Great Plains Literature

USS Arizona sailor, Donald Stratton delivers an inspiring and unforgettable eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack and his remarkable return to the fight. 

A wide-angle look at one of the most significant groups of people in the country

A chronicle of Standing Bear's six-hundred-mile walk to return the body of his only son to their traditional burial ground and the complex relationship between the U.S. Government and the Ponca Indian tribe.

A study of what makes this region’s climate unique by presenting a historical climatology of extreme weather events

A tribute to the writing of Willa Cather and the prairie world of Webster County, Nebraska

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

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

Discover the wonders of birds and their incredible migratory voyages

How black Homesteaders' heralded America's Great Migration

Three women, decades apart from each other, fight for love and agency in a rural Kansas community seemingly frozen in time.

A drama about the complicated relationships connecting the residents of a small-town farming community

A beautifully illustrated memoir of Nebraska farm life.