Awards and Honors Archive

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OU Press books receive awards!

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dbennie
– June 21, 2011Posted in: Awards and Honors

INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD WINNER, May 2011

OU Press book wins 2011 International Latino Book Award, which recognizes worldwide achievements in Latino literature. Bandido: The Life and Time of Tiburcio Vasquez by John Boessenecker, was a winner in the Best Biography (English) category. Latino Literacy Now, the non-profit organization that gave out the award, has been dedicated to advancing the cause of reading and promoting literacy in the Latino community since 1997.

NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS STUDIES ASSOCIATION WINNERS, May 2011

Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collective and Uneven Ground: American Indian Sovereignty and Federal Law by David E. Wilkins and K. Tsianina Lomawaima were voted among the top ten best books in Native American and Indigenous Studies of the first decade of the 21st Century.  The books were voted on by members of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, a professional organization dedicated to supporting scholars and others who work in the academic field of Native American and Indigenous studies.

TWO IPPY AWARD WINNERS, May 2011

Selected from thousands of entries, two OU Press books received IPPY Awards presented by Independent Publisher. Texas: A Historical Atlas by A. Ray Stephens won a Bronze award in the Reference category. Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo by Richard D. Rattenbury won a Silver award in the Table Books category. The “IPPY” Awards, launched in 1996 as the first awards program open exclusively to independent publishers, are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers.

WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA SPUR AWARD FINALISTS, June 2011

Three OU Press books are finalists for the Spur Awards which are given annually for distinguished writing about the American West. Bandido: The Life and Time Of Tiburcio Vasquez, by John Boessenecker was a finalist in the Best Western Nonfiction Biography.  Beyond Bear’s Paw: The Nez Perce Indians in Canada, by Jerome A. Greene and So Rugged & Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848 by Will Bagley are both finalists in the Best Western Nonfiction Historical category. The Spur Awards, given by the Western Writers of America, Inc. are among the oldest and most prestigious in American literature.

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Thomas Krause receives Robert H. Ruby Editorial Fellowship

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dbennie
– December 22, 2010Posted in: Awards and Honors, In The News, Press News

We congratulate Thomas Krause on receiving the Robert H. Ruby Editorial Fellowship at the University of Oklahoma Press. After earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Tom came to the University of Oklahoma last fall to earn an M.A. in Native American Studies. The Ruby Fellowship allows students to gain firsthand knowledge of and insight into publishing and acquisitions by assisting the OU Press Acquisitions Editor for American Indian studies. Fellowship students gain multifaceted experience by working directly with authors, honing their communication skills, and interacting with colleagues in the Press’s other departments. The fellowship is made possible through the generous support of Dr. Robert H. Ruby, an independent scholar who, with John A. Brown, is co-author of several successful and long-respected books published by the Press, including A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest, Third Edition (co-authored with Gary C. Collins).

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Matthew H. Spring Wins Cox Book Prize

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dbennie
– October 11, 2010Posted in: Awards and Honors, History of the United States, Military History

With Zeal and With Bayonets OnlyWe are proud to announce Matthew H. Spring has won the Cox Book Prize for his book With Zeal and With Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775 – 1783. The prize is awarded by the Society of the Cincinnati and was presented to Spring at a black-tie dinner on September 11.

This groundbreaking book offers a new analysis of the British Army during the “American rebellion” at both operational and tactical levels. Presenting fresh insights into the speed of British tactical movements, Spring discloses how the system for training the army prior to 1775 was overhauled and adapted to the peculiar conditions confronting it in North America.

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Lanterns on the Prairie is High Plains Book Award Finalist

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dbennie
– October 5, 2010Posted in: American Indian, Awards and Honors, History of the American West, In The News

In 1896, a young easterner named Walter McClintock arrived on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. A forest survey had brought him to Montana, but a chance encounter with a part-Blackfeet scout led him instead to a career as a chronicler of Plains Indian life.

McClintock is now well known as the author of two books about his experiences among the Blackfeet, but only a few of his photographs have ever been published. Lanterns on the Prairie features biographical and interpretive essays about McClintock’s life and work and presents more than one hundred of his little-known images.

Lanterns on the Prairie is a finalist for the 2010 High Plains Book Awards in the nonfiction category. Thirteen books have been selected as finalists for the 2010 High Plains Book Awards. The winners will be announced at The High Plains Book Awards Banquet on Friday, October 8, 2010 in Billings, MT.

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Matthew H. Spring Wins the Cox Book Prize

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dbennie
– August 2, 2010Posted in: Awards and Honors, History of the United States

With Zeal and Bayonets Only coverCongratulations to Matthew H. Spring, author of With Zeal and With Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775–1783, for winning The Cox Book Prize from The Society of the Cincinnati.

This prestigious prize has been awarded every third year since 1989 to the author of a distinguished work of American history in the era of the American Revolution published during the previous three years.

The prize is awarded by a committee consisting of members of the Society and distinguished academics in the field of early American history. The prize is made possible by an endowment gift of $100,000 from the family of Dr. H. Bartholomew Cox and was named in their honor in grateful recognition of their generosity and long service to the Society.