Great Plains Literature

A gritty noir novel set in rural Nebraska

A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.

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.

The history of the greatest migration in the United States

An exploration of influential literature of the Plains region in both the United States and Canada

A novel in a series by Kent Haruf that unveils the immemorial truths about human beings

A compelling account of one woman's childhood captivity within Native Americans, her adult life of freedom and celebrity, and the reality that she never wanted to leave.

Poems recording the devastation unleashed on the Great Plains by the blizzard of January 12, 1888

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

A beautifully illustrated memoir of Nebraska farm life.

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

An essential reference tool on Nebraska