VALENTINE’S dAY is February 14
Michele Karl, author of Greetings with Love: The Book of Valentines (9781565549937, $19.95), will appear at three book signings to promote her beautifully illustrated book celebrating the traditions, legends, and folklore associated with the most romantic holiday. Meet her at Sam’s Wholesale Clubs in Asheville on February 5, Knoxville on February 11, and Chattanooga on February 13.

Dr. Milburn Calhoun, Pelican’s president and publisher, received the Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal on January 16. The United Daughters of the Confederacy gave him this prize, the group’s highest honor for nonmembers, to commemorate his “preserving Confederate history by publishing new and out-of-print works documenting the real causes of the War Between the States and the struggles and bravery of our noble Confederate ancestors.”
 For a look at Pelican’s Civil War titles, please visit our Web site.

February is Black History Month
Bones Hooks: Pioneer Negro Cowboy (9781589802940, $16.95 pb), by Bruce G. Todd, is Pelican’s latest black history title. This biography of the famous bronco rider turned Amarillo civic leader is the first book by the founder of the African-american Oral History Project of Potter County. Explore one of Pelican’s many other black histories including Negro Ironworkers of Louisiana, 1718-1900 (9781589801189, $12.95 pb), by Marcus Christian, and Black Confederates: An Anthology About Black Southerners (9781565549371, $17.95 pb), compiled and edited by Charles Kelly Barrow et al. Gary Penley’s novel Jubal (9781589801295, $23.00) describes how the compassion of a child means the difference between life and death for the man the residents of Linville, Mississippi, call “Dummy.” Young adults and children will enjoy The Tuskegee Airmen Story (9781589800052, $15.95), by Lynn M. Homan and Thomas Reilly, Tiger Woods, Golf Superstar (9781565543218, $15.95) by David R. Collins, and The Heart of Friendship: An East African Folktale (9781565542242, $15.95) by H. J. Arrington. For a complete listing, please visit our Web site.

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NAPLES BOOK AND AUTHOR FAIR
On February 27, four Pelican authors will participate in this annual literary event. Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld, author of The Jamlady Cookbook (9781589802353, $35.00), will be on the Food Writers’ Panel at the event. Sheila Hébert Collins, author of Jacques et la Canne à Sucre: A Cajun Jack and the Beanstalk (9781589801912, $15.95), Jan Day and Janeen Mason, author and illustrator, respectively, of The Pirate, Pink (9781565548794, $15.95), will be on the Children’s Writers’ Panel at the fair. Pelican’s national accounts manager, Jan Fehrman, will be on the Publishers’ Panel. Also, Jan Day and Janeen Mason will speak at the J. D. Parker Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization in Stuart, Florida, on February 13. The school purchased a book for every family attending the meeting.

COWBOY CARTOONIST DIES
 Jim Willoughby, author and illustrator of Cowboy Cartoons: Quick on the Draw (9781565541412, $4.95 pb), died in December at a hospice near his home in Prescott, Arizona. The Ohio native spent twenty-one years as an animator and dabbled in sculpture before beginning his career as an editorial cartoonist. His work is also featured in several editions of Pelican’s Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year series and in A Dude’s Guide to the West (9781565541474, $5.95 pb), which he co-wrote with his wife, Sue.

uglesiches on emeril Live
John Uglesich, author of Uglesich’s Restaurant Cookbook (9781589802094, $24.95), reports that the air date for Gail and Anthony Uglesich’s appearance on Emeril Live has been postponed until April. The Peligram will announce the exact date later this spring.

Just published
A Travel Guide to the Jewish Caribbean and South America (9781589800786, $25.00 pb), by Ben G. Frank, is a unique travel book that presents a practical, anecdotal, and adventurous journey through the Caribbean and Latin America, including synagogues, museums, cafés, plus cultural and heritage sites. Mr. Frank recalls Benjamin of Tudela, the twelfth-century sage who traveled in Europe and the Middle East documenting medieval Jewish life, as he includes his exhaustive, firsthand research in this groundbreaking new guide. He is also the author of A Travel Guide to Jewish Russia and Ukraine (9781565543553, $21.95 pb) and A Travel Guide to Jewish Europe: Third Edition (9781565547766, $23.00 pb). Mr. Frank has been promoting his latest book through interviews on radio stations across the country, including The Jordan Rich Show on WBZ in Boston and the nationally syndicated Talkline with Zev Brenner.

CRUISING GUIDE AUTHOR TOUR
Claiborne S. Young will tour the west coast of Florida from February 28 until March 5. Mr. Young reports that he is booked solid on this trip, with daily lunch and dinner presentations at area yacht clubs and marinas. His Cruising Guide to Western Florida: Sixth Edition (9781589801943, $34.00 pb) covers the waters from the Manatee River to Tampa Bay as well as the islands and inlets between Cape Sable and Naples. A companion volume, Coastal Charts for Cruising Guide to Western Florida (9781565541542, $65.00), based on NOAA charts, is also available.

Douglas Southall Freeman’s Daughter Dies
Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan, daughter of the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and Civil War historian Douglas Southall Freeman, died in Richmond on January 16 at the age of eighty-seven. Mrs. McClenahan, herself a revered civil rights supporter, historical preservationist, and civic leader, assisted first-time author David E. Johnson while he researched Douglas Southall Freeman (9781589800212, $27.50), the only biography about the author of the four-volume R. E. Lee and the six-volume George Washington.

Zydeco Shoes: A Sensory Tour of Cajun Culture (9781589802469, $39.95), edited by Alexandria Hayes, illustrated by Earl Hébert:

“Find it all in one gift-appropriate package.”
--Midwest Book Review

“You’ll be hard pressed to decide whether to kick off your workaday shoes and curl up with this sumptuous art book, or buckle up your dancing heels to swing the night away with the accompanying CD. Zydeco Shoes: A Sensory Tour of Cajun Culture will set your senses spinning.”
--Chile Pepper Magazine

Uglesich’s Restaurant Cookbook (9781589802094, $24.95) by John Uglesich:

“It’s a must-read for fans of the restaurant and lovers of regional American food.”
--Chile Pepper Magazine

Halloween Merrymaking (9781589801134, $19.95), by Diane C. Arkins:

“Bound to strike a creative chord.”
--Foreword

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