Archive for 'Sports'
It’s National Hunting and Fishing Day!
Aha! The perfect day, then, to let you know that we’ve brought back into print a great sportsman’s classic, Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smokies, by Jim Gasque.
Gasque’s classic 1948 work offers a period portrait of outdoor life in the Great Smoky Mountains. Filled with anecdotes, fishing and hunting stories, and recollections of legendary [...]
Posted: September 26th, 2008 under Sports.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
We have more than our share of serious baseball fans here at the UNC Press. Personally, I grew up a Washington Senators fan who turned his allegiances to the Baltimore Orioles after the Senators left town in the 1971. Our Associate Director here at the Press is also an Orioles fan as [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under History, North Carolina, Sports.
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BEA Report
The biggest annual trade show in the American book biz, BookExpo America was held in Los Angeles this year from May 29 to June 1. UNC Press had a double booth and featured several great books coming up on our Fall 2008 list. Pics of our booth and a peek at some forthcoming gems, after [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2008 under Appalachian Studies, Civil War, Cooking / Food, Crafts, Juvenile, Native American Studies, Sports, UNC Press News.
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