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This new edition of the first comprehensive history of the financing, construction, growth, and management of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway includes nearly twenty-five more years of history.

Journey to Freedom provides the first detailed history of Black enslavement in Nebraska Territory and the escape of two enslaved Black women-Celia and Eliza Grayson-from Nebraska City in 1858 to debate whether slavery could exist in the West, and whether popular sovereignty truly worked"--

Between Soil and Society traces the history and development of conservation policy, especially as it compares to, and interacts with, the development of farm policy and such factors as climate change.

The never-before-published memoir of Waite Hoyt, Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees in their first dynasty decade, longtime Cincinnati Reds broadcaster after his playing career, and vaudeville star, funeral director, oil painter, and alcoholic.

Brent M. Rogers interconnects the histories of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the Mormons from the 1870s through the early 1900s"--

My Grandfather's Altar is an oral-literary narrative account of Richard Moves Camp's family history and traditions.

A Connected Metropolis describes Los Angeles’s rise in the early twentieth century as catalyzed by a series of upper-class debates about the city’s connections to the outside world.

Without Warning captures the story of the deadliest tornado in the history of Kansas, chronicling a massive disaster as it unfolds and the many challenges of rebuilding.

Road to Nowhere is the story of how the Mets and the Yankees played through several mediocre seasons from 1990 to 1996 but built teams that would help drive their ascendancy the rest of the decade.

Changing Woman invokes one of the Southwest’s most infamous massacres, the slaughter of Aravaipa Apaches near Camp Grant in 1871, through the eyes of Valeria Obregón, a settler in Tucson, and Nest Feather, a young Apache woman.

Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas.

James Robbins Jewell examines the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment’s role in protecting and policing the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War.

Clayton Anderson recounts his quest to become an astronaut and his experiences during his fifteen years as an astronaut.

Washington State Politics and Government explains how the many parts of government function and introduces readers to a diverse array of people who are actually in government, including how they got there and what it is they’re trying to do.

Spencer D. Segalla examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco, and France and explores how environmental catastrophes impacted the dissolution of France’s empire in North Africa.

Life in the G details the G League experience and the relentless pursuit of the NBA dream through the lens of the Birmingham Squadron’s inaugural season.

Of Love and War details the intimate relationships forged during wartime between women and U.S. servicemen stationed in the South Pacific, traces the fate of wartime marriages, and addresses consequences for the women and children left behind.

This seventeenth installment in the complete collection of Henry James’s known and extant letters records James’s ongoing efforts to care for his sister, develop his work, strengthen his professional status, build friendships, engage timely political and economic issues, and maximize his income.

By turns introspective, surreal, and bitingly funny, this collection of linked short stories spans seven decades across Japan and the United States and shows a family’s tenacity in the face of relationships fractured by language and distance.

Galloping Gourmet is a culinary biography, a deep dive into the different roles food and drink played in William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s life.