Great Plains Literature

A gritty noir novel set in rural Nebraska

A drama about the complicated relationships connecting the residents of a small-town farming community

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

A gripping history and account of black enslavement in Nebraska

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

The history of the greatest migration in the United States

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 concise guide through the geological development of the Great Plains region

USS Arizona sailor, Donald Stratton delivers an inspiring and unforgettable eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack and his remarkable return to the fight. 

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