New Releases

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	The Impossible Dream: The Miracle of the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum By Karen Anson – Foreword by David L. Boren The history of the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum in a small Oklahoma town is not just the story of one town and its leaders, it is far more than that. In many ways it is an affirming story of what is possible in contemporary America.
	Proudly Protecting Oklahoma: The 75th Anniversary of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol By Bob Burke - Foreword by Mary Fallin The need for a state police force in Oklahoma became evident in the 1930s as the popularity of the automobile and the lack of paved roads caused a spike in traffic injuries and fatalities. Now, three quarters of a century later, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol is one of the most modern state police agencies in the nation. Using the latest in technology, the OHP continues to protect and serve the citizens of Oklahoma.
	Red Dirt Baseball-The First Decades: Small Town Professional Baseball in Oklahoma 1904-1919 By Peter G. Pierce Professional baseball came to the Twin Territories in 1904 with Oklahoma City, Guthrie, Enid, Chickasha, and Shawnee appearing in the Southwestern League and Ardmore, I.T. making a brief appearance in the Texas League. Twenty-eight Oklahoma cities and towns fielded teams in eleven different leagues between 1904 and 1919. Dozens of past and future Major Leaguers toiled in the bushes of the Sooner State. This book tells the story of those leagues and scores of ball clubs from Altus to Vinita along with hundreds of photos of towns, teams, and players.
	Eight Seasons of the Hererfords: Red Dirt Baseball in Ada By Peter G. Pierce Ada has a short but rich history in professional baseball. While only a handful of the hundreds of players who wore the flannel of the Herefords ever appeared in a Major League game, they left a fascinating human and social legacy and impact on Ada. Originally conceived as a chapter in a book in the Red Dirt Baseball series, information and photos from former players and their children provided enough to justify an expansion to a full book. Most of the photos in EIGHT SEASONS OF THE HEREFORDS appear publicly for the first time and the vignettes on owners, managers, and players, have been expanded from BASEBALL IN THE CROSS TIMBERS.
	Boys From the Bushes: From the Oklahoma Bush Tracks to the Big Apple By Lou Dean The true stories of the incredible men and women who as children began competitive horse racing on makeshift tracks in pastures that became breeding grounds for their dreams of becoming professional jockeys.
	Opala: In Faithful Service to the Law By Bob Burke and Ryan Leonard, Foreword by David L. Boren From Polish freedom fighter to Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the long life of Marian Opala was filled with danger, adventure and an inordinate thirst for knowledge. His profound devotion to the rule of law was the foundation of his character. Opala's somewhat mysterious past is preserved in the writing of this authorized biography that began a few months before his death in 2010. It is a story that traverses the emotions of war, romance and decision making at the highest levels of Oklahoma's judiciary.
	Beyond the Gate: My Journey as an Oklahoma Boy By John Wesley Raley, Jr., Foreword by Charles A. Johnson The newest edition to our Oklahoma Voices series, Beyond the Gate details John Welsey Raley Jr. life from the campus of Shawnee's Oklahoma Baptist University, to his later accomplishments as a saltwater sailor, federal prosecutor, trial lawyer and civic leader.
	More Than A Championship: The 2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys By Robert Allen and Mike Gundy, Foreword by Eddie Sutton On the day that two of Oklahoma State University’s most promising athletes announced they would be delaying their entrance into the NFL and return to OSU for one final season, the seed was planted for More Than A Championship: The 2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys. From the press conference that launched the season to the Fiesta Bowl win, More Than A Championship celebrates the many successes and triumphs, as well as the failures and loss of life, the Cowboys program faced during its greatest season ever.