Books: Nebraska
and the West
In the
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Building for the Ages: Omaha's Architectural Landmarks,
by Kristine Gerber and Jeffrey S. Spencer.
$39.95/$35.95 members (cloth)
Focuses on notable historic structures
in Omaha, as well as some of the most significant buildings the
city has lost.
Butler County: The Boston Studio Collection,
by Susan R. McLain.
$21.99/$19.79 members (paper)
Harvey L. Boston opened his photo studio
in 1893 and for the next 35 years recorded the people and places
of Butler County. An Images of America publication.
The Children's Blizzard, by David Laskin.
$13.95/$12.55 members (paper)
A heartening account of the 1888 blizzard,
and a promise kept on a day the wind finally did what it promises
to do.
Fighting Liberal, The Autobiography of George W. Norris, foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.,
$14.95/ $13.45 members (paper)
The story of Nebraska Senator George W. Norris.
The Governor's House, The People's House: Nebraska Governors'
Residences, by James E. Potter.
$3.00/$2.70 members (paper)
Reprinted from Nebraska History, the
quarterly publication of the Nebraska State Historical Society.
A Harmony of the Arts: The Nebraska State Capitol, edited
by Frederick C. Luebke.
$19.95/$17.95 members (paper)
Under construction for a decade, beginning
in 1920, no other state capitol embodies more successfully the
union of architecture, art, and the human spirit.
History of Nebraska (3rd ed., 1997), by James C. Olson and Ronald C.
Naugle
$20/ $18 members (paper)
Long the standard Nebraska history for the general reader. The
book traces Nebraska development from the prehistoric past through
the 1990s. Topics include the Native American experience, circumstances
and accomplishments of the state's women and minorities, as well
as an analysis of the state's dramatic changes in the last thirty
years.
Jewish Life in Omaha and Lincoln: A Photographic
History, by Oliver B. Pollak.
$19.99/$17.99 members (paper)
In the early twentieth century there was
a Jewish presence in Nebraska towns. This book captures the lives,
events, neighborhoods, and institutions that shaped these communities.
An Images of America publication.
Lincoln in Black and White, 1910-1925, by Douglas Keister and Edward F. Zimmer.
$19.99/$17.99 members (paper)
Photographer John Johnson, the son of a
black Civil War veteran and a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, produced
beautiful images of Lincoln's black community. This visual legacy
takes you to the front porches, backyards, and streets of this
"small town" within a midwestern city. An Images
of America publication.
Louise Pound: The 19th Century Iconoclast Who Forever Changed
America's Views About Women, Academics and Sports, by Marie Krohn with a foreword by Robert Cochran.
$18.95/$17.05 members (paper)
Pound was a world-class athlete in tennis
and golf. Recognized for laying the social groundwork for subsequent
female athletes, she defied sexism and traveled to Germany to
obtain a Ph.D.
Louise Pound Scholar, Athlete, Feminist,
Pioneer, by Robert Cochran.
$40./$36.00/members (cloth)
A literary scholar, athlete, musician,
and women's sports advocate, Pound fought tirelessly to open
athletic and professional opportunities for women. She is known
for her work in the field of linguistics and folklore.
Mari Sandoz's Native Nebraska: The Plains
Indian Country, by LaVerne
Harrell Clark.
$19.99/$17.99 members (paper)
Sandoz is recognized for her accomplishments
as an American writer. The illustrations and captions detail
Sandoz's lifes work. An Images of America publication.
Nebraska: An Illustrated History, by Frederick C. Luebke
$50/ $45 members (cloth)
$24.95/ $22.45 members (paper)
Brief essays and photographs telling Nebraska's fascinating history.
Nebraska Courthouses: Contention, Compromise, and Community, by Oliver B. Pollak
$19.99/ $17.99 members (paper)
Courthouses saw spirited battles during the early years of Nebraska
statehood. Over two hundred photographs visually describe the
architectural and political evolution of the courthouse. An Images
of America publication.
Nebraska in 1857, by James M. Woolworth.
$18.95/$17.05/members (cloth)
This numbered, limited edition is often
considered the first history of Nebraska. A fold-out map shows
towns of "considerable promise" as well as existing
towns in Nebraska.
Nebraska Moments, by Donald R. Hickey, Susan A. Wunder, and John
R. Wunder.
$23.95/$21.55 members (paper)
An interesting look at nearly three centuries
of historic moments and the unique people who helped to create
Nebraska. A timeline is included.
Nebraska Note Cards.
$12.95/$11.65 members
Ten illustrations include the State Capitol,
Chimney Rock, windmills, and more.
North Platte: City Between Two Rivers,
by Jim Beckius.
$19.99/$17.99 members (paper)
Situated between the South and North Platte
rivers, North Platte has a history as a stopping point in the
westward migration, from the gold rush days to the building of
the transcontinental railroad. The transcontinental Lincoln Highway
runs through the town today. An Images of America publication.
One House: The Unicameral's Progressive Vision for Nebraska,
by Charlyne Berens.
$25.95/$23.35 members (paper)
A look at Senator George W. Norris's arguments
for a unicameral legislature and how Nebraska's unicameral, unique
in American democracy, has performed since its inception in 1937.
Photo Albums
$18.00/$16.20 members
7 5/8 in. x 8 in. , holds 96, 4x6 photos
Photo Albums
$11.50/$10.35 members
4 3/8 in. x 6 in. , holds 36, 4x6 photos
Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court, by James W. Hewitt.
$45/$40.50 members (cloth)
The first history of the Nebraska Supreme
Court, as well as the first book-length study of a Great Plains
supreme court. Autographed copies available.
Yesterday & Today: Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Book: $39.95/$35.95 members (cloth)
A collection of photographs of Omaha and
Council Bluffs landmarks.
Yesterday & Today: Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Postcard Book: $9.95/$8.95 members
A collection of photographs of Omaha and
Council Bluffs landmarks.
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American Indians in U.S. History, by
Roger L. Nichols.
$17.95/$16.15 members (paper)
A brief survey for students and general
readers that charts the histories of tribes throughout the United
States.
An Unspeakable Sadness: The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians, by David J. Wishart.
$23.95/$21.55 members (paper)
The dispossession of Indians, their loss
of lands and traditional lifestyles during the nineteenth century
in what is now Nebraska.
Autobiography
of Red Cloud: War Leader of the Oglalas, edited by R. Eli Paul.
$15.95/ $14.36 members (paper)
As Red Cloud told his story to a white
friend in the 1890s, this manuscript brings us closer than ever
before to understanding the life of the Lakota's greatest war
leader until the rise of Crazy Horse.
Beef State, DVD,
co-produced by the Nebraska State Historical Society and NET
Television.
$14.95/$13.45 members (DVD)
An hour-long documentary on the history
of the beef industry in Nebraska.
Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux
War, 1854-1856, by R. Eli Paul.
$34.95/$31.45 members (cloth)
A study of the significance in Lakota and
U.S. History of the army's punitive campaign and defeat of the
Brulés at Blue Water Creek in 1855.
The Broidered Garment: The Love Story of Mona Martinsen and John
G. Neihardt, by Hilda Martinsen Neihardt.
$29.95/$27.65 members (cloth)
A richly detailed story of how the sculptor
and the poet fell in love, married, and of their life together.
The Cellars of Time: Paleontology and Archeology in Nebraska
$12.95/ $11.65 members (paper)
now $5.00
Many full-color photos, maps, and other illustrations.
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life, by Kingsley M. Bray.
$34.95/$31.45 members (cloth)
This new biography of the famed Lakota
leader is based on a broad range of archival sources (many from
the Nebraska State Historical Society), and interviews with his
contemporaries and modern Lakotas. It reveals the modest, reflective
man that lay beneath his reputation as a war leader and offers
a fuller understanding of Crazy Horse's place in American Indian
and U. S. history.
Dance Lodges of the Omaha People: Building
from Memory, by Mark Awakuni-Swetland.
$19.95/$17.95 members (paper)
Dance lodges were prevalent on the Omaha
Reservation landscape from the late 1890s through the late 1930s.
Find out about the secret societies and tribal customs that existed
in these unique structures. Forty Omaha elders have given oral
history insights. Archival photos are included.
The 1862 Plot to Kidnap Jefferson Davis, by Victor Vifquain, edited by Jeffrey H. Smith
and Phillip Thomas Tucker.
$22/$19.80 members (paper)
Victor Vifquain's memoir, held for nearly
a century in the Nebraska State Historical Society Archives.
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, edited by David J. Wishart.
$75/$67.50 members (cloth)
Organized thematically and alphabetically
with 1,316 entries of varying length contributed by approximately
one thousand scholars.
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians, edited by David
J. Wishart.
$24.95/$22.45 members (paper)
Focusing on the peoples, places, and events
that have shaped the lives of the Great Plains Indians. Includes
wars, treaties, and traditions, as well as contemporary topics.
Forts
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Fort Laramie: Military Bastion of the High Plains, by Douglas C. McChristian.
$45/$40.50 members (cloth)
Fort Laramie served as the epicenter of
westward expansion on the Great Plains from the 1840s to the
1890s, bringing the times, people and events to life.
Fort McPherson Nebraska: Guardian of the Tracks and Trails,
by Louis A. Holmes.
$19.95/17.95 members (cloth)
This special edition book chronicles the
story of Fort McPherson, originally known as Fort Cottonwood.
Forts of the Northern Plains: Guide to Historic Military Posts
of the Plains Indian Wars, by
Jeff Barnes.
$19.95/$17.95 members (paper)
A combination history and travel guide
to the critical forts of the Indian campaigns of the late nineteenth
century.
Fort Randall on the Missouri, 1856-1892,
by Jerome A. Greene.
$17.95/$16.16 members (paper)
Greene tells of the importance of Fort
Randall in northern Plains military history and the mapping of
the Black Hills. The book encompasses everything from the"buffalo
soldiers" that served there, to Sitting Bull and his followers
that were incarcerated at the post. Includes twenty-four original
photographs.
From Fort Laramie to Wounded Knee: In the West
That Was,
by Charles W. Allen, edited by Richard E. Jensen
$22.00/ $19.80 members (paper)
The varied and colorful career of Charles Wesley Allen (1851-1942)
took him throughout the northern Plains during an exceptionally
turbulent era in its history.
The Frontier Army in the Settlement of the West, by Michael L. Tate
$34.95/ $31.45 members (cloth)
Tate focuses on the army's role in conducting explorations, compiling
scientific and artistic records, building roads, aiding overland
travelers, and improving river transportation.
Traveler's Guide to the Great Sioux War,
by Paul Hedren.
$12.95/$11.65 members cloth)
An invaluable guide for sites and geography that make the Great
Sioux War, the most famous Indian war in American history, come
alive.
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The Fur Trade of the American West, 1807-1840, by David J. Wishart.
$21.95/$19.75 members (paper)
A geographical synthesis focusing on interrelationships
between the biological, physical, and cultural environments of
the fur trade.
Ghost Railroads of Nebraska - A Pictorial, by Michael M. Bartels and James J. Reisdorff
$24.95/ $22.45 members (paper)
With photos, text, and maps this book guides the reader to abandoned
rail lines.
A Good Walk Around the Boundary: Archeological Inventory of the
Dyck and Other Properties Adjacent to the Little Bighorn Battlefield
National Monument, by Douglas D. Scott and Peter Bleed.
$10/$9 members (paper), reprinted 2006
The Great Plains During World War II, by R. Douglas Hurt.
$34.95/$31.45 members (cloth)
An extensive combination of historical
references and residents' recollections of what life was like
on the Great Plains during the World War II era.
Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild
by Michael Forsberg with Dan O'Brien, David Wishart, and Ted
Kooser.
$45.00/$40.50 members (cloth)
Acclaimed Nebraska photographer Michael
Forsberg has 150 photographs featured in his new oversized book,
plus lyrical writing by some of the regions best authors.
The Great Platte River Road, by Merrill J. Mattes
$29.95/$26.95 members
The basic primer of the overland trails from the Missouri River
to Fort Laramie during the 1840s to the 1860s.
Ham, Eggs, & Corn Cake: A Nebraska
Territory Diary, Erastus F. Beadle,
introduction by Ronald C. Naugle.
$12.95/$11.65 members (paper)
In 1857 Erastus F. Beadle of New York came
west to see about some land. His diary records his impressions
of that time.
Happy
as a Big Sunflower: Adventures in the West, 1876-1880, by Rolf Johnson, edited by Richard E. Jensen
$15/ $13.50 members (paper)
Rolf Johnson's diaries of settlement in
Phelps County and travels in the West offer an entertaining account
of Nebraska pioneer life.
Historic Photos of Omaha, text and captions by Jeffrey Spencer.
$39.95/$35.96 members (cloth)
A collection of historic photographs.
Indians and Emigrants: Encounters on the
Overland Trails, by Michael L.
Tate.
$29.95/$26.95 members (cloth)
Tate explains the unexpected relations
of cooperation as well as incidents of conflict between the Indians
and emigrants on the Overland Trails.
Iktomi and the Ducks & Other Sioux Stories, retold
by Zitkala-Sa, foreword by Agnes M. Picotte and introduction
by P. Jane Hafen.
$11.95/$10.75 members (paper)
A collection of Native stories, as told
for generations.
Indian War Veterans: Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the
West, 1864-1898, by Jerome A. Greene.
$45/$40.50 members (cloth)
A collection of reminiscences about the
frontier army in the West, drawn from various published sources.
It includes recollections of the Battle of the Little Bighorn,
the Fetterman fight, the Yellowstone Expedition, and more.
The Last Prairie: A Sandhills Journal,
by Stephen R. Jones.
$15.95/$14.35 members (paper)
A historical canvas of dancing prairie
chickens, courting fireflies, and migratory sandhill cranes,
along with vivid accounts of homesteading, range wars, and storms,
provides a rare perspective.
Lynchings, Legends, & Lawlessness: The Story of Historical
Sidney, Nebraska, by Loren Avey.
$45/$40.50 members (cloth)
Not your normal history text, this book
is a "one-of-a-kind," detailed history centering on
the mysteries and legends of people buried at Sidney's "Boot
Hill" Cemetery.
Marching with the First Nebraska: A Civil War Diary, by August Scherneckau,
edited by James E. Potter and Edith Robbins, translated by Edith
Robbins.
$34.95/$31.45 members (cloth)
The most important first-person account
by a Nebraska soldier that has yet come to light, offering the
insights of a German immigrant who served with the First Nebraska
regiment from 1862 to 1865 in Missouri, Arkansas, and Nebraska's
Platte River Valley.
Mystic Horse, by Paul Goble.
$16.99/$15.29 members (cloth)
A children's book based on an old Pawnee
story.
Marking Time: Nebraska's Historic Places,
by Bobbi and Steve Olson, with
text by David L. Bristow.
$29.95/$26.95 members (cloth)
The Olsons' contemporary photographs were
inspired by a selection of historic sites across Nebraska.
Navigating the Missouri: Steamboating on
Nature's Highway, 1819-1935, by
William E. Lass.
$45.00/$40.50 members (cloth)
The steamboat provided transportation and
fueled the economy of the West before the railroad arrived. Lass
tells the colorful story of the steamboat from its inception
in 1819 to the last commercial steamer of 1935.
Nebraska Moments, by
Donald R. Hickey, Susan A. Wunder, and John R. Wunder.
$23.95/$21.55 members (paper), new edition, 2007
An interesting look at nearly three centuries
of historic moments and the unique people who helped to create
Nebraska. A timeline is included.
The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854, edited by John R. Wunder and Joann M. Ross.
$30.00/$27.00 members (paper)
A volume of essays from scholars at the
150th Anniversary of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Nebraska's Cowboy Trail: A User's Guide,
by Keith Terry.
$12.95/$11.65 members (paper)
A guide to the 321-mile-long-rail line
that is now the Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail with brief
narratives about historical events along the trail.
The Nature of Nebraska: Ecology and Biodiversity, by Paul A. Johnsgard
$17.95/ $16.15 members (paper)
Historical geology, biology, botany, and ecology
Nebraska 1875: Its Advantages, Resources,
and Drawbacks, by Edwin A.
Curley, introduction by Richard Edwards.
$27.95/$25.15 members (paper)
A London journalist evaluates Nebraska
for potential immigrants and provides a fascinating snapshot
of the climate, the land, and each county at a time when settlement
opportunities were at their peak.
Nebraska Folklore, by Louise Pound, introduction by Roger Welsch.
$14.95/$13.45 members (paper), new edition, 2006
Louise Pound was educated and spent fifty
years teaching at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where
she was regarded as one of the university's ranking scholars.
The book presents an interesting look at traditions from Nebraska's
past.
The
Nebraska Indian Wars Reader, 1865-1877, edited by R. Eli Paul
$19.95/ $17.95 members (paper)
An anthology of eyewitness accounts, this
book provides the first comprehensive look at the Indian wars
in this state.
Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers,
edited by Patricia Cox Crews and Ronald C. Naugle
$35/ $31.50 members (paper)
Neligh Mill Museum: A Self Guided Tour,
by Kent E. Martin
$3.00/ $2.70 members (paper)
The only 19th century flour mill in the state with all of its
original equipment intact.
No One Ever Asked Me: The World War II Memoirs of an Omaha Indian
Soldier, by
Hollis D. Stabler, edited by Victoria Smith.
$24.95/$22.45 members (cloth)
Stabler's story of life as a soldier, going
to war, and returing to the American plains.
Perkey's Nebraska Place Names (4th ed., 2003),
by Elton A. Perkey
$13.95/ $12.56 members (paper)
Features towns, post offices, and "ghost towns" of
Nebraska, organized by county.
Rainmakers: A Photographic Story of Center Pivots, by the Groundwater
Foundation, foreword by Congressman Tom Osborne.
$34.95/$31.45 members (cloth)
Features instructive and beautiful photographs
that provide an understanding and appreciation of the history
and complexity of center pivot irrigation.
Sharpie: The Life Story of Evelyn Sharp, Nebraska's Aviatrix, by Diane Ruth Armour Bartels
$14.95/ $13.45 members (paper)
Biography of the young aviatrix, who died ferrying fighter planes
for the military during World War II.
Solomon D. Butcher: Photographing the American
Dream,
by John E. Carter
$25.00/ $22.50 members (cloth)
Nebraska's sod house photographer captured Great Plains settlers
and their lives.
Valentines, by
Ted Kooser.
$14.95/$13.45 members (cloth)
Pulitzer Prize-wining author Ted Kooser
has combined twenty-two years worth of Valentine poems in this
book. Line drawings by Nebraska architect Robert Hanna accompany
each poem.
Voices of the American West, Volume 1: The Indian Interviews
of Eli S. Ricker, 1903-1919, by Eli S. Ricker, edited
and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen.
$55/$49.50 members (cloth)
Indian eyewitnesses to the death of Crazy
Horse, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the Wounded Knee
Massacre tell their stories of these and many related episodes
in interviews recorded by a Chadron, Nebraska, judge and newspaperman.
The Ricker interviews are preserved in the Nebraska State Historical
Society Archives.
Voices of the American West, Volume 2: The Settler and Soldier
Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903-1919,
by Eli S. Ricker, edited by Richard E. Jensen.
$55/$49.50 members (cloth)
White participants in the occupation and
settlement of the American West offer commentary on various topics,
including warfare, government Indian policy, reservation life,
and cattle drives as recorded by Ricker in the early twentieth
century.
Washita: The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes, 1867-1869, by Jerome A. Greene.
$29.95/$26.95 members (cloth)
Both Indian and U.S. Army sources are used
to examine George Armstrong Custer's victorious attack on Black
Kettle's village and its implications.
Wheel
Boats on the Missouri: The Journals and Documents of the
Atkinson-O'Fallon Expedition, 1824-26, edited and with an introduction by Richard E.
Jensen and James S. Hutchins
$39.95/ $35.95 members (cloth)
The journals cover navigation problems, Indian cultures, and
army life during this important journey to council with the Indians
along the Upper Missouri River.
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