great plains

A Norwegian family suffers great hardship as they try to establish a farm on the plains of the Dakota territory in the 1870's.

Examines the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 to 1895, a period during which the U.S. government gave land away very cheaply to anyone willing to build on it, and discusses encounters with Native Americans, land claims, town building, and other related topics.

Contains newspaper accounts, letters, interviews, memoirs, songs, government documents, and other writings and photographs that provide insight into the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on conditions in the Great Plains region of the United States.

Presents the diary of the wife of General George Armstrong Custer, focusing on their life on the Great Plains from 1873 to 1876, when Custer and his Seventh Cavalry were clearing the way for the Northern Pacific Railroad and battling Native Americans.

Presents volume six of an eight-volume collection on regional cultures of America and examines the traditions and history of the Great Plains through narratives on Native Americans, Buffalo soldiers, folk ballads and territory jazz, as well as other areas that define the Great Plains.

A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.

Presents accounts of people, animals, and events on the plains and prairies of the Old West.

Orry, a ten-year-old boy living in Kansas during the Great Depression, grows tired of having to stay inside because of the dust and takes his stepsister on an outing, only to become caught in the black blizzard that ravaged the drought-stricken area on April 14, 1935.

Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.

Describes short-grass, tall-grass, and mixed-grass prairies and the plants and animals--from insects to buffalo--that inhabit them.