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This is the eighth anniversary of Capital A Publications! I remember my very first day very clearly–spent in my temporary office, working on the index for The Land Beyond: Italian Migrants in the Westward Movement, by Dr. Gloria Lothrop, and … Continue reading →

A new book just came in from the printer, and I’m very excited about it. George Carson: Los Angeles Pioneer, by Judson A. Grenier, is another collaboration with the Historical Society of Southern California. Grenier’s association with the Carson family … Continue reading →

The spring 2014 Overland Journal has just gone to the printer! Here is the mailing wrap (more about why we do the wrap here). On the cover of this issue is Karl Bodmer’s Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief, engraving … Continue reading →

I saw this artwork at the new Journalism building at the University of Montana, where I went to school. The artist is Lloyd G. Schermer, the former publisher of the Missoulian, and the sculpture is composed of antique wood type, … Continue reading →

New from Will Bagley, historian extraordinaire: 412 pages of bibliographical information for accessing more than 2,500 primary accounts and almost 2,000 secondary sources of emigrants’ experiences on the Oregon and California Trails. “Across the Plains, Mountains, and Deserts: A Bibliography … Continue reading →

I got a call from Leonard Brant today. He reported that his book, Kootenai Indians of the Columbia Plateau, is selling very quickly, and he’s only got ten copies left! Jonna and I worked on his book this summer; here’s … Continue reading →

“It’s a narrative story; it gives pioneers voice,” said author Jeff Broome last week, as I interviewed him on the phone. “Each individual one. And brings them to life. They’ve been lost.” Back in the late 1700s Congress passed a … Continue reading →

This has been another amazing year. I worked on ten different books–most of which are now complete–and three issues of Overland Journal. We’ve got some very fun projects on the calendar for 2014, including hopefully finishing a book that’s been … Continue reading →