Bison Books

05/28/2026

The starling is the bird birders hate. Carrie-Edmund Laben reviews a recent starling book by Mike Stark. Spoiler alert: A comp with the extinct Passenger Pigeon is fascinating.

The starling is the bird birders hate. And yet... Starlings are talented and resourceful, inarguably brilliant and beautiful, and so very human. Carrie-Edmund Laben reviews a recent starling book by Mike Stark. Spoiler alert: A comp with the extinct Passenger Pigeon is fascinating.

05/26/2026

THE BEARS OF GRAND TETON by Sue Consolo-Murphy was featured in Cody Enterprise!

Sue Consolo-Murphy’s autobiographical narrative traces the history of bear management in Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole area, considering in particular bears’ interaction with livestock.

The history of black and brown bears in Yellowstone National Park differs from their existence in the smaller, neighboring park to the south.

05/21/2026

Happy first book birthday to THE ESSENTIAL BOOK OF PICKUP TRUCKS by Fred Haefele!

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to The Essential Book of Pickup Trucks (Bison Books, 2…

05/19/2026

"Modern readers will find the work both entertaining and informative.Often neglected in histories of the overland travel era, the tumult of the Utah War and its impact on western migration is an important element in understanding our past," writes Robert Clark for the Overland Journal. https://bit.ly/4ePxSwB

05/14/2026

On The Write Question, host Lauren Korn speaks to Sally Thompson, author of BLACK ROBES ENTER COYOTE'S WORLD, to discuss how the book was conceived and to dig into the figure of Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, his history and his motivations.

This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks to anthropologist Sally Thompson, author of ‘Black Robes Enter Coyote’s World: Chief Charlo and Father De Smet in the Rocky Mountains’ (Bison Books; University of Nebraska Press). In this, the first part of a two part conversation,...

05/07/2026

"The author proves Three Stars’s story as integral to understanding the Lakota experience in the late 19th century. The text is a must-read for scholars of modern American history," writes Nicholas Martin for the Tribal College Journal. https://bit.ly/4vUIJLM

05/01/2026

"It’s a treat to revel in this book’s potent mix of family and place—each an analog for the other, and like Wilder herself, 'strong except sometimes,'" writes Erika Howsare for Terrain.org of THE LAST COWS by Kathryn Wilder.

  The Last Cows: On Ranching, Wonder, and a Woman’s Heart By Kathryn Wilder Bison Books | 2025 | 284 pages    ll my life I have been strong except sometimes,” Kathryn Wilder writes in passing in her new book The Last Cows, as she recounts a day spent roping and branding calves. She’s caress...

04/28/2026

FISH CARS AND FISH CULTURE explores the intersection between the development of railroads and fish culture during the last half of the 1800s.

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04/27/2026

Excerpt: BUMMERLAND by Randolph Lewis

Randolph Lewis scours the soul of the country during the first Trump administration and pandemic era with a sharp eye and keen wit, looking for glimmers of democratic hope and redemption in America.

Randolph Lewis is a professor of American studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of “Navajo Talking Picture”: Cinema on Native Ground (Nebraska, 2012), Alanis Obomsawin: The…

04/24/2026

Happy first book birthday to ROOTED AT THE EDGE by Donna L. Erickson!

Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in social media posts, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Rooted at the Edge: Ranching Where the Old West and…