Great Plains Literature

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

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

The history of the greatest migration in the United States

A gripping history and account of black enslavement in Nebraska

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

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

How black Homesteaders' heralded America's Great Migration

A searing coming-of-age memoir set against the arid landscape of rural North Dakota, where homosexuality “seems akin to a ticking bomb.”

A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.

An exploration of influential literature of the Plains region in both the United States and Canada

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

Poems recording the devastation unleashed on the Great Plains by the blizzard of January 12, 1888