News/Press
DECEMBER 7, 2014 |
Scranton Times-Tribune —
Vet Recalls North Platte Canteen, Kindness of Strangers
— The visit lasted no more than 20 minutes during a military career that
spanned 24 years, but the kindness of strangers left a deep impression on
Bill Stubbs.
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NOVEMBER 24, 2014 |
Columbus Telegram / Banner-Press —
War Memoir Selected for 2015 One Book One Nebraska
— Nebraskans have new required reading material. The 2015 One Book
One Nebraska selection is
Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting
(University of Nebraska Press, May 2013) by Beverly Deepe Keever, who
was born and raised outside of Hebron, Neb.
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NOVEMBER 21, 2014 |
Scottsbluff Star-Herald —
Nebraska Native’s Vietnam Memoir Chosen for 2015 One Book One Nebraska
— Nebraskans have new required reading material. The 2015 One Book
One Nebraska selection is
Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting
(University of Nebraska Press, May 2013) by Beverly Deepe Keever, who
was born and raised outside of Hebron, Neb.
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NOVEMBER 17, 2014 |
NBC Nebraska —
Presentation on the North Platte Canteen Held at the Hastings Museum
— The Hastings Museum is honoring World War II soldiers who made stops in
Nebraska during the war. The presentation was given by Charlotte Endorf, a
professional speaker and author of the book "Bless Your Hearts," which
chronicles the history of the North Platte Canteen through interviews with
soldiers and platform girls.
Watch the video...
NOVEMBER 16, 2014 |
Omaha World-Herald —
Bookends
— The 2015 One Book One Nebraska selection is "Death Zones and
Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting" by Beverly Deepe
Keever, who was born and raised outside Hebron, Nebraska. This is the
10th year of the One Book One Nebraska program. It is sponsored by
Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska and Nebraska Library
Commission.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2014 |
The Post-Standard —
Daily Inspiration: The Canteen
— While attending a conference at West Point, I was introduced to a
video on the North Platte, Nebraska Canteen. Created by a small group of
community women, the North Platte Canteen served food to over 6 million
soldiers as they traveled through town by train.
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NOVEMBER 10, 2014 |
Nebraska Library Commission —
Nebraska Native’s Vietnam Memoir Chosen for 2015 One Book One Nebraska
— Nebraskans have new required reading material. The 2015 One Book
One Nebraska selection is
Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting
(University of Nebraska Press, May 2013) by Beverly Deepe Keever, who
was born and raised outside of Hebron, Neb.
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NOVEMBER 10, 2014 |
University of Nebraska Press —
Nebraska Native’s Vietnam Memoir Chosen for 2015 One Book One Nebraska
— Nebraskans have new required reading material. The 2015 One Book
One Nebraska selection is
Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting
(University of Nebraska Press, May 2013) by Beverly Deepe Keever, who
was born and raised outside of Hebron, Neb.
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NOVEMBER 3, 2014 |
University of Hawai'i System News —
Beverly Keever's Vietnam Memoirs a Finalist in One Book One Nebraska
— Death Zones and Darling Spies, the memoirs of American Vietnam
War correspondent and University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Professor Emerita
Beverly Deepe Keever, has been selected as a finalist for the One Book One
Nebraska reading program. A native of Nebraska, Keever's memoir is one of four nonfiction books and three novels chosen for
2015. Keever sees programs such as One Book One Nebraska and partnering
librarians playing "an increasingly valued role in this turbulent
information age." Read more...
OCTOBER 30, 2014 |
Syracuse Journal-Democrat —
Endorf Gives 'Canteen' Presentation at Syracuse Library — For soldiers stepping off the
train in the 1940s at North Platte, Nebraska, most never expected what they
received. The North Platte Canteen was an amazing piece of Nebraska history
where an entire community came together to serve others. Author and
professional speaker Charlotte Endorf spoke about the Canteen at the
Syracuse Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
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OCTOBER 30, 2014 |
Nebraska City News-Press —
Endorf Gives 'Canteen' Presentation at Syracuse Library — For soldiers stepping off the
train in the 1940s at North Platte, Nebraska, most never expected what they
received. The North Platte Canteen was an amazing piece of Nebraska history
where an entire community came together to serve others. Author and
professional speaker Charlotte Endorf spoke about the Canteen at the
Syracuse Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
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OCTOBER 24, 2014 |
North Platte Telegraph —
North Platte Pulls Several Awards at NE Tourism Gala — There were
gents in top hats and ladies in fur stoles, t-strap heels and Army boots.
Although it wasn’t required to dress in the styles of the 1940s, many
participants at the Celebrate Nebraska Awards Gala Thursday night got
creative to fit the North Platte Canteen theme...
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OCTOBER 15, 2014 |
Lincoln Journal Star —
One Book One Nebraska Announces 2015 Finalists — Four nonfiction
books and three novels — all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great
Plains — are the finalists for the 2015 One Book One Nebraska statewide
reading program. The finalists are....
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OCTOBER 15, 2014 |
Fremont Tribune —
Library to Show 'The Canteen Spirit' — Keene Memorial Library in
Fremont will present a showing of the NETV produced DVD, "The Canteen
Spirit," from 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday. "The Canteen Spirit" chronicles the
story of the World War II North Platte Canteen, which made history when
residents of 125 communities from across the state greeted millions of
soldiers over a nearly five-year period, as their trains made a
10-minute stop at the North Platte Depot.
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OCTOBER 14, 2014 |
KRVN —
One Book One Nebraska 2015 Finalists Announced — Finalists have
been announced for the One Book One Nebraska program for 2015. Mary Jo
Ryan, Nebraska Library Commission Communications Coordinator, says the
program is a yearly event that gives Nebraskans the chance to
collaborate on the same book. "One Book One Nebraska is this fantastic
opportunity that the Nebraska Library Commission and Nebraska Center for
the Book host every year."
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OCTOBER 14, 2014 |
Nebraska Library Commission —
Finalists for 2015 One Book One Nebraska Announced — Four nonfiction books and three novels—all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great Plains—are the finalists for the 2015 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are:
Benediction, by Kent Haruf; Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting, by Beverly Deepe Keever;
Eagle Voice Remembers: An Authentic Tale of the Old Sioux World, by John G. Neihardt;
The Floor of the Sky, by Pamela Carter Joern; Free Radical: Ernest Chambers, Black Power, and the Politics of Race, by Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson;
Goodnight, Nebraska, by Tom McNeal; and The Loren Eiseley Reader, by Loren Eiseley.
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AUGUST 20, 2014 |
Fremont Tribune —
Book Club Plans September Meeting — The Keene Memorial Library
Thursday Night Book Club will meet from 7-8:30 p.m. Sept. 4 to discuss “Once
Upon A Town” by Bob Greene.
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JULY 30, 2014 |
McCook Gazette —
'Nebraska Spirit: The North Platte Canteen' Presentation Set for McCook Public Library — The McCook, Nebraska, Public Library will
host a presentation called "Nebraska Spirit: The North Platte Canteen" at
the library on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 6:30 p.m. Nebraska Humanities speaker
Charlotte Endorf of Norfolk, Nebraska, will tell the story of American
soldiers who rode troop trains through North Platte, Nebraska, during World
War II en route to Europe and the Pacific, and their reception by North
Platte-area residents at the train depot.
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JULY 20, 2014 |
Scottsbluff Star-Herald —
Library Book Club Meets in Alliance
— The Alliance Public Library Book Club will meet on Tuesday, July 22,
at 1 p.m. in the library’s north alcove. The book club will discuss Bob
Greene’s “Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen,”
the 2014 One Book, One Nebraska selection.
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JUNE 6, 2014 |
KNOP-TV —
Miss Nebraska Contestants Tour Lincoln County Historical Museum — Miss Nebraska contestants were up bright and
early Friday to continue their education. Miss Nebraska 2014 contestants
took in the sights of the Lincoln County Historical Museum. "I guess I never
realized the Canteen was was based in North Platte. So to be able to see
this community come together and do that for our troops was amazing to learn
about," [Miss Chadron Kodi] Baumann said.
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MAY 7, 2014 |
North Platte Telegraph —
Stepping Back in Time — Fourth-grade students from
North Platte Public Schools had the opportunity to glimpse into the past
this week as they traveled back in time to the days when clothes were made
by women sitting in their sod houses and dug outs and rope was made by hand.
A new stop was added at the museum this year to highlight the North Platte
Canteen. "It works well with the One Book One Nebraska statewide reading
program that selected Bob Greene’s book about the Canteen," Griffin said.
"We have updated and improved the Canteen display this year."
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APRIL 17, 2014 |
Beatrice Daily Sun —
Library Book Discussion Planned for April 24 — The 2014 One Book, One Nebraska selection "Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen" will be featured at the Beatrice Public Library Book Discussion on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. This will be held in the Sargent Conference Room at the Library. Special invited guests are veterans and anyone with a special story to share about the North Platte Canteen.
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MARCH 8, 2014 |
North Platte Telegraph —
NP's Past Relived — Marcia Beiber was too young to dance with
the soldiers at the Canteen. The now 83-year-old Beiber remembered her time
washing dishes at the North Platte Canteen after a presentation of the
“Canteen Experience” at the North Platte Public Library on Friday.
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MARCH 7, 2014 |
KNOP-TV —
Celebrating the Canteen — Book lovers and history buffs will be
celebrating the history of the Canteen at the North Platte Public
Library during the entire month of March. The book titled "Once Upon A
Town" by Bob Green, which was inspired by the Canteen, was selected as
the One Book One Nebraska winner and the library is holding events
throughout the month get people to read it.
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MARCH 3, 2014 |
North Platte Bulletin —
'Once Upon a Town' Discussion March 11 — North Platte author Barbara
Mohrman will lead a one-hour discussion on the book, Once Upon a Town,
by Bob Greene at the North Platte Public Library at 2:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 11, and again at 7 p.m. that evening. This book focuses
on the North Platte Canteen and was selected as a "One Book One
Nebraska" selection, a program by the Nebraska Center for the Book that
encourages everyone in the state to read the selection, which is related
to Nebraska by subject or author.
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FEBRUARY 27, 2014 |
North Platte Telegraph —
A Proud Time for our Town — The North Platte Canteen will be
the subject of a series of events at the North Platte Public Library in
March. The idea is to celebrate the selection of “Once Upon a Town: The
Miracle of the North Platte Canteen” as the featured book in the 2014 One
Book One Nebraska reading program. “We thought it was only fitting to do
something since North Platte was the home of the Canteen,” Cecelia Lawrence,
library director, said. “The volunteer effort was one of the proudest
moments for our community.”
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FEBRUARY 25, 2014 |
North Platte Bulletin —
State to Read 'Once Upon a Town' — The North Platte Public Library,
and groups across Nebraska, are planning special programs in March with the
book Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene.
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JANUARY 24, 2014 |
Rock County Public Library —
One Book One Nebraska 2014 —
Governor Dave Heineman signed a proclamation on January 16, 2014 honoring
2014 One Book One Nebraska: Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North
Platte Canteen by Bob Greene.
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JANUARY 23, 2014 |
Lincoln 55+ Seniors Paper —
North Platte Canteen – One Book One Nebraska —
Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen by Bob Greene is
Nebraska's reading choice for the 2014 One Book One Nebraska statewide
reading program.
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JANUARY 21, 2014 |
Lied Imperial Public Library —
2014 One Book, One Nebraska —
Governor Heineman Proclaims 2014 One Book One Nebraska: Once Upon a
Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen.
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JANUARY 21, 2014 |
Nebraska Library Commission —
Governor Heineman Proclaims 2014 One Book One Nebraska: Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
— On Jan. 16, 2014 Governor Dave Heineman signed a proclamation honoring
2014 One Book One Nebraska: Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North
Platte Canteen by Bob Greene. One participant in the signing ceremony
was Rosalie Lippincott, of Shelton, NE, who worked at the North Platte
Canteen during her teen years, serving meals to WWII soldiers passing
through on troop trains.
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JANUARY 16, 2014 |
The Office of Governor Dave Heineman —
Governor Heineman Awards Proclamations on January 16, 2014 —
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JANUARY 5, 2014 |
examiner.com —
North Platte Canteen Serving WW II Soldiers Is Focus of One Book One Nebraska —
Lots of writing by Nebraskans deserves attention, but a book by a
non-Nebraskan --- the well-known author Bob Greene who reported for many
years from Chicago --- was chosen for One Book One Nebraska for 2014.
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JANUARY 4, 2013 |
KOTA Territory News —
Book about North Platte Train Depot Named 2014 State-wide Reading Book —
A book about a World War Two train depot in North Platte is getting
state-wide attention. Bob Greene's 'Once Upon A Town: The North Platte
Canteen' has been selected as the 2014 'One Book, One Nebraska'
state-wide reading book.
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DECEMBER 12, 2013 |
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan —
2014 One Book One Nebraska Announced — “Once Upon a
Town” by Bob Greene is Nebraska’s reading choice for the 2014 One Book One
Nebraska statewide reading program.
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OCTOBER 29, 2013 |
North Platte Telegraph —
Canteen Story is Nebraska's Book for 2014 — One of North Platte’s
proudest moments will be featured throughout the state in 2014. Bob
Greene’s “Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen” has
been selected for the Nebraska 2014 One Book One Nebraska reading
program. The program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center
for the Book, encourages people throughout the state to read and discuss
one book about Nebraska each year.
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OCTOBER 29, 2013 |
Wahoo Newspaper —
Canteen Story is Nebraska's Book for 2014 — Bob Greene’s "Once Upon
a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen" has been selected for
the Nebraska 2014 One Book One Nebraska reading program. The program,
sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, encourages people
throughout the state to read and discuss one book about Nebraska each
year. "I am so excited that a book honoring our North Platte Canteen was
chosen for the One Book One Nebraska," said Library Director Cecilia
Lawrence. "It’s a really neat thing for the state to choose this
particular book to be honored in this way. We continue to be amazed at
the enduring power of the Canteen."
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OCTOBER 28, 2013 |
Nebraska City News-Press —
2014 One Book One Nebraska Announced — Once Upon a Town by
Bob Greene is Nebraska’s reading choice for the 2014 One Book One
Nebraska statewide reading program. In this nonfiction story,
bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene goes out in
search of "the best America there ever was," and finds it in a small
Nebraska town few people pass through today--a town where Greene
discovers the echoes of a love story between a country and its sons.
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OCTOBER 28, 2013 |
Nebraska Library Commission —
2014 One Book One Nebraska Announced — Once Upon a Town by
Bob Greene is Nebraska’s reading choice for the 2014 One Book One
Nebraska statewide reading program. In this nonfiction story,
bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene goes out in
search of "the best America there ever was," and finds it in a small
Nebraska town few people pass through today--a town where Greene
discovers the echoes of a love story between a country and its sons.
Read more...
OCTOBER 14, 2013 |
The Antiquarian Librarian —
Finalists for 2014 One Book One Nebraska Announced — One nonfiction
book and two novels--all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great
Plains--are the finalists for the 2014 One Book One Nebraska statewide
reading program. The finalists are: Goodnight, Nebraska by Tom
McNeal; Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
by Bob Greene; Plainsong by Kent Haruf.
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OCTOBER 9, 2013 |
Rock County Public Library —
One Book One Nebraska Selections —
One nonfiction book and two novels—all stories with ties to Nebraska and
the Great Plains—are the finalists for the 2014 One Book One Nebraska
statewide reading program. The finalists are Goodnight, Nebraska by Tom
McNeal, Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen by Bob
Greene and Plainsong by Kent Haruf.
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OCTOBER 9, 2013 |
North Platte Telegraph —
'Once Upon a Town' Among Book Finalists —
A story with ties to North Platte is one of three finalists competing
for the right to be featured in the 2014 One Book One Nebraska reading
program.
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OCTOBER 8, 2013 |
Nebraska Library Commission —
Finalists for 2014 One Book One Nebraska Announced — One nonfiction
book and two novels-all stories with ties to Nebraska and the Great
Plains-are the finalists for the 2014 One Book One Nebraska statewide
reading program. The finalists are: Goodnight, Nebraska by Tom
McNeal; Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
by Bob Greene; Plainsong by Kent Haruf.
Read more...