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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Mayer, Broken Arrow Press, 612-708-8448 Email: tom@brokenarrowpress.com NOVEL CHRONICLING BUFFALO SOLDIER HORROR WINS BEST NOVEL AND FINALIST NODS “… a fascinating read … The story of a white boy turned Native American warrior is explored against the backdrop of the little-known Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877.” –Donovan’s Bookshelf MINNEAPOLIS, MN/TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, JUNE 21st—D. Laszlo Conhaim’s Western saga THE UNREDEEMED placed Finalist Best Novel in the Western Fictioneers’ Peacemaker Awards last week and is a Best Traditional Novel winner in the distinguished Will Rogers Medallion Awards to be announced in Fort Worth, TX on October 29th. In this sequel to Conhaim’s 2017 release Comanche Captive (recommended by Library Journal), U.S. Army searcher Scott Renald chooses to pursue a white Indian warrior, accused of scalping a settler, over finding a black toddler taken by Indians. Guided by an Apache woman-warrior, Renald’s conscience-plagued quest for young Karl Hermann leads him to the tragedy of the 10th Cavalry of Buffalo Soldiers, ordered into a heatwave to chase reservation breakouts—a climax that embroils all the players. The Unredeemed is the second installment chronologically in a trilogy launched by Comanche Captive and concluding with the award-winning All Man’s Land (2019), which draws inspiration from the life and legacy of Paul Robeson. Writes Black American West scholar Michael N. Searles in the Western Writers of America magazine Roundup, “From its beginning, America has confronted the question, ‘How much do Black lives matter?’ During slavery, Black lives were measured by their economic value, but after slavery Black lives lost much of their monetary and social value … A novel can connect the past with the present … D. László Conhaim’s novels pursue social and racial concerns woven into the traditional Western. In The Unredeemed, redeemer Scott Renald struggles with whether he should seek to rescue a little Black girl when the larger society does not care … Conhaim presents a more accurate American West in all of its colors and dimensions with the imagined story unfolding within the context of real people, places and events … a story well told.” Born and raised in Minneapolis, Conhaim lives in Israel where he operates a consultancy providing English communications services to businesses and government. For more information on D. Laszlo Conhaim, visit his website: dlaszloconhaim.com THE AUTHOR IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS AND APPEARANCES BY REMOTE. ALL INQUIRIES AND REVIEW COPY/PRESS KIT REQUESTS TO TOM MAYER: TOM@BROKENARROWPRESS.COM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Mayer, Broken Arrow Press, 612-708-8448 Email: tom@brokenarrowpress.com Paul Robeson-inspired Novel Wins Will Rogers Medallion Award “. . . a book that should be read in classrooms and community book clubs,” writes ThyBlackMan.com. FORT WORTH, TX, FEB. 6th—David Laszlo Conhaim’s Paul Robeson-inspired western novel ALL MAN’S LAND has won bronze “Maverick” in the prestigious Will Rogers Medallion Awards. “Western Mavericks is our newest category,” reads the program from the 17th annual event. “It was added for one-of-a-kind books that for one reason or another stand nobly apart—just as Will himself did.” Named for the famed humorist, performer, and columnist who is honored with a bronze statue in the U.S. Capitol, The Will Rogers Medallion is awarded not only for the quality of the fiction, but for a book’s “strong content, excellent production values, and enduring interest.” In presenting the award, host and WRMA founder Charles Williams said, “David accomplished this task with style, suspense and a unique plot.” Paul Robeson, whose life and legacy Conhaim reimagines and transfers to the Old West in All Man’s Land, was an African-American star of stage and screen, a singer, athlete, and a global champion of social and racial justice. “Set in turn-of-the-century Wyoming,” writes black cowboy expert Prof. Michael Searles in Roundup Magazine, “All Man’s Land personifies [Paul] Robeson in the character of Benjamin Neill, Civil War hero, a learned man, a masterful singer, a political progressive, a man of the people and a prophet . . .” In 2020, the novel placed Finalist Best Traditional Western Novel in the Western Writers of America’s annual Spur Awards: “We are honored to add [Conhaim] to this list of the most distinguished Western authors in America”—a list that includes Larry McMurtry and Tony Hillerman. In 2005, Conhaim—a Minnesota native—moved to Israel, where he operates a communications consultancy providing English-language services and training to both business and government. He has also worked as a corporate spokesperson and emceed events for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latin American Chamber of Commerce, and Israel-Africa Chamber of Commerce. Conhaim is available for interviews and appearances by remote. All inquiries and review copy requests to Tom Mayer: tom@brokenarrowpress.com Author website: dlaszloconhaim.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Mayer, Broken Arrow Press, 612-708-8448 Email: tom@brokenarrowpress.com U.S.-ISRAELI AUTHOR WRITES ACCLAIMED WESTERN NOVEL INSPIRED BY SINGER AND ACTIVIST PAUL ROBESON “…a book that should be read in classrooms and community book clubs,” writes ThyBlackMan.com MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Dec. 1—David Laszlo Conhaim’s Paul Robeson-inspired western novel ALL MAN’S LAND has placed Finalist Best Novel in the 2020 Western Writers of America Spur Awards and “Maverick” Finalist in the prestigious Will Rogers Medallion Awards. Writes the Western Writers of America Association, “We are honored to add [Conhaim] to this list of the most distinguished Western authors in America”—a list that includes Larry McMurtry, Tony Hillerman, and Elmer Kelton—while the Will Rogers Medallion Awards dubs the indie-published ALL MAN’S LAND a work of “strong content, excellent production values, and enduring interest.” Paul Robeson, whose life and legacy Conhaim reimagines and transfers to the Old West in ALL MAN’S LAND, was an African-American star of stage and screen, a singer, athlete, and a global champion of social and racial justice. ALL MAN’S LAND is the chronological finale in a trilogy begun with Conhaim’s 2017 release Comanche Captive, originally published by Cengage’s Five Star imprint, and now in paperback and ebook from Conhaim’s own Broken Arrow Press. A direct sequel to Comanche Captive will publish in 2021. In 2005, Conhaim—a Minnesota native—moved to Israel, where he operates a communications consultancy providing English-language services and training to both business and government. He has also worked as a corporate spokesperson and emceed events for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latin American Chamber of Commerce, and Israel-Africa Chamber of Commerce. ALL MAN’S LAND tells the story of an ex-slave who seeks justice from the lawman who once owned him. “Set in turn-of-the-century Wyoming,” writes Prof. Michael Searles in Roundup Magazine, “ALL MAN’S LAND personifies [Paul] Robeson in the character of Benjamin Neill, Civil War hero, a learned man, a masterful singer, a political progressive, a man of the people and a prophet…” Due to Covid 19, the WWA Spur Awards event to be held in Rapid City, SD, was cancelled. The WRMA’s awards ceremony, where the winners will be announced, has been rescheduled for February 2021 in Fort Worth, TX. CONHAIM IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS AND APPEARANCES BY REMOTE. ALL INQUIRIES AND REVIEW COPY REQUESTS TO TOM MAYER: TOM@BROKENARROWPRESS.COM AUTHOR WEBSITE: DLASZLOCONHAIM.COM

Author: D. Laszlo Conhaim Title: ALL MAN'S LAND ISBN 978-0-9843175-1-6 Publication date: 15 June 2019 Website: https://www.dlaszloconhaim.com/all-man-s-land A Lost Giant, Reimagined With his new historical novel, ALL MAN’S LAND, D. Laszlo Conhaim mounts a vigorous tribute to Paul Robeson—singer, actor, activist, lawyer, athlete, author. A renaissance man who for five decades sang and spoke to the world, today this titan of the 20th century is all but forgotten. Mostly fiction, but combining elements of memoir and biography, in All Man’s Land Conhaim rediscovers his own manuscript of thirty years ago that speaks volumes to today’s America. It’s the story of Benjamin Neill, a former slave and decorated Civil War hero who rides into a frontier town with a sack of books, a gift for song, and a powerful message. Here is a modern take on the singing cowboy—only Benjamin Neill is as able with a spiritual as he is with a Hebrew chant. Those who don’t know him, fear him. Those who know him, fear him even more. By his trials, we will know him. All Man’s Land is a uniquely American story about the fight for racial and social justice. D. Laszlo Conhaim was born in the United States and lives in Israel. Besides All Man’s Land, he is also the author of Comanche Captive (Gale/Cengage, 2017), about a former Indian captive’s struggle to reunite with her Comanche-born son. His first professional writing credit was a two-part 1986 interview in Los Angeles and Tokyo with Japanese screen legend Toshiro Mifune (for Minneapolis’ City Pages), followed by an interview with frequent costar Tatsuya Nakadai for USC’s Daily Trojan. In 1995, Conhaim co-founded The Prague Revue, the longest-running literary journal to serve the community of international writers in Prague. For TPR, he wrote a fictional remembrance of Miguel de Unamuno, “Feeling into Don Miguel,” which Gore Vidal “read with delight” and which Alexander Zaitchik (Rolling Stone, The Nation) called “masterful . . . a first-rate piece of writing by any standard” in Think Magazine. Contact: https://www.dlaszloconhaim.com/contact