Great Plains Literature

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

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

A beautifully illustrated memoir of Nebraska farm life.

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

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.

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

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

A gripping history and account of black enslavement in Nebraska

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

The autobiography of the Willa Cather Foundation's first leader and visionary.

Mellen Press, NYC: 1989
Hardbound

ISBN: 0889462186
Dimensions: 9.4 × 6.5 × 0.75 in
Weight: 1.2 lb