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Dinosaur Dreams

A Father and Daughter in Search of America's Prehistoric Past

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Honoree for the 2026 Society of Midland Authors AwardIn the summer of 2023, one of the hottest on record, B.J. Hollars and his nine-year-old daughter Ellie embarked on a two-thousand-mile road trip to complete the Montana Dinosaur Trail, a fourteen-stop trail consisting of museums, state parks, and dinosaur dig sites throughout a state known for its Mesozoic-era fossil record. Throughout their two ... Read more

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Honoree for the 2026 Society of Midland Authors AwardIn the summer of 2023, one of the hottest on record, B.J. Hollars and his nine-year-old daughter Ellie embarked on a two-thousand-mile road trip to complete the Montana Dinosaur Trail, a fourteen-stop trail consisting of museums, state parks, and dinosaur dig sites throughout a state known for its Mesozoic-era fossil record. Throughout their two
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Midwestern Strange

Hunting Monsters, Martians, and the Weird in Flyover Country

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Midwestern Strange chronicles B.J. Hollars’s exploration of the mythic, lesser-known oddities of flyover country. The mysteries, ranging from bipedal wolf sightings to run-ins with pancake-flipping space aliens to a lumberjack-inspired “Hodag hoax,” make this book a little bit X-Files, a little bit Ghostbusters, and a whole lot of Sherlock Holmes. Hollars’s quest is not to confirm or debunk these ... Read more

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Midwestern Strange chronicles B.J. Hollars’s exploration of the mythic, lesser-known oddities of flyover country. The mysteries, ranging from bipedal wolf sightings to run-ins with pancake-flipping space aliens to a lumberjack-inspired “Hodag hoax,” make this book a little bit X-Files, a little bit Ghostbusters, and a whole lot of Sherlock Holmes. Hollars’s quest is not to confirm or debunk these
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Sightings

Stories

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"Savagely entertaining characters . . . adept humor and impeccable prose. [Readers] come away with the feeling of having had a true encounter with the fantastic." —Alissa Nutting, author of Made for LoveB.J. Hollars's debut short story collection offers ten thematically linked tales, all of which are out to subvert conventional notions of the Midwestern coming-of-age story.They feature an ... Read more

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"Savagely entertaining characters . . . adept humor and impeccable prose. [Readers] come away with the feeling of having had a true encounter with the fantastic." —Alissa Nutting, author of Made for LoveB.J. Hollars's debut short story collection offers ten thematically linked tales, all of which are out to subvert conventional notions of the Midwestern coming-of-age story.They feature an
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This Is Only a Test

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Series series Break Away Book Club Edition
The Truman Capote Prize-winning author "provides an offbeat look at the fragility of human life and our resilience when faced with death" ( Kirkus).On April 27, 2011, just days after learning of their pregnancy, B. J. Hollars, his wife, and their future son endured the onslaught of an EF-4 tornado. There, while huddled in a bathtub in their Alabama home, mortality flashed before their eyes. With ... Read more

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The Truman Capote Prize-winning author "provides an offbeat look at the fragility of human life and our resilience when faced with death" ( Kirkus).On April 27, 2011, just days after learning of their pregnancy, B. J. Hollars, his wife, and their future son endured the onslaught of an EF-4 tornado. There, while huddled in a bathtub in their Alabama home, mortality flashed before their eyes. With
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Becoming Bobby Kennedy

The Transformative Life of an American Icon

by B.J. Hollars ...

While the broad strokes of Robert F. Kennedy’s life are well known—from presidential campaign manager to attorney general, senator, and presidential candidate—far less is understood about the deeper forces that shaped his extraordinary transformation. How did an entitled, silver-spooned prep school kid become a champion for the poor and oppressed?Although his brother’s assassination in 1963 marked ... Read more

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While the broad strokes of Robert F. Kennedy’s life are well known—from presidential campaign manager to attorney general, senator, and presidential candidate—far less is understood about the deeper forces that shaped his extraordinary transformation. How did an entitled, silver-spooned prep school kid become a champion for the poor and oppressed?Although his brother’s assassination in 1963 marked
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Wisconsin for Kennedy

The Primary That Launched a President and Changed the Course of History

by B. J. Hollars ...

The behind-the-scenes story of JFK’s 1960 Wisconsin primary campaignWhen John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he did something no candidate had done before: he leveraged the power of state primaries to win his party’s nomination. Kennedy’s first battleground state? Wisconsin—a state that would prove more arduous, more exhausting, and more crucial to winning the presidency than any other ... Read more

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The behind-the-scenes story of JFK’s 1960 Wisconsin primary campaignWhen John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he did something no candidate had done before: he leveraged the power of state primaries to win his party’s nomination. Kennedy’s first battleground state? Wisconsin—a state that would prove more arduous, more exhausting, and more crucial to winning the presidency than any other
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In Defense of Monsters

by BJ Hollars ...

Explore the enduring allure of monsters in this thought-provoking essay collection. B.J. Hollars delves into the facts and folklore surrounding Sasquatch, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Beast of Busco, examining our modern society's fascination with their existence.Against reason and science, these essays explore why we can't dismiss these stories and why we hope they might not not exist. This new ... Read more

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Explore the enduring allure of monsters in this thought-provoking essay collection. B.J. Hollars delves into the facts and folklore surrounding Sasquatch, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Beast of Busco, examining our modern society's fascination with their existence.Against reason and science, these essays explore why we can't dismiss these stories and why we hope they might not not exist. This new
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You Must Be This Tall to Ride

Contemporary Writers Take You Inside The Story

by B.J. Hollars ...

Compelling stories have the power to generate infinite wonder: It's nearly impossible to imagine how the author began, and yet we sense there's much more beyond the final word. It's this mysterya combination of inspiration and craft, smoke and mirrorsthat makes writing feel momentous. But it can also feel overwhelming, causing us to become small, scared, not quite ready for the "big" rides, such ... Read more

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Compelling stories have the power to generate infinite wonder: It's nearly impossible to imagine how the author began, and yet we sense there's much more beyond the final word. It's this mysterya combination of inspiration and craft, smoke and mirrorsthat makes writing feel momentous. But it can also feel overwhelming, causing us to become small, scared, not quite ready for the "big" rides, such
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From the Mouths of Dogs

What Our Pets Teach Us about Life, Death, and Being Human

by B.J. Hollars ...

What is it that dogs have done to earn the title of “man’s best friend”? And more broadly, how have all of our furry, feathered, and four-legged brethren managed to enrich our lives? Why do we love them? What can we learn from them? And why is it so difficult to say good-bye? Join B.J. Hollars as he attempts to find out—beginning with an ancient dog cemetery in Ashkelon, Israel, and moving to the ... Read more

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What is it that dogs have done to earn the title of “man’s best friend”? And more broadly, how have all of our furry, feathered, and four-legged brethren managed to enrich our lives? Why do we love them? What can we learn from them? And why is it so difficult to say good-bye? Join B.J. Hollars as he attempts to find out—beginning with an ancient dog cemetery in Ashkelon, Israel, and moving to the
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Opening the Doors

The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa

by B. J. Hollars ...

Opening the Doors is a wide-ranging account of the University of Alabama’s 1956 and 1963 desegregation attempts, as well as the little-known story of Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s, own civil rights movement.Whereas E. Culpepper Clark’s The Schoolhouse Door remains the standard history of the University of Alabama’s desegregation, in Opening the Doors B. J. Hollars focuses on Tuscaloosa’s purposeful divide ... Read more

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Opening the Doors is a wide-ranging account of the University of Alabama’s 1956 and 1963 desegregation attempts, as well as the little-known story of Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s, own civil rights movement.Whereas E. Culpepper Clark’s The Schoolhouse Door remains the standard history of the University of Alabama’s desegregation, in Opening the Doors B. J. Hollars focuses on Tuscaloosa’s purposeful divide
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Go West, Young Man

A Father and Son Rediscover America on the Oregon Trail

by B.J. Hollars ...

2022 Silver Midwest Book Award WinnerAt the sound of the bell on the last day of kindergarten, B.J. Hollars and his six-year-old son, Henry, hop in the car to strike out on a 2,500-mile road trip retracing the Oregon Trail. Their mission: to rediscover America, and Americans, along the way. Throughout their two-week adventure, they endure the usual setbacks (car trouble, inclement weather, and ... Read more

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2022 Silver Midwest Book Award WinnerAt the sound of the bell on the last day of kindergarten, B.J. Hollars and his six-year-old son, Henry, hop in the car to strike out on a 2,500-mile road trip retracing the Oregon Trail. Their mission: to rediscover America, and Americans, along the way. Throughout their two-week adventure, they endure the usual setbacks (car trouble, inclement weather, and
... Read more
Dispatches from the Drownings

Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction

by B. J. Hollars ...

Disturbed by stories of drownings in the river behind his home in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, writer B. J. Hollars combed the archives of local newspapers only to discover vast discrepancies in articles about the deaths. In homage to Michael Lesy’s cult classic, Wisconsin Death Trip, Hollars pairs reports from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century journalists with fictional versions, creating a ... Read more

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Disturbed by stories of drownings in the river behind his home in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, writer B. J. Hollars combed the archives of local newspapers only to discover vast discrepancies in articles about the deaths. In homage to Michael Lesy’s cult classic, Wisconsin Death Trip, Hollars pairs reports from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century journalists with fictional versions, creating a
... Read more

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