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August | 2009 | |
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Noteworthy Events Pelican in Pages Author Appearances
Quotes from the Media |
On Friday, August 14, at 2:00 pm, country music star Ronnie
McDowell, television personality and author Edie Hand, and
music
producer, songwriter, and performer Joe
Meador will launch their new book The
Genuine Elvis: Photos and Untold Stories about the King
($14.95), in the "Elvis Lives" exhibit at Graceland. They
will be joined by Ray Walker of the Grammy Award-winning Jordanaires, who
performed with Elvis in the 1950s; Louise Smith; and Charlie Watts in this
Elvis extravaganza event.
The book's kickoff coincides with Grace Land's annual Elvis Week festivities. Memphis's ABC 24 Eyewitness News Midday will interview the authors on Thursday, August 13 as part of their Elvis Week segment. In addition to the 11:00 am interview, Ronnie McDowell will treat the audience to a performance including his 1977 breakthrough hit "The King is Gone," which is a tribute to the immortal King of Rock and Roll. The authors will continue a circuit of appearances, concerts, and media events throughout the fall, including a book signing at the Country Music Hall of Fame in September. More information about their appearances will be announced in upcoming issues of this newsletter. |
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Krista Reese will talk about Atlanta Classic Desserts ($15.95) in a radio interview on August 26. Globaltalkradio.com will broadcast the segment between 5:00 and 5:50 pm EST in three sixteen-minute segments. |
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Patrick and the Three Brave Mice ($15.95), by Joyce
Stengel and illustrated by Herb Leonhard, was recently added to
the Accelerated Reader list. The book relates the legend of St.
Patrick's removal of all of Ireland's snakes, only this time he has a
little help from a courageous bystander and her friends.
Deb Fowler, a top-ranking Amazon reviewer had this to say about the heartwarming children's book: "The tale is lively and exciting and the impressive illustrations and will catch the eye of young and old alike. The Irish have a special gift for storytelling and you won't be disappointed with Joyce Stengel's rendition of a bit of Irish folklore!" |
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Interns are flocking to the Gretna Pelican office. We have a record number this summer: nine, with seven at one time. Students are interested in the industry for a variety of reasons. "The best part," says Shelita Dalton, a local who is planning to enter the magazine industry and publish her own books some day, "is that we get to do things that matter, work that the staff would have to do themselves if we weren't here." Sharp minds and positive attitudes are always welcome at Pelican. For anyone interested in a fall or summer internship with the company, application guidelines are available at http://www.pelicanpub.com/interngd.htm. |
A Letter from a Soldier |
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A
letter from an active duty soldier praises the musical performance of
Pelican author and music superstar
"This morning I got up at 0500 and
proceeded to the gym to get some exercise. I got there at 0530 and decided
I would exercise on the elliptical machine. The TV was on Fox News. At
0600, Mike Huckabee came on. He stated that the program would be a
tribute to our country. Keep in mind that what we are watching at 0600 is
being broadcast on the East Coast back home at 11 pm, Sunday, July 5. So
here we are, a bunch of soldiers, working out on these exercise machines,
watching Huckabee and his patriotic show. "He had Lee Greenwood and his band sing and play. Of course in Lee Greenwood tradition, the song was God Bless the U.S.A. As the song began, we just continued exercising. Beside me was a rather large, jolly man with a strong Spanish accent. He appeared to be Puerto Rican. When we got the chorus, this man started singing at the top of his lungs, 'I'm proud to be an American' with this Spanish accent. Then he stopped his machine and stood beside it at attention and continued to sing. Suddenly, others stopped exercising and joined in. I did too. Then this big Hispanic soldier puts his arm around my shoulders in an 'man's hug.' He sang louder. So did everybody else. All of the machines had ceased by this time and we all joined together, arms on one another's shoulders singing, 'I'll proudly stand up next to her and defend her still today.' these are soldiers who truly were 'defending her today, this very day on foreign soil in a combat zone. The big guy beside me had
tears streaming down his face. So did others, so did I. Maybe not big
elephant tears, but my --Maj. Sgt. Rodney Whaley Lee Greenwood is the recipient of a Patriot's Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, the Academy of Country Music's Male Vocalist of the Year, and the Air Force American Spirit Award. He has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees plus an appointment as brevet major general of the U.S. Air Force. Greenwood has released sixteen albums and performs worldwide throughout the year. His God Bless the U.S.A. Gift Book ($5.95) and biography, God Bless the U.S.A.: Biography of a Song ($19.95 pb), cowritten with Gwen McLin are both available from Pelican. |
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The Beijing Holybird Culture Development Co., Ltd., purchased rights to publish The Psychology of Persuasion: How to Persuade Others to Your Way of Thinking ($24.94), by Kevin Hogan, in Chinese Simplified Characters. Indian publisher R. R. Sheth & Co. purchased world rights to See You at the Top: 25th Anniversary Edition Revised and Updated($25.00), by Zig Ziglar, and translated the book into the Gujarati language. |
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The
Glorious Fourth of July: Old-Fashioned Treats and Treasures from America's
Patriotic Past
($19.95), "Nostalgic but noble book" --Antique and
Collectible News Service Dallas Classic Desserts ($15.95), by Helen Thompson "A feast in more ways than one." --Gail Cooke,
top ten Amazon reviewer Atlanta Classic Desserts ($15.95), by Krista Reese "Fair warning: though your diners may never have made it down South, they may well experience a spontaneous desire for rocking chairs, front porches and (especially after Bourbon Ice Cream) unseasonable heat." --Publishers Weekly "If you're on the hunt for a unique gift, look no further than Atlanta Classic Desserts." --Flavors Magazine |
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The Genuine Elvis: Photos and Untold Stories about the King ($14.95), by Ronnie McDowell, Edie Hand, and Joe Meador, will be included in an upcoming August issue of American Profile, the weekly magazine supplement that has a circulation of ten million. A review of The
Flags
of Civil War Missouri
($22.00), by Glenn
Dedmondt, was included in the July/August issue of |
eyes were beyond moist. This room had a big glass front to it. Across the
hall, with a glass front was the weight lifting room. By the time we hit the
last chorus, the folks over there had stopped their weight-lifting and were
watching this little band of old soldiers, arms around one another's
shoulders, with tears in their eyes singing 'God Bless the U.S.A.!' When the
song was over, we looked at one another like, what just happened here!' We
got back on our machines, continued our exercise session and FOX News went
to a commercial: It is a moment I'll never forget. "
| Donald
L. Gilmore, author of Civil
War on the Missouri-Kansas Border ($29.95)
August 15 (Sat.): 147th Anniversary of the Battle of Lone Star at Lone Jack Battlefield Park, 301 South Bynum Rd., Lone Jack, MO 64070; signing August 22 (Sat.), 11:00 am-1:00 pm: The Book Barn, 410 Delaware St., Leavenworth, KS 66048; signing |
| Tom
C. McKenney, author of Jack
Hinson's One-Man War ($25.95)
August 9 (Sun.): Carter House, 1140 Columbia Ave., Franklin, TN 37064; signing August 11 (Tue.): SCV event, Clarksville, TN; details TBA August 14-16 (Fri.-Sun.): Old Bardstown Civil War Museum and Village, 310 E. Broadway St., Bardstown, KY 40004 August 20 (Thur.): Crittenden County Library, 204 West Carlisle St., Marion, KY 42064; signing |
| Jerald
Horst, author of Louisiana
Seafood Bible: Shrimp ($25.00)
August 15 (Sat.), 3:00-5:00 pm: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1601B West Bank Expressway, Harvey, LA 70058; signing |
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Michelle
M. Buuck, author of The
St. Bernard Fire Department in Hurricane Katrina ($18.95 pb)
August 25 (Tues.), 7:00-9:00 pm: Jefferson Parish Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, LA 70001; lecture and signing with St. Bernard fire chief and a St. Bernard firefighter, both were on duty during Katrina |
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Laurence J. Yadon,
coauthor of Ten
Deadly Texans ($16.95 pb)
August 8 (Sat.): Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2201 South I-35 East, Denton, TX 76205; signing |
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Ronnie
McDowell, Edie Hand, and Joe
Meador, coauthors of The
Genuine Elvis: Photos and Untold Stories about the King
($14.95)
August 14 (Fri.), 11:00 am-12:00 pm: Audubon House, Memphis, TN 38111; meet and greet August 14 (Fri.), 2:00-4:00 pm: Graceland, Memphis, TN 38111; signing August 15 (Sat.), 2:00-4:00 pm Barnes & Noble/Bookstar, 3402 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN 38111; signing |
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Barbara
Sillery, author of The
Haunting of Louisiana ($17.95 pb)
August 18 (Tues.) 6:30-8:30 pm: Algiers Point Hubbell Library, Carriage House behind the Algiers Courthouse, 225 Morgan St., New Orleans LA; signing August 23 (Sun.): Aurora Country Club, 5244 General Meyer Ave., New Orleans, LA 70131 |
For more information on author signings and appearances please visit our Upcoming Events Schedule at http://www.pelicanpub.com/events.asp. |
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