, John Chisum, John Henry Riley, John Henry Tunstall, Jon Tuska, Lawrence G. Murphy, Lincoln County War, National Park Service, Pat Garrett, Robert M. Utley, Stephen Tatum, University of Nebraska Press, William H. Bonney | Leave a comment

Wednesday’s Book Review: “GPS Declassified”

Posted on July 1, 2015 by launiusr

GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones. By Richard D. Easton and Eric F. Frazier. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. Foreword by Rick W. Sturdevant. Illustrations, acknowledgments, abbreviations, notes, selected bibliography, index. Pp. xii – 301. ISBN: 978-1-61234-408-9. Hardcover … Continue reading →

Posted in Space | Tagged Brad Parkinson, Eric F. Frazier, global positioning system, GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones, KAL 007, Military Airlift Command (MAC), Naval Research Laboratory, navigation, NAVSTAR GPS (Navigation Signal Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System), Richard D. Easton, Roger Easton, Ronald Reagan, Soviet Air Force, space navigation, TIMATION, TRANSIT, University of Nebraska Press | 2 Comments

Wednesday’s Book Review: “Homesteading Space”

Posted on June 10, 2015 by launiusr

Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story. By David Hitt, Owen Garriott, Joseph P. Kerwin, with the diary of Alan L. Bean. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-080-3224-34-6. 548 pages. $29.95. Accounts by astronauts are sometimes entertaining, sometimes insightful and … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged Alan L. Bean, Carrying the Fire, David Hitt, Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story, Joseph P. Kerwin, Michael Collins, Owen Garriott, Paul J. Weitz, Pete Conrad, Skylab, University of Nebraska Press | 2 Comments

Wednesday’s Book Review: “Drama and Pride in the Gateway City: The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals”

Posted on October 30, 2013 by launiusr

Drama and Pride in the Gateway City: The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals. Edited by John Harry Stahl and Bill Nowlin. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. A number of years ago the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) began partnering … Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, History, Personal | Tagged 1960s, Bill Nowlin, Bob Gibson, Curt Flood, Drama and Pride in the Gateway City: The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals, History, John Harry Stahl, Lou Brock, New York Yankees, Playoffs, St. Louis Cardinals, University of Nebraska Press, World Series | Leave a comment

Wednesday’s Book Review: “The American West in Film”

Posted on September 11, 2013 by launiusr

The American West in Film: Critical Approaches to the Western. By Jon Tuska. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988 ed. I first read Jon Tuska’s study of the Hollywood Western in 1989 while traveling for the U.S. Air Force through … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Personal | Tagged Anthony Mann, Billy the Kid, Billy the Kid: His Life and Legend, Custer, Film, Howard Hawks, Jesse James, John Cawelti, John Ford, Jon Tuska, Sam Peckinpah, The American West in Film: Critical Approaches to the Western, The Six Gun Mystique, University of Nebraska Press, Westerns, Wyatt Earp | Leave a comment

Wednesday’s Book Review: “Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Spaceflight”

Posted on April 10, 2013 by launiusr

Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Spaceflight. By Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011. Hardcover with dustjacket. 344 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. ISBN 978-0-8032-1610-5. US $34.95. Should spaceflight in the United States be dominated by … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged American Rocket Society, Chris Dubbs, commercial space activities, Dennis Tito, Elon Musk, Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Evel Knievel, Gerard O'Neill, human colonies, ISS, Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Spaceflight, Robert Bigelow, Robert Goddard, Robert Truax, science, space tourism, SpaceShipOne, SpaceX, transportation, University of Nebraska Press | Leave a comment

Wednesday’s Book Review: “Holland’s Life of Abraham Lincoln”

Posted on July 25, 2012 by launiusr

Holland’s Life of Abraham Lincoln. By J.G. Holland. Introduction by Allen C. Guelzo. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Pp. viii, 552. Paper $22. With all of the hoopla over the completely fictional film about Lincoln’s vampire hunting, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Personal, Politics | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Allen C. Guelzo, Holland's History of Abraham Lincoln, J.G. Holland, University of Nebraska Press | Leave a comment