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News Release National Honors For History-Travel Book JACKSON, Calif. June 2, 2008 America’s Living History-The Early Years, a history-travel book by Suzanne and Craig Sheumaker, recently received four more honors in national book competitions. Here are the complete results: • Gold Medal: History/Historical Non-Fiction -- 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards • Finalist: Travel/Travel Guide -- 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards • Bronze Medal: Travel Guidebook -- 2008 IPPY Awards • Finalist: Travel Guide -- Book of the Year Awards 2008, ForeWord Magazine • Award-Winning Finalist: Travel, Pictorial -- National Best Books 2007, USABookNews.com. • Award-Winning Finalist: Travel, Guides -- National Best Books 2007, USABookNews.com In addition, the book has consistently received high praise and 5-star ratings from online reviewers, the media and readers nationwide. Although subtitled ‘A Traveler’s Guide,’ this is not your typical guidebook. Its purpose is to excite readers about our nation’s heritage. With 500 color photographs, regional maps and historical perspectives, America’s Living History-The Early Years takes a “virtual tour” through our nation’s most formative years. Along the way, it presents 300 authentically restored or reconstructed historical sites, which beckon readers to explore further. The destinations span a surprisingly long period of U.S. history. Among them are ancient Indian villages and rock carvings; the first French, Spanish and English settlements; Colonial farms and plantations; historic religious communities; tall sailing ships and navy vessels; early military forts and battlefields. Moving forward in time, featured attractions also include the homes of revolutionaries and early Presidents; historic government buildings; old-style taverns, stores and pharmacies; fur trading posts; the Lewis and Clark camps; and early industrial complexes. With so many premier historical sites nationwide, America’s Living History-The Early Years has widespread appeal for travelers and non-travelers alike RVers and road trippers, armchair travelers and history buffs, teachers and homeschoolers. Yes, it is a history-oriented guide that makes travel planning easy. But just as notable, it is an engaging book of interesting facts and beautiful pictures that can be enjoyed cover-to-cover or here-and-there. And perhaps most important, it is a resource for stimulating children and adults to learn about a vital past that remains vibrant and meaningful today. America’s Living History-The Early Years was released in May 2007 by Red Corral Publishing, an independent publisher. Available wherever travel or history books are sold, it is a full-color, 224-page, 8-1/2” x 11” original trade paperback. List price: $29.95. ISBN: 978-0-9792598-0-7. Further information is available on the website www.AmericasLivingHistory.com About the Award Competitions Indie Book Awards The Next Generation Indie Book Awards concentrates on independent publishers (small, medium and large), university presses and authors. Its expressed intent is ‘to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books for the year’ and is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency. IPPY Awards The Independent Publisher Book Awards honors authors and independent publishers who produce books for the North American market. The awards recognize those who ‘exhibit the courage, innovation and creativity to bring about change in the world of publishing.’ They are presented by Jenkins Group and their book marketing webzine, ‘Independent Publisher Online.’ ForeWord Magazine Awards The magazine’s Book of the Year Awards program focuses on publishers who are either independently owned, operated by a foundation or university, or publishing fewer than 50 titles a year. The award process brings together readers, librarians and booksellers to select top categories and choose the winning titles. According to specified guidelines, their decisions ‘are based on editorial excellence, professional production, originality of the narrative, author credentials relative to the book, and the value the book adds to its genre.’ National Best Books Awards This competition includes books issued during the past year by both small publishing houses and giants of the publishing industry such as DK Travel, Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Co., and John Wiley & Sons. It is sponsored by USABookNews.com, an online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses. ### Contact:
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