Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Conn., is launching Lone Star Books, an imprint dedicated to "all things Texas." The imprint will draw, Globe Pequot said, on its track record in regional publishing and "strong relationships with Texas authors and illustrators."
"From history and sports to food and gardening, Lone Star books tell the stories of historic and contemporary Texas and Texans," said Erin Turner, who will serve as editor of the new imprint and who continues as editor of Two Dot Books, which publishes stories of the American West. "Our authors know Texas, they are Texans, and they cover the stories and interests of Texans. But because Texas culture is much bigger than the state itself, many of these books will have national appeal."
"This is not a total Yankee invasion," said Rick Rinehart, executive editor of Globe Pequot. "Taylor Trade (now an imprint of Globe Pequot) actually has its roots in the Lone Star state, combining the backlists of Republic of Texas Press, Gulf Publishing (formerly Texas Monthly Press) and the book publishing division of Taylor Printing in Dallas. We're proud to have published books such as Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardening (more than 350,000 copies in print), Back Roads of Texas and Best Tales of Texas Ghosts, among other great Texas stories."
Lone Star's first title, appearing in August, is Pigskin Rapture: Four Days in the Life of Texas Football by sports journalist Mac Engel and photographer Ron Jenkins--a chronicle of a variety of pro, university and high school games in Texas that took place during four straight days in the fall of 2015.
Lone Star will also publish two new regional history titles this fall--A Priest, A Prostitute and Some Other Early Texans by Don Blevins and A Cowboy of the Pecos by Patrick Dearen--as well as new editions of Texas Bad Girls by J. Lee Butts, Texas Myths and Legends by Donna Ingham and Texas Ranger Tales: Historic Stories from the Lone Star State.
