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The Big Empty: Contemporary Nebraska Nonfiction Writers
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The Big Empty: Contemporary Nebraska Nonfiction Writers
by Ladette (edt) Randolph

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A vast, barren landscape or a place of subtle natural beauty; the middle of nowhere or the gateway to the cultural and historical riches of the West; many things to many people and a cipher to many more—the great state of Nebraska is by force of...
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Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
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Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
by Bob Greene

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North Platte, Nebraska, is a solitary outpost in the vast midwesternplains. But from Christmas Day 1941 to the end of WorId War II, American soldiers rolled through the town on troop trains, en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the...
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The Complete Roadside Guide to Nebraska
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The Complete Roadside Guide to Nebraska
by Alan Boye

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The second edition of "The Complete Roadside Guide to Nebraska" represents a major enlargement and revision of the first edition, making this the most comprehensive guide to the state ever written. The book covers over twelve thousand miles in all ninety-...
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Nebraska Folklore
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Nebraska Folklore
by Louise Pound

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A distinguished scholar and writer who, in the words of H. L. Mencken, “put the study of American English on its legs,” Louise Pound (1872–1958) was always intensely interested in the folklore of her home state. Nebraska Folklore, first...
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Nebraska Place-Names
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Nebraska Place-Names
by Lilian Fitzpatrick

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During the thirty-five years since it was first published, Nebraska Place-Names, thanks to its completeness and reliable scholarship, its excellent arrangement and its readability, not only has remained the standard work on the subject but is by way of...
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Moving Out: A Nebraska Woman's Life (Women in the West)
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Moving Out: A Nebraska Woman's Life (Women in the West)
by Polly Spence

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The autobiography of Polly Spence (1914-98) is an intimate portrait of small-town life in the mid-twentieth century....
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Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
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Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen
by Bob Greene

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The author of the New York Timesbestseller Dutyshows how a small town in Nebraska gave meaning, joy, and hope to every train of World War Two soldiers passing through their town. The town came to symbolise the patriotism of the American people during...
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Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs (Bison Original)
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Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs (Bison Original)
by Lawrence H. Larsen

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From its birth as interdependent towns on the Missouri River frontier to its emergence as a metropolis straddling two states, Omaha–Council Bluffs has been one of the great urban construction projects in the nation’s history. Upstream...
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Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky (Great Plains Photography)
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Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky (Great Plains Photography)
by Joel Sartore

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The people, places, and events of Nebraska are recorded in this collection of images taken during the photographer's ten thousand miles of travel throughout his home state, on an odyssey that takes him from the Wayne Chicken Show to Omaha and everywhere...
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Happy as a Big Sunflower: Adventures in the West, 1875-1880
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Happy as a Big Sunflower: Adventures in the West, 1875-1880
by Rolf Johnson

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He found employment with a wagon freighter headed for the Black Hills, where he saw Calamity Jane in action. Rolf's education continued until the diaries end in Cubero, New Mexico, in 1880. He returned to Phelps County in 1882 and remained there for most...
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Nebraska an Illustrated History 2ND Edition
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Nebraska an Illustrated History 2ND Edition
by Frederick C Luebke

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A unique history of Nebraska is presented in these pages, drawing on fifty-eight short topical chapters and a rich gallery of illustrations. Professor Frederick C. Luebke's lifelong commitment to the study of his state informs the book in every detail...
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Nebraska Sand
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Nebraska Sand
by Lelita France Amick

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Nebraska Sand tells the haunting tale of homesteaders and two generations that followed. Based on real people and true events, Nebraska Sand is a book from Nebraska, about life, truth and forgiveness....
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Nebraska Simply Beautiful
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Nebraska Simply Beautiful
by Mike Whye

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Nebraska is a land of simple beauty, from the valleys of the Missouri and Niobrara Rivers to the fertile corn and soybean fields, from the unique landscape of the Sandhills to thriving downtown Omaha. Collected here are photographer Mike Whye's finest...
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Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folk
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Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folk
by Roger L Welsch

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Folklore tells us something about almost every aspect of the life of the people. This rich and entertaining collection of Nebraska pioneer folklore, taken largely from the Nebraska Folklore Pamphlets issued by the Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s...
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Nebraska moments :glimpses of Nebraska's past
by Donald R. Hickey

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In thirty-nine vignettes Donald R. Hickey writes about Nebraska places, events, personalities, and institutions. His sense of history and eye for detail make vivid a long stretch of the Oregon Trail and Forts Kearny and Robinson, the rise of Omaha, the...
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Roadside History of Nebraska (Roadside History)
by Candy Moulton

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This overview of Nebraska history follows roadways to the well-known and lesser-known points of interest from early French and Spanish explorers to modern agriculture and the ongoing plight of Native Americans....
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Hawk Flies Above: Journey to the Heart of the Sandhills
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Hawk Flies Above: Journey to the Heart of the Sandhills
by Lisa Dale Norton



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Hawk Flies Above: Journey to the Heart of the Sandhills
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Hawk Flies Above: Journey to the Heart of the Sandhills
by Lisa Dale Norton



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Lay of the Land
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Lay of the Land
by Brent Olson



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Agrarian Women Wives & Mothers in Ru
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Agrarian Women Wives & Mothers in Ru
by Deborah Fink

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-232) and index....
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