August
2010 PeligramNoteworthy Events Pelican in Pages Author Appearances
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Randy
Romero’s induction into the racing Hall of Fame will take place on
August 13 in Saratoga Springs, NY. The heroic story of his rise to the top
can be found in Randy
Romero’s Remarkable Ride ($25.00), by Bill Heller.
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John
E. Wade II,
the editor of How
to Achieve a Heaven on Earth ($19.95 pb), will give an
hour-long interview on the radio program “Answers for the Family.”
Nationally syndicated and broadcast by the Voice America Network,
the show will air at 5:00 pm CST on Wednesday, August 4.
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Al
Kennedy,
author of Big
Chief Harrison and the Mardi Gras Indians ($35.00) will be
interviewed on WDSU-TV, Channel 6, New Orleans’ NBC affiliate. Airing
August 2 at 8:30 am, the interview will support Kennedy’s
August 7 book signing at Stella Jones Gallery.
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The
Gulf Coast oil
spill has affected some Pelican authors on a personal level. Jerald
and Glenda
Horst lived and worked with
the L ouisiana
fishing community for years. Their Louisiana
Seafood Bible Series ($25.00)
includes in-depth interviews with commercial
fishermen
and their families, along with recipes many of them have provided. The
books look at the industry of a particular seafood
including history and operation.
Pelican’s publisher and the assistant to the publisher enjoyed a
wonderful evening meal of Louisiana Seafood at Mosca’s Restaurant with
the current class of interns. Crab Salad, Oysters Mosca, and Barbecued
Shrimp, the restaurant’s signature dishes, were enjoyed by all. Good
seafood is still possible in Louisiana.
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 David
Davis
has won the 2010 KidLit! Fellowship for Writing for Children and Young
Adults, which was awarded by the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in
Eureka Springs, AR. They announced that “Davis’s flair for
storytelling is apparent in his highly acclaimed children’s books.”
Davis’s Jazz
Cats ($15.95) was selected for the Accelerated Reader Program
and was a finalist for the Texas Golden Spur Award. It was also named to
the Children’s Top 100 List along with Ten
Redneck Babies: A Southern Counting Book ($15.95). His other
books, which KidLit! award committee members say, “contain words to set
the imagination free,” include Texas
Aesop’s Fables ($15.95), Texas
Mother Goose ($16.99). Texas
Zeke and the Longhorn ($15.95),
Rock
'n' Roll Dogs ($15.95),
Librarian's
Night Before Christmas ($15.95), Redneck
Night Before Christmas ($15.95), Trucker’s
Night Before Christmas ($15.95), and his latest title, A
Southern Child’s Garden of Verses ($16.99).
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Note
from the Publisher
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 The
Sixty-eighth Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Reunion was held on April 16-18,
2010. The pilots who volunteered for a secret mission during WWII were the
first to attack the Japanese mainland. The event went down in history as a
classic example of heroism for American airmen. More of this amazing story
is told in John
Chandler Griffin’s biography Lt.
Bill Farrow: Doolittle Raider ($24.95). Lt. Bill Farrow (beheaded by the Japanese) was posthumously awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross and earned the admiration and respect of a
grateful nation. The 1942 raid provided a boost in morale for the American
public during the dark days of the war.
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Pelican in Pages
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 Houston
Classic Desserts ($15.95), by Erin
Miller will be reviewed
in the August 15 issue of Library Journal
A
review of the upcoming Pelican title Magic
of Giving ($16.99), by Marc Dunston,
will be included in the August issue of Charleston Magazine.
A
review of Lincoln
Uber Alles:
Dictatorship
Comes to America
($24.95)
by John
Avery Emison, appears in the July/August issue of Confederate
Veteran magazine.
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Praise for Pelican Titles |
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 Cakes
to Die For!
($26.95), by Bev
Shaffer.
“Looking over the 175 recipes, many of them beautifully
photographed, my mouth began to water and I wanted to head for the kitchen
to try whipping up one of the lovely confections.
These cakes I’ve decided are worth the calories.”
—Joanna
Brady Schmida, Key West (FL) Citizen
Jack
Hinson’s One-Man War
($25.95), by Tom
C. McKenney.
“The book is well written, well edited, and easy to read.”
—On
Point: The Journal of Army History
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Author Appearances |
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Rickey
E. Pittman,
author of Stonewall
Jackson’s Black Sunday School ($16.99).
August 9 (Mon.) 1:00 pm: Barnes
& Noble Booksellers, Tanglewood Mall, 4478 Electric Rd.,
Roanoke, VA 24018;
book signing
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Randy
Romero,
subject of Randy
Romero’s Remarkable Ride
($25.00).
August 12 (Thurs.) 10:00 am-1:00 pm: National Museum of Racing and
Hall of Fame, 191 Union Ave.,
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866; book signing | |
Betsy Barber
Bancroft,
author of Wild
Honeysuckle ($15.95) and Green
Again ($15.95).
August 21 (Sat.) 10:00 am-1:00 pm: Anderson-Barnes
Antiques, Lillian Moore Bed & Breakfast, 102 W. Monroe St., Marion, AL
36756; book signing
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Rose
Madeline Mula, author of The
Beautiful People and Other Aggravations ($14.95 pb).
August 21 (Sat.) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Barnes & Noble Booksellers,
Northshore Mall, 210 Andover
St.,
Peabody, MA 01960; book signing
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Lois
V. Harris,
author of Mary
Cassatt: Impressionist Painter ($15.95)
and Charlie
Russell: Tale-Telling Cowboy Artist ($16.99).
August 24 (Tues.) Time TBA: Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific
Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402; presentation
August
31 (Tues.) 7:00 pm: Village
Books, 1200
11th Street,
Bellingham
,
WA
98225
; book signing
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