Black Elk Speaks: As Told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow), by Nicholas Black Elk.
$14.95/$13.45 members (paper)
The story of Black Elk, Lakota holy man,
and his vision.
The Blizzard Voices, by Ted Kooser,
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004 - 2006
$9.95/$8.95 members (paper)
A collection of poems about the blizzard
of January 12, 1888, based on reminiscences of survivors as recorded
in documents from the time and written reminiscences from years
later.
Braided Creek - A Conversation in Poetry, by Jim
Harrison and Ted Kooser
$15/$13.50 members (paper)
Longtime friends Jim Harrison and Ted Kooser
exchanged poems that explore friendship and reflect a "passionate
search for a little wisdom, pausing to celebrate the natural
world."
Cheyenne Autumn, by Mari Sandoz.
$16.95/$15.25 members (paper)
The story of the flight of the Northern
Cheyennes from Indian Territory in the autumn of 1878, their
capture and imprisonment at Fort Robinson, and their desperate
bid for freedom.
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas, by Mari Sandoz, introduction by Vine Deloria
Jr.
$15.95/ $14.35 members (paper)
Being both imaginative and factual, Sandoz
writes of Crazy Horse, his people, and his times.
A Cycle of the West:
The Song of Three
Friends
The Song of Hugh
Glass
The Song of Jed
Smith
The Song of the
Indian Wars
The Song of the
Messiah
by John G. Neihardt.
$24.95/$22.45 members (paper)
A series of epic poems celebrating the
"great mood of courage that was developed west of the Missouri
River in the nineteenth century."
Delights & Shadows, by Ted Kooser
$15/$13.50 members (paper)
A collection of poems including:
"A Rainy Morning," "A Jar of Buttons," "Bank
Fishing for Bluegills," and "A Happy Birthday."
Ordinary objects come alive through U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's
work.
Kooser earned the Pulitzer Prize for
poetry.
Flying at Night: Poems 1965-1985, by
Ted Kooser.
$14.95/$13.45 members (paper)
This collection of poems is divided in
two sections: "Sure Signs" and "One World At A
Time."
The Giving Earth, by John G.
Neihardt, edited and with an introduction by Hilda Neihardt.
$12.95/$11.65 members (paper)
Selections of Neihardt's work, brought
together by his daughter to reveal the poet's spiritual and artistic
growth.
Journey into Christmas and Other Stories, by Bess Streeter Aldrich
$17.95/ $16.15 members (paper)
A story about reuniting families, restored faith, and good fellowship.
A Lantern in Her Hand, by Bess
Streeter Aldrich
$14.95/ $13.45 members (paper)
A novel about a woman who made a home and raised her family on
the Nebraska frontier.
Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps, by Ted Kooser.
$22/$19.80 members (cloth); $10.95/$9.85 members (paper)
Rolling hills in eastern Nebraska are the
"alps," settled in the 1870s and 1880s by Czech and
German immigrants. Reflections on the region and its people by
one who lives there, discovering the extraordinary within the
ordinary.
Mother Mason, by Bess Streeter Aldrich.
$11.95/$10.75 members (paper)
A novel focusing on the family and happiness
in the home.
My Ántonia, by Willa
Cather
$7.95/ $7.15 members (paper)
Cather's novel of Great Plains settlement, which draws on her
childhood.
Old Jules, by Mari Sandoz
$16.95/ $15.25 members (paper)
The biography of the author's father, Jules Sandoz.
O Pioneers!, by Willa Cather
$6.95/ $6.25 members (paper)
A novel of prairie life, about devotion to the land in spite
of hardships and suffering.
Spring Came on Forever, by
Bess Streeter Aldrich
$19.95/ $17.95 members (paper)
A novel about two families, from settlement to the 1930s.
The Story Catcher, by Mari
Sandoz.
$12.95/$11.65 members (paper)
A novel that provides a glimpse at life
in an Indian village on the Great Plains.
The Rim of the Prairie , by Bess Streeter Aldrich
$16.95/ $15.25 members (paper)
Provides an understanding of small town life with a pioneer background.
These Were the Sioux, by Mari
Sandoz.
$8.95/$8.05 members (paper)
Mari Sandoz remembers growing up among
Sioux Indians in the Sandhills of Nebraska.
A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore, compiled by Roger
L. Welsch
$16.95/ $15.25 members (paper)
Compiled mostly from the Nebraska Folklore Pamphlets produced
by the Federal Writer's Project in the late 1930s. Includes songs,
dances, tales, and customs.
A White Bird Flying, by Bess
Streeter Aldrich
$14.95/ $13.45 members (paper)
Sequel to A Lantern in Her Hand.