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Language
English
Description
"Tom Brokaw is known as one of the hardest-working, most successful people in broadcast journalism. His success is attributed to his work ethic, his instinct for identifying the significance of the news in the lives of ordinary people, and his reputation for always showing up for others. In this heartfelt family story, Tom shows the values and lessons he absorbed from his ancestors, parents, and others who settled in South Dakota and worked hard to...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A rancher's life on the Great Plains, South Dakota, Black Hills, social life and customs. The owl in the dark -- Sonata for horses -- Blues for shoveling horse manure -- Reckoning the cost of a dead steer -- Lightning strikes the white heifer -- Looking for the dark : buffalo winter -- Beekeeper -- Badger's business -- Looking for death : the deer harvest -- The young cow : going back to grass -- Looking for the light : the elk in the aspen -- Climbing...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In a moving and bittersweet story, M.J. Andersen chronicles her childhood and adolescence in South Dakota, her departure to forge her own life, and her persistent longing for the landscape she left behind. Her hometown, given the fictional name of Plainville, is so quiet that one local family regularly parks by the tracks to watch the train pass through. Yet small-town life and, especially, the prairie prove to be fertile ground for Andersen's imagination....
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The epic story of one of America's greatest soldiers, Ranger Hall of Fame member Gary O'Neal, who served his country for forty years. From his first tour in Vietnam at seventeen to fighting in both Gulf wars, O'Neal was nothing less than a super soldier.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Russell Means reflects on his early years, leaving his home on the 'Rez' during WWII so that his father could work on the military ships in California. He speaks candidly about racism, the ignorance of mainstream society, and Hollywood's portrayal of American Indians, which all led to his push to break out of the stereotypical bondage that he fought so hard against.
Author
Publisher
Fulcrum
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Linda Hasselstrom is a poet, essayist and working ranch woman. She works a South Dakota ranch home-steaded by her Swedish forebears. She structures her narration around the opening and closing of gates as she goes "over east" en route to the summer pasture. With each stop, she makes a nostalgic foray into the past, discusses the routine demands of their cow-calf operation and celebrates the wildlife or the silent dignity of deserted homesteads.
