Terre Ware Author Lecture Series

03/02/2026

Come meet these two local authors and hear about their writing journeys! Experience an inspiring evening of conversation as our featured authors share the journeys behind their books, their creative processes, and the stories that shaped their work. Whether you’re a passionate reader, a budding writer, or someone who loves celebrating local voices, this is a night you’ll definitely want to be part of.

A Conversation with Local Authors on Tuesday, March 17th at 7:00 pm in the Trout Room at The Sheid, ASUMH.

Free and open to the public!

10/13/2025

WWII history meets hardball... tomorrow night at ASU–Mountain Home! Acclaimed author Anne Keene comes to ASU–Mountain Home as the featured speaker for the Terre Ware Author Lecture Series. She’ll share the personal story behind researching and writing her book, The Cloudbuster Nine, about a little-known Navy training program that turned major-league ballplayers into WWII fighter pilots and how the revelation that her father was the team’s batboy set the whole project in motion.

Warm up with her KTLO interview: https://bit.ly/48tYTm6

Join us, Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 7:00 pm at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center, ASU-Mountain Home. Admission is free and open to the public. Both hardback and paperback copy of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

For more information, contact ASUMH at (870) 508-6280

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10/09/2025

Acclaimed author Anne Keene recently called in to KTLO, Classic Hits 101.7 and 99.7 The Boot for a phone interview to discuss her bestseller The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win WWII and her upcoming visit to ASU-Mountain Home. You can listens to here interview here: https://www.ktlo.com/.../talk-of-the-townterre-ware.../

10/09/2025

Acclaimed author Anne Keene recently called in to KTLO, Classic Hits 101.7 and 99.7 The Boot for a phone interview to discuss her bestseller The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win WWII and her upcoming visit to ASU-Mountain Home. You can listens to here interview here: https://www.ktlo.com/episode/talk-of-the-townterre-ware-author-lecture-series-anne-keene/

10/06/2025

Before you hear her speak at ASU-MH next week, get to know author Anne Keene and the story behind the inspiration for her book—sparked by the discovery of WWII scrapbooks about her father, who suited up as a team mascot and batboy for Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Johnny Sain, and other MLB players at a grueling fighter pilot boot camp in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where “Baseball was King” in 1943.

After his death, she uncovered scrapbooks, military records, autographed baseballs, and rare film reels that revived the legend of the Cloudbuster Nine, the ballclub that famously faced Babe Ruth’s War Relief team at Yankee Stadium.

Anchored in baseball and life’s challenges, this All-American story illuminates the brotherhood of a Navy Pre-Flight school that shaped some of America’s most resilient heroes—including Presidents George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford, astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter, coaches Paul “Bear” Bryant and John Wooden, and dozens of Hall of Fame ballplayers who proudly paused their careers to serve their country.

10/06/2025

Our upcoming event with acclaimed author Anne Keene made front-page news in this weekend's Baxter Bulletin! We hope you'll join us at the Sheid on Tuesday, Oct. 14, for this free-to-the-public event!

🗞️ We’re excited to see ASUMH on the front page of The Baxter Bulletin this weekend! The story highlights our upcoming lecture with author and historian Anne Keene, who will share incredible stories from “The Cloudbuster Nine” — a fascinating look at America’s baseball heroes and their service during World War II. ⚾️🇺🇸

Join us on Tuesday, October 14, for this inspiring event! It’s a great opportunity to experience history, sports, and storytelling all in one unforgettable evening.

Date: Tuesday, October 14
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Vada Sheid Community Developmet Center
FREE - No tickets required!

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10/03/2025

Author and baseball historian Anne Keene will be in Mountain Home in less than two weeks to share stories from her book The CloudBuster Nine and more!

Few innovations changed baseball as dramatically as the arrival of outdoor lighting in the early 20th century. Keene explores that history in a terrific piece for The Saturday Evening Post about Major League Baseball’s first-ever night game under the lights. Read it here: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/05/let-there-be-light-on-the-baseball-diamond/

Nearly 85 years ago, the Phillies played the Reds in Major League Baseball’s first night game.