Great Plains Literature

Chronicle of a devastating flood in Nebraska on May 31, 1935.

A gripping Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa twentieth century family farm epic based on Shakespeare’s “King Lear”

A gripping history and account of black enslavement in Nebraska

A fast-paced noir novel set in Omaha, Nebraska in 1930

A gritty noir novel set in rural Nebraska

A joyous and personal exploration of the realm of the Kaw River, which stretches from the High Plains of Colorado to the Kansas City metro area

A concise guide through the geological development of the Great Plains region

Award-winning stories of matter-of-fact cruelty and the hopeful fragility of humanity

Readers will delight in the story of Harriet as she searches for her father in the American West

How black Homesteaders' heralded America's Great Migration

A study of regional identity and a sense of place on the Great Plains