Great Plains Literature

Award-winning stories of matter-of-fact cruelty and the hopeful fragility of humanity

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

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

How black Homesteaders' heralded America's Great Migration

Homesteader Isaac Beckley Werner of Stafford County, Kansas and the Populist movement

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.

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

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

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