University of Missouri Press
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Visit our Facebook: http://bit.ly/3VoCw8p We publish important scholarly books in the areas of U.S. History, Military History, Sports History, Indigenous Studies, African American History.
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We would like to congratulate Patricia Cleary, author of MOUND CITY: The Place of the Indigenous Past and Present in St. Louis, for winning the Missouri History Book Award for the best book published on the history of Missouri and its people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We would like to congratulate Patricia Cleary, author of MOUND CITY: The Place of the Indigenous Past and Present in St. Louis, for winning the Missouri History Book Award for the best book published on the history of Missouri and its people.
THE GHOSTS OF MARK TWAIN: A Study of Manhood, Race, and the Gothic Imagination by Ann M. Ryan is now available! Find the book here:
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November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
THE GHOSTS OF MARK TWAIN: A Study of Manhood, Race, and the Gothic Imagination by Ann M. Ryan is now available! Find the book here:
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Our Spring & Summer 2026 catalog is available! We invite you to download the full catalog and explore the range of upcoming titles publishing between January and June 2026, and available for pre-order now.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Our Spring & Summer 2026 catalog is available! We invite you to download the full catalog and explore the range of upcoming titles publishing between January and June 2026, and available for pre-order now.
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On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 6:30pm, Judith Yaross Lee, coeditor of SEEING MAD, will discuss the impact of MAD Magazine at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 6:30pm, Judith Yaross Lee, coeditor of SEEING MAD, will discuss the impact of MAD Magazine at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
For more information:
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For more information:
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Elizabeth Atwood, author of DEADLINE: 200 Years of Violence Against Journalists in the United States, will discuss the book at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 on Friday, November 21 from 6pm to 7:30pm EST.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Elizabeth Atwood, author of DEADLINE: 200 Years of Violence Against Journalists in the United States, will discuss the book at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 on Friday, November 21 from 6pm to 7:30pm EST.
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Celebrate University Press Week with us Nov 10-14 by browsing this reading list of amazing University Press publications from University Presses across the US and beyond! #TeamUP #ReadUP
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November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Celebrate University Press Week with us Nov 10-14 by browsing this reading list of amazing University Press publications from University Presses across the US and beyond! #TeamUP #ReadUP
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Sean Rost, author of CATCHING HELL FROM ALL QUARTERS: Anti-Klan Activists in Interwar Missouri, was interviewed about his new book on KY3. Watch the full interview here:
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November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sean Rost, author of CATCHING HELL FROM ALL QUARTERS: Anti-Klan Activists in Interwar Missouri, was interviewed about his new book on KY3. Watch the full interview here:
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On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 6:30pm, Judith Yaross Lee, coeditor of SEEING MAD, will discuss the impact of MAD Magazine at the Cincinnati Art Museum. For more information:
cincyae.com/event/cam-pr...
cincyae.com/event/cam-pr...
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 6:30pm, Judith Yaross Lee, coeditor of SEEING MAD, will discuss the impact of MAD Magazine at the Cincinnati Art Museum. For more information:
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KC Studio Magazine said this about SHARING THE LOVE OF GARDENING: The History of The Westport Garden Club:
"Wolferman deftly guides the reader through the club’s conception and birth and the myriad projects its garden-obsessed, hardworking and dedicated members have conceived and executed."
"Wolferman deftly guides the reader through the club’s conception and birth and the myriad projects its garden-obsessed, hardworking and dedicated members have conceived and executed."
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
KC Studio Magazine said this about SHARING THE LOVE OF GARDENING: The History of The Westport Garden Club:
"Wolferman deftly guides the reader through the club’s conception and birth and the myriad projects its garden-obsessed, hardworking and dedicated members have conceived and executed."
"Wolferman deftly guides the reader through the club’s conception and birth and the myriad projects its garden-obsessed, hardworking and dedicated members have conceived and executed."
THE DAY THEY HANGED OLD BROWN: The Making of Celebrity and Martyrdom in the Civil War Era by John R. Van Atta is now available! Find the book here:
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November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
THE DAY THEY HANGED OLD BROWN: The Making of Celebrity and Martyrdom in the Civil War Era by John R. Van Atta is now available! Find the book here:
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Dwayne Eutsey's Oct. 29 lecture presented by the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies is now available on YouTube. Find the link here:
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November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Dwayne Eutsey's Oct. 29 lecture presented by the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies is now available on YouTube. Find the link here:
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TOUCHING HOME: Baseball and the Liberal-Republican Tradition in America by Mary Craig is now available. Find the book here:
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October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
TOUCHING HOME: Baseball and the Liberal-Republican Tradition in America by Mary Craig is now available. Find the book here:
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Dwayne Eutsey, author of THERE IS NO HUMOR IN HEAVEN: Mark Twain and Religious Liberalism, will deliver a lecture about the book at the Chemung Valley Museum, 415 E. Water Street, Elmira, NY, 14901, on October 30 at 7PM EST.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dwayne Eutsey, author of THERE IS NO HUMOR IN HEAVEN: Mark Twain and Religious Liberalism, will deliver a lecture about the book at the Chemung Valley Museum, 415 E. Water Street, Elmira, NY, 14901, on October 30 at 7PM EST.
For more information:
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Dwayne Eutsey, author of THERE IS NO HUMOR IN HEAVEN: Mark Twain and Religious Liberalism, will deliver a lecture about the book at the Barn at Quarry Farm, 131 Crane Road, Elmira, NY 14901, on Wednesday, October 29, at 7PM EST.
For more information:
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October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dwayne Eutsey, author of THERE IS NO HUMOR IN HEAVEN: Mark Twain and Religious Liberalism, will deliver a lecture about the book at the Barn at Quarry Farm, 131 Crane Road, Elmira, NY 14901, on Wednesday, October 29, at 7PM EST.
For more information:
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For more information:
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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all our platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all our platforms wins a free copy of the book:
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all our platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all our platforms wins a free copy of the book:
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Read an excerpt from INTERSTATE '85: The Royals, the Cardinals, and the Show-Me World Series by Marshall Garvey on the University of Missouri Press blog:
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October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Read an excerpt from INTERSTATE '85: The Royals, the Cardinals, and the Show-Me World Series by Marshall Garvey on the University of Missouri Press blog:
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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
October 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:
This week we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series.
Author Marshall Garvey has immortalized the series in his new book, INTERSTATE ’85. We’ll be offering a discount, as well as book giveaways.
Use discount code SHOWME40 to receive 40% off and free shipping!
Author Marshall Garvey has immortalized the series in his new book, INTERSTATE ’85. We’ll be offering a discount, as well as book giveaways.
Use discount code SHOWME40 to receive 40% off and free shipping!
October 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This week we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series.
Author Marshall Garvey has immortalized the series in his new book, INTERSTATE ’85. We’ll be offering a discount, as well as book giveaways.
Use discount code SHOWME40 to receive 40% off and free shipping!
Author Marshall Garvey has immortalized the series in his new book, INTERSTATE ’85. We’ll be offering a discount, as well as book giveaways.
Use discount code SHOWME40 to receive 40% off and free shipping!
Midwest Book Review said CATCHING HELL FROM ALL QUARTERS: Anti-Klan Activists in Interwar Missouri by Sean Rost is an "original, seminal, and groundbreaking study."
October 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Midwest Book Review said CATCHING HELL FROM ALL QUARTERS: Anti-Klan Activists in Interwar Missouri by Sean Rost is an "original, seminal, and groundbreaking study."
In an article in the Columbia Daily Tribune, the Daniel Boone Regional Library called THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM: A History a "compelling narrative of this Kansas City museum’s creation in 1933, highlighting people, events and ambitions."
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October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In an article in the Columbia Daily Tribune, the Daniel Boone Regional Library called THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM: A History a "compelling narrative of this Kansas City museum’s creation in 1933, highlighting people, events and ambitions."
www.columbiatribune.com/story/entert...
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Join Rabia Gregory, co-editor of CONFLUENCES: Religion, Health, and Diversity in Missouri, for a discussion about the book on Wednesday, October 22, 4:30-6:30 pm, at the MU Student Center, 2206 B&C.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Join Rabia Gregory, co-editor of CONFLUENCES: Religion, Health, and Diversity in Missouri, for a discussion about the book on Wednesday, October 22, 4:30-6:30 pm, at the MU Student Center, 2206 B&C.
For more information:
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For more information:
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The Missouri Historical Review said CATCHING HELL FROM ALL QUARTERS by Sean Rost is a "valuable addition to the literature, a valiant effort at shifting focus in studies of the racist and nativist interwar Ku Klux Klan movement to forefront those working to counter the Klan.”
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Missouri Historical Review said CATCHING HELL FROM ALL QUARTERS by Sean Rost is a "valuable addition to the literature, a valiant effort at shifting focus in studies of the racist and nativist interwar Ku Klux Klan movement to forefront those working to counter the Klan.”