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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 2d

Correct answers, Jonathan! Thanks for participating. We'd love to send you a free copy of INTERSTATE '85. Please send us your mailing address in the chat, and we'll get a copy out to you next week!

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 2d

With their victory in Game 5 on this date, the Royals began a 3-1 series comeback. At that time, who was the most recent team to pull off a 3-1 comeback to win the World Series?

1. 1972 Athletics
2. 1979 Pirates
3. 1978 Yankees
4. 1968 Tigers

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 2d

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.

Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all our platforms wins a free copy of the book:

University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 3d

Which Royals pitcher made their first, and only, appearance of the 1985 World Series in this game?

1. Joe Beckwith
2. Mark Gubicza
3. Steve Farr
4. Mike Jones

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 3d

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.

Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 4d

Who was the winning pitcher of Game 2 of the ’85 World Series?
1. Ricky Horton
2. Ken Dayley
3. Jeff Lahti
4. Bill Campbell

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 4d

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.

Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 5d

Read an excerpt from INTERSTATE '85: The Royals, the Cardinals, and the Show-Me World Series by Marshall Garvey on the University of Missouri Press blog:

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 5d

Celebrate every Missouri Tigers victory with a special discount the following Tuesday—now through the end of football season!

Did you watch the Tigers 23-17 double-overtime win against Auburn this weekend? Today only we're offering a 23% discount on all titles!

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 6d

What popular movie released in 1985 takes place on October 26 of that year, the same day as the Denkinger call?

1. The Goonies
2. Back to the Future
3. After Hours
4. The Breakfast Club

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 6d

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series, we’re giving away a free copy of INTERSTATE ’85 by Marshall Garvey.

Comment your answer to the following trivia question on Facebook or Bluesky. The first correct answer across all platforms wins a free copy of the book:

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 6d

This week we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1985 World Series.

Author Marshall Garvey has immortalized the series in his new book, INTERSTATE ’85. We’ll be offering a discount, as well as book giveaways.

Use discount code SHOWME40 to receive 40% off and free shipping!

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 9d

Midwest Book Review said CATCHING HELL FROM ALL QUARTERS: Anti-Klan Activists in Interwar Missouri by Sean Rost is an "original, seminal, and groundbreaking study."

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 10d

Don't forget to use discount code MODAY on our website to get 40% off all books in any format, valid through Friday, Oct. 17.

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 11d

October 15 is Missouri Day. To celebrate, we are offering 40% off all books in any format. Use discount code MODAY, valid through Friday, Oct. 17.

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 12d

In an article in the Columbia Daily Tribune, the Daniel Boone Regional Library called THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM: A History a "compelling narrative of this Kansas City museum’s creation in 1933, highlighting people, events and ambitions."

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 12d

Join Rabia Gregory, co-editor of CONFLUENCES: Religion, Health, and Diversity in Missouri, for a discussion about the book on Wednesday, October 22, 4:30-6:30 pm, at the MU Student Center, 2206 B&C.

For more information:

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 18d

The Missouri Historical Review said CATCHING HELL FROM ALL QUARTERS by Sean Rost is a "valuable addition to the literature, a valiant effort at shifting focus in studies of the racist and nativist interwar Ku Klux Klan movement to forefront those working to counter the Klan.”

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 22d

Marshall Garvey, author of INTERSTATE '85, recently appeared on the Sports-Casters podcast to discuss the book. Listen to the episode below:

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 26d

Celebrate every Missouri Tigers victory with a special discount the following Tuesday—now through the end of football season!

This weekend the Tigers won their Homecoming game against the Massachusetts Minutemen 42-6, so today only we're offering a 42% discount on all titles.

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 27d

Collapse at Meuse-Argonne: The Failure of the Missouri-Kansas Division by Robert H. Ferrell

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 27d

A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne: A Memoir, 1917-1918 by William S. Triplet

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 27d

Argonne Days in World War I by Horace L. Baker

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · 27d

The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918.

Check out the following titles about the Meuse–Argonne offensive:

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University of Missouri Press @umissouripress.bsky.social · Sep 23

Wisconsin Bookwatch called SHARING THE LOVE OF GARDENING by Kristie Wolferman a "magnificently illustrated, meticulously researched, impressively well organized and informative horticultural society history."