Mystery Number 2

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Whetting the Appetite

Dramatic scenes from classic Westerns. Polished hyperbole across pages of written accounts. Images of two people who may, or may not, have been what legend has made them into.

Those are the kind of things that historians must contend with when researching and writing about Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, two of the most legendary Wild West characters in history.

Check out the short video at www.sdshspress.com for the new book Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane: Deadwood Legends. How much do you think you know about these two? Is any of it true?

More good press about Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Homesteader made another circular connection in the world of blogs and web 2.0.
Check out the post here.

Platte County Record Times article

A short article about Along the Grapevine Trail appeared in a recent edition of the Platte County Record Times of Wheatland, Wyoming. The article provides a bit more background information about author Starley Talbott and the reasons she wanted to write this book.

A wonderful typo appears towards the end of the article, but I won’t spoil it, I’ll just let you find it for yourself!

Squidoo to you too

Squidoo

Check out the latest web 2.0 page for the new book, Waiting for Coyote’s Call at Squidoo.

It’s only just up and running, so be patient for a bit as we add more and more content. Pass on the word if you do Squidoo and let all your friends know about it.

Prairie-Dog Prince to Printer

Annie from the Prairie-Dog Prince

The third prairie tale is at the printer. That means that all of our books for 2008 are either in the printing process or on their way to us from the printer.

The Prairie-Dog Prince looks fantastic and we can’t wait to see the finished book. There are some wonderful posters being printed for the book as well, so if you are a librarian, bookstore owner, or teacher, and would like a poster or two to display, just email the Press and let us know.

the forward looking publishing business

Just as we’re beginning to receive our 2008 books we have begun to look to 2009. As a sneak preview, here are some of the topics that our books will be covering next year.

Tourism in the Black Hills
Seth Bullock
the 4th Prairie Tale
small town South Dakota memoirs
Populism

Nothing is set in stone yet, but it gives you an idea of the kind of thing we are working on.

New books about to arrive

Mystery of the Tree Rings

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They are on the trucks and heading this way.

We’re expecting Waiting for Coyote’s Call and The Mystery of the Tree Rings to arrive this week from the printers. As always, we’re excited to see the finished books, and to ship them off to their new homes, wherever that may be.

Following the signing of a new distribution deal with a company in the United Kingdom last week, we’re hoping that some of these books will find their way across the pond as well.

Listen to Dance in a Buffalo Skull

The cover

Visit the www.sdshspress.com site and you can listen to Dance in a Buffalo Skull in a downloadable audio file.

We’re going video crazy

Check out the Along the Grapevine Trail Facebook page for another short video piece.

Also, the Press has its own dedicated Facebook page now as well.