Bison Books

Bison Books It is now home for top-notch books about the trans-Mississippi West.

Launched in 1961 as University of Nebraska Press’s first trade imprint, Bison Books reflects the Press’s commitment to general-interest books that appeal to the educated reader.

"Anyone who lives among apex predators understands that encounters with them are more than encounters with the wild; the...
07/02/2025

"Anyone who lives among apex predators understands that encounters with them are more than encounters with the wild; they are encounters with the mystery," writes Karen Auvinen of GHOSTWALKER by Leslie Patten.

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Named a Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, by Frances Washburn, is a tale of...
07/01/2025

Named a Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, by Frances Washburn, is a tale of two families struggling to survive on the upper Great Plains during the 1960s.

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Tom Chorneau author of MRS. COOK AND THE KLAN, joins Ben Kieffer of Iowa Public Radio to discuss his new book which shed...
07/01/2025

Tom Chorneau author of MRS. COOK AND THE KLAN, joins Ben Kieffer of Iowa Public Radio to discuss his new book which sheds light on Myrtle Underwood Cook’s unsolved killing.

A conversation with author Tom Chorneau on his new book "Mrs. Cook & the Klan."

CHASING THE GHOST BEAR by Mike Stark is a journey into the bear’s enigmatic story—its life, disappearance, and rediscove...
06/26/2025

CHASING THE GHOST BEAR by Mike Stark is a journey into the bear’s enigmatic story—its life, disappearance, and rediscovery—and those trying to piece it together today.

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"Thompson’s extensive and accessible bicultural history is accompanied by new records and artwork, including illustratio...
06/25/2025

"Thompson’s extensive and accessible bicultural history is accompanied by new records and artwork, including illustrations and photographs, that immerse the reader in this dynamic and transformative era," writes Maggie Doherty for the Flathead Beacon.

When a history book includes a foreword written by the subject’s descendants, it signals that the author’s standard of accuracy goes beyond mere approval-seeking. It also serves as a poignant reminder that, although history is often contextualized as a series of sanitized dates, places, and name...

From the Desk of Jim Wilke: Frontier ComradesFRONTIER COMRADES examines LGBTQ+ experience in the American West through s...
06/25/2025

From the Desk of Jim Wilke: Frontier Comrades

FRONTIER COMRADES examines LGBTQ+ experience in the American West through six accounts of le***an, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. https://wp.me/p4J9AE-ha1

In this compelling firsthand account, Sonja Trom Eayrs tells the story of one Dodge County family farm in rural Minnesot...
06/24/2025

In this compelling firsthand account, Sonja Trom Eayrs tells the story of one Dodge County family farm in rural Minnesota to expose the abuses wrought by corporate factory farms.

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From the Desk of Pamela Carter Joern: The Psychic Was Right, After AllIn her latest book, AT THE CORNER OF PAST AND FUTU...
06/21/2025

From the Desk of Pamela Carter Joern: The Psychic Was Right, After All

In her latest book, AT THE CORNER OF PAST AND FUTURE, Joern explores the intersections of time and place, memory and truth, life and art.

Winner of the 2023 Nebraska Book Award, THE WOMEN WHO BUILT OMAHA tells the stories of groundbreaking women who transfor...
06/19/2025

Winner of the 2023 Nebraska Book Award, THE WOMEN WHO BUILT OMAHA tells the stories of groundbreaking women who transformed the city’s parks, co-founded Creighton University, helped run Boys Town, and so much more.

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Mark Spitzer takes readers on an investigation of the most fierce and fearsome freshwater grotesques to inspire both hat...
06/17/2025

Mark Spitzer takes readers on an investigation of the most fierce and fearsome freshwater grotesques to inspire both hatred and fascination in his book, BEAUTIFULLY GROTESQUE FISH OF THE AMERICAN WEST.

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'Big Ag's corporate culture of indifference has been years in the making' writes Sonja Trom Eayrs, Author of DODGE COUNT...
06/13/2025

'Big Ag's corporate culture of indifference has been years in the making' writes Sonja Trom Eayrs, Author of DODGE COUNTY, INCORPORATED. Read the article in the Star Tribune:

Here’s how it has played out in Minnesota.

Written with the help of Courtney Ryley Cooper, MEMORIES OF BUFFALO BILL offers an idealized account of William F. Cody'...
06/11/2025

Written with the help of Courtney Ryley Cooper, MEMORIES OF BUFFALO BILL offers an idealized account of William F. Cody's life from the perspective of his wife, Louisa.

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