Great Plains Literature

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

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

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

A beautifully illustrated memoir of Nebraska farm life.

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

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

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

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

How black Homesteaders' heralded America's Great Migration

A memoir of Nebraska, and beyond.

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