Great Plains Literature

A novel about the real people and events that were shaped by the land, animals, and plants of the Central Plains

Where We've Managed Somehow to Be

Nebraskan Jeri Shute recounts tales from a bygone era.

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

Great Plains Politics (Discover the Great Plains)

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

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.

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

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

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