Published May, 2018
By Paul Kelton
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

How smallpox, or Variola, caused widespread devastation during the European colonization of the Americas is a well-known story. But as historian Paul Kelton informs us, that's precisely what it is: a convenient story.

---

Published March, 2018
By Barbara Rylko-Bauer
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

As a contribution to accounts of wartime experiences, Jadwiga Lenartowicz Rylko's story stands out for its sensitivity to the complexities of the Polish memory of war. Built upon both historical research and conversations between mother and daughter, the story combines Jadzia's voice and Rylko-Bauer's own journey of rediscovering her family's past.

---

Published January, 2018
By Maureen T Schwarz and Maureen Trudelle Schwarz
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

---

Published November, 2016
By Rowland Willard and Joy L Poole
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

Recalls the early days of the Santa Fe Trail trade and westward American migration, when a doctor from Missouri could cross paths with mountain men, traders, Mexican clergymen, and government officials on their way to new opportunities.

---

Published January, 2016
By Alan B. Hollingsworth, Jack D Willis, Alan Hollingsworth and Jack Willis
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

---

Published August, 2015
By P Willey and Douglas D Scott
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

Written documentation, archaeological and osteological research suggest that the soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry represented a cross section of the men who joined the army as a whole at the time. This book examines the Seventh's medical records to determine the health of the nineteenth-century US Army.

---

Published July, 2015
By Lewis J Moorman
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

Tells the story of a half-century of medical practice, from the early days in Oklahoma Territory to metropolitan conditions. Pioneer Doctor stands as an entertaining and informative memoir, but its social and cultural significance is clear.

---

Published May, 2015
By Candy Moulton
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

With encounters with such legendary western as Crazy Horse and Calamity Jane, Valentine Trant O'Connell McGillycuddy's life encapsulated key events in American history. In this first biography of the man in seventy years, author Candy Moulton explores McGillycuddy's fascinating experiences on the northern plains.

---

Published November, 2013
By Joan Nabseth Stevenson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

With its new insights into the role and function of the army medical corps and the evolution of battlefield medicine, this unusual book will take its place both as a contribution to the history of the Great Sioux War and alongside such vivid historical novels as Son of the Morning Star and Little Big Man.

---

Published December, 2012
By Ulisse Aldrovandi and L R Lind
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Rating:
Availability: Available

Written in 1598, Aldrovandi on Chickens is the first English translation of any work by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi. It exemplifies the spirit and the letter of Renaissance science - the former, in the extensive classical references; the latter, through examination of every process involved with the raising or use of chickens.

---