Synopses & Reviews
Roger Welsch is a fierce fan of Nebraskaand#8212;not just the football team, or the stateand#8217;s famous beef, or its endless sky, or its ferocious and ferociously unpredictable weather, but the whole thing. His license plate says CAPT NEB, and he means it.and#160;Welsch loves Nebraska as the heart of Americaand#8217;s Great Plains. His perception of the state is not always conventionaland#8212;occasionally itand#8217;s even abrasiveand#8212;but heand#8217;s thought a lot about this place some call and#8220;Fly-Over Countryand#8221; or and#8220;The Middle of Nowhereand#8221; or even and#8220;The End of the Earth.and#8221; And what he has to say about it makes interesting reading not just for natives but certainly also for outsiders, for those who love the place and those who would rather travel through hell than make another drive across Nebraska's endless miles.
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and#8220;Read this book and no one gets hurt.and#8221;and#8212;Bob Kerrey, former Nebraska governor and senator
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and#8220;This new book by Roger Welsch is one that every red-blooded Nebraskan should ownand#8212;and, if time and blood pressure permit, should read. It is vintage Welschand#8212;at times funny, at times sad, at times endearingly pathetic. It covers an impressive range of subjectsand#8212;politics, religion, education, canines, geology, fashion, tractors, s-e-x (read between the lines). Welsch is indeed Captain Nebraska, with or without a cape. He is the stateand#8217;s consummate storyteller. He is larger than life, larger even than the overalls that strive to contain him, and My Nebraska, which chronicles the perceptions and attitudes and subtle biases of an irascible but lovable geezer, is no doubt his penultimate achievement.and#8221;and#8212;William Kloefkorn, Nebraska State Poet
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and#8220;While Roger and I may not have the same perspective on and#8216;some things,and#8217; we are totally in agreement when it comes to the beauty of the state and its people. His view is unique and refreshing.and#8221;and#8212;Kay Orr, former governor of Nebraska
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and#8220;Roger Welsch, by far the greatest humorist to ever call Dannebrog home, is indeed a Nebraska treasure. He is gifted; he is very funny; Roger is our Will Rogers.and#8221;and#8212;Charlie Thone, former governor of Nebraska
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and#8220;This new book by Roger Welsch is one that every red-blooded Nebraska
About the Author
Roger Welsch was a professor of English and anthropology at the University of Nebraskaand#8211;Lincoln until 1988, when he moved to Dannebrog, Nebraska, to write full time. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Itand#8217;s Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here and Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales, both available in Bison Books editions.