Latest book by noted Kansas State University historian earns top recognition
Monday, Oct. 24, 2016
MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University 1xbet sports betting professor is a winner of the Midwestern 1xbet sports betting Association's prestigious Hamlin Garland Prize, which isawarded to projects that represent the best in popular 1xbet sports betting writing about the American Midwest.
JamesSherow,a professor of 1xbet sports betting who has taught and researched at Kansas State University for more than 20 years, received the award with John Charlton for their book "Railroad Empire Across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey." The award was presented Oct. 21 at the annual meeting of the Midwestern 1xbet sports betting Association in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Charlton is a retired photographer for the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas.
"Railroad Empire Across the Heartland: Rephotographing Alexander Gardner's Westward Journey," which was also named a 2015 Kansas Notable Book by the State Library of Kansas, was published by the University of New Mexico Press. Gardner was a noted Civil War photographer who also documented the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad across Kansas, which started in 1867. In their book,Sherowand Charlton look at how the landscape has changed in the nearly 150 years since the railroad's construction.
"I'm truly excited to receive the Hamlin Garland Prize,"Sherowsaid. "As an academic historian, I'm delighted to see my work recognized for its appeal to a broad public audience."
Sherowis the author of four other books: "Manhattan," in 2013; "The Grasslands of the United States: An Environmental 1xbet sports betting ," in 2007; "A Sense of the American West: An Anthology of Environmental 1xbet sports betting ," in 1998; and "Watering the Valley: Development along the High Plains Arkansas River 1870-1950," in 1990.
He also has published four book chapters and 17 refereed articles. His teaching and research interests are environmental 1xbet sports betting , Kansas 1xbet sports betting , North American Indian 1xbet sports betting and the 1xbet sports betting of the American West.He also is the managing editor ofKansas 1xbet sports betting : A Journal of the Central Plains. He is currently completing his next book, a 1xbet sports betting of the Texas cattle trade and the Chisholm Trail.
He is actively involved in public 1xbet sports betting and historic preservation and served for 10 years as the governor-appointed Kansas historian on the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review. He also has served as mayor of the city of Manhattan.
The 1xbet sports betting department is in the College of Arts & Sciences.
