NPS Graphic History Novels

The objective of this Agreement is to create a publication-ready graphic novel manuscript about an historic event in American history tied directly to units of the National Park Service. NPS resource specialists (historians, archivists, interpreters, cultural resources specialists) will collaborate with publication production specialists at Alaska Geographic to select and develop a topic; array a team of NPS subject matter specialists to provide information about the topic and incorporate NPS and community perspectives; assemble a team of experts in writing, illustration, editing, and book layout and design; and identify publishers who will later print and publish the novel. A single novel is the focus of this agreement, but there is intent in this first novel to lay the groundwork for a thematic series of novels that will address similar topics at other parks. The broad theme of the novel and the larger series is untold or lesser-told chapters in American history that shine light on both women and men, young and old, and represent the full range of the diverse American experience with attention to a variety of cultural, national, and ethnic backgrounds. Potential topics include the Nunamiut Inupiat settlement of Anaktuvuk Pass in northern Alaska, the Tlingit Battle against the Russian navy in Sitka, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the Underground Railroad. Each graphic novel will be approximately 150 pages long, richly illustrated with original drawings and selected historic photo...
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