Great Plains Literature

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

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

Nebraskan Jeri Shute recounts tales from a bygone era.

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

Readers will delight in the story of Harriet as she searches for her father in the American West

A gripping history and account of black enslavement in Nebraska

How black Homesteaders' heralded America's Great Migration

A story of freedom through bold action, strong testimony, and heartfelt eloquence from one of Native America's greatest heros.

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

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.