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2012 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists
Children/Young Adults
Stealing Kevin’s Heart—M. Scott Carter—The RoadRunner Press
Chikasha Stories, Volume One: Shared Spirit—Glenda Galvan—Chickasaw Press
The Revenant—Sonia Gensler—Alfred A. Knopf
Hereafter—Tara Hudson—HarperCollins
The Grave Robber’s Secret—Anna Myers—Walker & Company
The Snow Blew Inn—Dian Curtis Regan—Holiday House
Mr. Duck Means Business—Tammi Sauer—Simon & Schuster
Design/Illustration
The Eugene B. Adkins Collection—designed by Eric Anderson—University of Oklahoma Press
Shooting from the Hip: Photographs and Essays—photography by J. Don Cook, designed by Julie Rushing and Tony Roberts—University of Oklahoma Press
Route 66 Sightings—photographed and designed by Shellee Graham, Jerry McClanahan, and Jim Ross—Ghost Town Press
Forging a Nation: The American History Collection of Gilcrease Museum—design by Carol Haralson, photography by Robert S. Cross—The Gilcrease Museum
To Capture the Sun: Gold of Ancient Panama—design by Carol Haralson, photography by Robert S. Cross—The Gilcrease Museum
Ilimpa’chi’ (We’re Gonna Eat!): A Chickasaw Cookbook—photography by Sanford Mauldin, design by Aaron Long and Skip McKinstry—Chickasaw Press
Fiction
Cold Glory—B. Kent Anderson—Forge Books
Crying Blood—Donis Casey—Poisoned Pen Press
The American Café—Sara Sue Hoklotubbe—The University of Arizona Press
Along The Watchtower—Constance Squires—Penguin Group
Broken Wings—Carla Stewart—Faith Words
Strangers & Exiles—Marlene Reed Wetzel—Out on a Limb
Dandelion Summer—Lisa Wingate—Penguin Group
Non-fiction
The Oklahoma State Capitol: A History of Our Seat of Government—Bob Burke and Charles Ford—Oklahoma State Senate Historical Preservation Fund Inc. and Oklahoma Heritage Association
The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People’s Perseverance—Ellen Cushman—University of Oklahoma Press
Stories of Old-Time Oklahoma—David Dary—University of Oklahoma Press
Forging a Nation: The American History Collection at Gilcrease Museum—Amanda Lett, Randy Ramer, Kimberly Roblin, and Eric Singleton—Gilcrease Museum
Dynamic Chickasaw Women—Judy Goforth Parker and Phillip Carroll Morgan—Chickasaw Press
An American Betrayal: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears—Daniel Blake Smith—Henry Holt & Company
David Crockett: The Lion of the West—Michael Wallis—W.W. Norton & Company
The Wild West 365—Michael Wallis—Abrams
Will Rogers: A Political Life—Richard D. White Jr.—Texas Tech University Press
Poetry
The River White: A Confluence of Brush & Quill—Ken Hada—Mongrel Empire Press
Depending on the Weather—Abigail Keegan—Village Books Press
Leaving Holes & Selected New Writings—Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya—Mongrel Empire Press
Hail Mary, On Two—Jim Spurr—Village Books Press
Dreaming Sam Peckinpah—W.K. Stratton—Ink Brush Press
In the Shadow of Asclepius: Poems from American Medicine—Howard F. Stein—Dog Ear Publishing
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to promote the
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