486 results for 'South Dakota'

Born in 1930 in "Diddlin' Dora's" establishment on the banks of Rapid Creek and carried by the Madam herself to a social worker at the Alex Johnson Hotel in Rapid City, Ron Hull was destined from the...

In 1953 young surgeon Robert H. Ruby began work as the chief medical officer at the hospital on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He began writing almost daily to his sister,...

Dan O’Brien’s earlier award-winning novel The Contract Surgeon introduced readers to Valentine McGillycuddy, a friend of the great war chief Crazy Horse. Through McGillycuddy’s eyes, the novel...

A number of the stories in Glenn Meeter's Stories of Four Decades have been reprinted (most frequently "Hard Row" and "A Harvest"), but they all made their first appearance in publications as diverse...

Lawrence Larsen and his wife Barbara Cottrell have written a marvelous urban biography. They have done what other historians often fail to do - relate local happenings to the larger regional and...

In this dazzling literary collection, writers explore and celebrate their lives with and love for birds-detailing experiences from Alaska to Bermuda, South Dakota to Panama. In When Birds Are Near,...

Through the original writings and photography of renowned geologist Harold Rollin Wanless, this book paints a thorough and engaging picture of the White River Badlands' landscape, geology, biology,...

For fans of The Jerry McNeal Series comes a full-length, standalone novel, with Jerry, Gunter and a cast of lively spirits who are sure to entertain. When Jerry McNeal and Gunter are asked to travel...

For fans of Jodi Picoult and Lionel Shriver, Jessica Pack's thought-provoking and beautifully rendered work of literary fiction explores the truth and consequences of a small town shooting. Delving...

Knit unique beanies inspired by the jaw-dropping and unique landscapes from each of the 63 US National Parks.From the brightly colored pebbles of Lake McDonald in Montana’s Glacier National Park to...

On February 27, 1973, a group of roughly 300 armed Indigenous men, women, and children seized the tiny hamlet of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, at gunpoint, took hostages, barricaded themselves in the...

"[Eagle Voice Remembers] is John Neihardt's mature and reflective interpretation of the old Sioux way of life. He served as a translator of the Sioux past, whose audience has proved not to be limited...

While many studies of religion in the West have focused on the region's diversity, freedom, and individualism, Todd M. Kerstetter brings together the three most glaring exceptions to those rules to...

Mixed Methods in Health Sciences Research: A Practical Primer, by Leslie Curry and Marcella Nunez-Smith, presents key theories, concepts, and approaches in an accessible way. Packed with...

Muslims are neither new nor foreign to the United States. They have been a vital presence in North America since the 16th century. Muslims in America unearths their history, documenting the lives of...

The saga of the Brannon family of Culpeper County, Virginia, concludes in this tenth volume of the Civil War Battle Series with sons in every theater of the war. For a time, Mac and Titus fight in...

The 2004 American Presidential campaign was a watershed event for many reasons, but especially because the line between statesmanship and showmanship became extremely blurred. Because of the...

The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless,...