Great Plains Literature

A beautifully illustrated memoir of Nebraska farm life.

A five-year diary of the Depression as experienced on a Nebraska farm.

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

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

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

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

A gritty noir novel set in rural Nebraska

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

Great Plains Politics (Discover the Great Plains)

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

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

The history and ecology of this American symbol from the origins of the great herds that once dominated the prairie