Great Plains Literature

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

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

The history, geography, and geology of the plains and the birds that inhabit it. 

An eloquent tribute to the arduous demands of rural America, and of the tenacity of the human spirit

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

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

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

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

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 memoir of Nebraska, and beyond.