The German Texas Frontier in 1853: Ferdinand Lindheimer's Newspaper Accounts of the Environment, Gold, and Indians
“This book is an important contribution to the controversy about the Hill Country Germans and their relationship to Native Americans.”—James C. Kearney, author of Nassau Plantation
Desire to Serve: The Autobiography of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
“Eddie Bernice Johnson lived FOR people, she spoke UP FOR people, and she LED steadfastly advocating FOR the rights of ALL!”—Danette Anthony Reed, international president and CEO, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
The Bird Cage Theater: The Curtain Rises on Tombstone, Arizona's National Treasure
“This is more than a book about one theater; it is a book that touches on the history of variety theaters in the West. I have never seen anything like it.”—Casey Tefertiller, author of Wyatt Earp: The Life behind the Legend
The US Eighth Air Force in World War II: Ira Eaker, Hap Arnold, and Building American Air Power, 1942–1943
“William Daugherty has described in amazing detail how the United States went from a seedling of bomber aviation resources to the most dominating air force in history.” —Terrence J Finnegan, Colonel, USAF (Retired), author of Shooting the Front: Aerial Reconnaissance Over the Western Front
Framing Oak Cliff: A Visual Diary of a Dallas Neighborhood
“In Framing Oak Cliff, rhythmic visual narratives are seen through a loving eye, revealing the profound essence of the everyday.”—Kenneth Josephson, preeminent American photographer
Felling
“Nee’s poems are magnificent, hard-earned, and have the resonance of art that intends to last.” —Carl Phillips, 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner for Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007–2020
About the UNT Press
The University of North Texas Press was founded in 1987 and published its first book in 1989. Though we are the newest university press in North Texas (following SMU Press and TCU Press), we have quickly become a leading press with the most titles in print and published (approximately 20-25 each year). We are fully accredited members of the Association of University Presses. Our books are distributed and marketed nationally and internationally through the Texas A&M University Press Consortium.New & Forthcoming Titles
Newly Published:
“ROBERT E. HOWARD will be the go-to resource for the next wave of serious Howard scholarship for the foreseeable future. This is an academic biography of Howard that is readable and approachable for a variety of audiences. Oliver makes incredible use of primary sources; first-rate detective work.”—Jonas Prida, editor of Conan Meets the Academy: Multidisciplinary Essays on the Enduring Barbarian
WARRIORS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY “Maria Jiménez is one of the most important Latinas in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This is an essential biography of a transnational political activist, organizer, and thinker placed in the context of Houston, a city that witnessed major global changes in the twentieth century.”—Cynthia Orozco, author of No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
FORT WORTH CHARACTERS 2 “Selcer has perfected the short profile format for Fort Worth history. His judgments of his subjects are based on solid research. He is very good at finding the humanity, in all of its ups and downs, in each subject. He is a meticulous researcher who pays enormous attention to detail.”—Quentin McGown, author of Remembering Fort Worth and Historic Photos of Fort Worth
New in paperback!
THE PHANTOM VIETNAM WAR “The Phantom Vietnam War will be the standard against which other memoirs are measured—Honodel is one hell of a good pilot and a great storyteller.” —–Earl H. Tilford, author of Crosswinds: The Air Force in Vietnam
LIFE AND DEATH IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS “Gillam, a ‘shake and bake’ sergeant, presents a good account of small unit infantry action during the war. He is very good at explaining the weaponry, tactics, and living conditions in the field.”-—James E. Westheider, author of The African-American Experience in Vietnam
