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RC 2	Oh Grandma, You're Kidding: Memories of 75 Years in Lincoln
	by Gladys S. Douglass	2 cassettes
	The author tells her own early experiences in Lincoln, shortly after the turn of the century. The book previously appeared in the form of short articles which were published in Lincoln's SUNDAY JOURNAL AND STAR. Narrated by Ann Kelley.
RC 3	Look Back with Love: A Recollection of the Blue Ridge
	by Alberta Pierson Hannum	5 cassettes
	A description of the people and landscape of Appalachia; written with tenderness and spirit. Narrated by Eugene Rawls.
RC 12	Listen to the Land
	by Robert N. Manley	2 cassettes
	Discusses the pioneers' trek over the Oregon and Mormon Trails in Nebraska. Includes historic information about the places along the way. Narrated by Robert N. Manley. Other books by Robert N. Manley.
RC 18	The Old-Time Cowhand
	by Ramon F. Adams	3 cassettes
	A highly respected authority on the Old West talks straight about what cowhands really did and thought-cowpunching, bronco-busting, trail driving, rodeo riding, poker playing, and socializing; his horse, guns, rope, clothing, and sleeping bag; his eating and drinking habits; his attitude toward God, women, and bosses; and the unwritten code of conduct-everything about this vanished breed is told with absorbing authenticity. A new recording of this title. Narrated by Ann Kelley.
RC 19	Son of Old Jules: Memoirs of Jules Sandoz, Jr.
	by Caroline Sandoz Pifer and Jules Sandoz, Jr.	1 cassette
	Mari Sandoz's brother, fills out the story of their family life, dominated by Papa, in western Nebraska in the early 1900s. A frail boy who clung to the skirts of his German grandmother, Jules, Jr., had to learn lessons of survival early. He was beaten up by his schoolmates and did not speak English well. But with his brother, James, he helped feed the family by hunting and trapping. Eventually he found the strength to stand up to his father. Narrated by James Stilwell.
RC 22	The Shadow Riders
	by Louis L'Amour	1 cassette
	Dal and Mac Traven are on the trail of a band of raiders who have captured their sister and Dal's girlfriend and are headed for Mexico. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Jess Kozman. Other books by Louis L'Amour.
RC 31	Gone to Texas
	by Forrest Carter	1 cassette
	Josey Wales survived the raiders who massacred his family and lived through the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. He headed for Texas to start a new life but found himself dealing with bluecoats, hostile Indians, and bounty hunters. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Cora Fuller.
RC 32	Under the Tonto Rim
	by Zane Grey	3 cassettes
	Lucy Watson left home to escape the disgrace of being a saloon keeper's daughter. She heads to Arizona to start a new life. Produced by the Arizona Regional Library. Narrated by Stuart Alley. More books by Zane Grey.
RC 33	Captives of the Desert
	by Zane Grey	2 cassettes
	Cowboy John Curry swears to protect Mary Newton from her shiftless drunken husband who is plotting treachery on the Navajo reservation. Produced by the Arizona Regional Library. Narrated by Stuart Alley. More books by Zane Grey.
RC 38	Pioneer Paths
	by Clark Fuller	5 cassettes
	This is a personal account of the history of Sidney, Nebraska and the Panhandle area. The author examined old records and interviewed old-timers. Clark Fuller is a longtime resident of the region. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 43	Boss Cowman: The Recollection of Ed Lemmon
	edited by Nellie Snyder Yost	3 cassettes
	Ed Lemmon knew the West as it was in its earliest cattleman period, knew the big cattlemen in their halcyon days, and was a part of those days himself. A new recording of this title. Narrated by Dennis Lorance. Other books by Nellie Snyder Yost.
RC 44	Marnie
	by Marion Marsh Brown	3 cassettes
	A year in the life of Marnie, a 13-year-old farmer's daughter in the early 1900s. Based on the author's warm memories of her own childhood. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 45	U-Bet: A Greenhorn in Old Montana
	by John R. Barrows	2 cassettes
	John Barrows recalls his early career as a cowboy in the 1880s. Arriving with his parents in the Muselshell Valley of Montana in 1879, he looked forward to blazing action as an Indian fighter or scout but saw more sheepmen and cattlemen than Indians. Narrated by Bob Copperstone.
RC 49	Western Story: The Recollections of Charley O'Kieffe, 1884-1898
	by Charley O'Kieffe	2 cassettes
	A realistic account of a boyhood and youth spent on a homestead in northwestern Nebraska during the final decades of the last century. Narrated by Beth McNeil.
RC 51	From the Rocking Chair
	by Ida Carr Tyson	2 cassettes
	A Lincoln, Nebraska resident, shares the small collection of memories and musings written over a period of years during the eigth decade of her life. Narrated by Ida Carr Tyson.
RC 56	Nebraska Pioneer Cookbook
	compiled by Kay Graber	4 cassettes
	Nebraska's pioneer food tells us much about how our forebears lived. The aim of the cookbook has been to achieve a balance between listing recipes and describing pioneer life. Narrated by Ida Carr Tyson.
RC 64	Mollie: The Journal of Mollie Dorsey in Nebraska and Colorado Territories
	by Mollie Dorsey Sanford	4 cassettes
	The record of a young woman, schoolteacher, and wife, on the raw frontiers of Nebraska and Colorado. Reported with gaiety and courage, this is an account of homesteading and the hardships of pioneer life. Narrated by Ruth Kraatz.
RC 71	The Tenderfoot
	by Max Brand	2 cassettes
	Vincent Allen's act of courage during a bank robbery makes him a wanted man. Fleeing west, he finds a new life, but his penchant for misadventure follows him. Produced by the Mississippi Regional Library. Narrated by Lannie McKay. More books by Max Brand.
RC 75	The Big Land
	by Dwight Bennett Newton	4 cassettes
	Wanting to be alone and responsible only to himself, ex-lieutenant Chadwick Osborn headed east from Salem in the fall of 1866, across the Cascades to central Oregon, traveling to an unknown land. Produced by the Brevard Association for the Advancement of the Blind. Narrated by Robert H. McKay. Other books by Dwight Bennett Newton.
RC 88	Doc Graham, Sandhills Doctor
	by Duane Hutchinson	4 cassettes
	Doc Graham was one of Nebraska's most colorful country doctors. These stories from his long and eventful practice recall, with humor and wisdom, an era now past. Narrated by Duane Hutchinson. Other books by Duane Hutchinson.
RC 91	All Is But a Beginning: Youth Remembered, 1881-1901
	by John G. Neihardt	1 cassette
	The author paints a realistic picture of growing up in the Midwest at the end of the 19th century, and of the people and events instrumental in shaping his life. Introduction by Dick Cavett. Narrated by Budd Duvall. Other books by John G. Neihardt.
RC 95	Covered Wagon Days, from the Private Journals of Albert Jerome Dickson
	edited by Arthur Jerome Dickson	1 cassette
	Dickson was fourteen years old in 1864 when he left LaCrosse, Wisconsin, in a small caravan of covered wagons headed for Montana Territory. The logistics of the trip, the trail marked by ruts and fresh graves, and the encounters with Indians, returning pilgrims, and vigilantes - all figure in the memoir. Narrated by James Stilwell.
RC 100	The Saga of Hugh Glass
	by John Myers	5 cassettes
	This work relates the adventures of Hugh Glass as a pirate, a captive of the Pawnee, and a mountain man who dragged himself two thousand miles after being left to die in the wilderness. Narrated by Joe Schroer.
RC 101	Day of the Comancheros
	by Steven C. Lawrence	1 cassette
	The Comancheros, a savage army of cutthroats, - whites, blacks, Mexicans, and half-breed - raided all over Texas. Slattery didn't take it personally till they dragged him at the end of a rope. That made him mad enough to kill. Produced by the Massachusetts Regional Library. Narrated by Margaret Gamble.
RC 104	The American Cowboy in Life and Legend
	by Bart McDowell	3 cassettes
	Seasoned with vivid first-hand accounts, this fascinating book traces the colorful, sometimes violent history of the cattle industry from its beginning in Mexico to the present. Produced by the University of Texas, Austin. Narrated by Pamela Allen.
RC 106	Quanah Parker, Last Chief of the Comanches
	by Clyde Jackson	1 cassette
	This is the life story of Quanah Parker, son of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Comanche Indian chief Peta Nocona, who became the last great Comanche chief in war and peace. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Harvey Jordan.
RC 107	Tongues of the Monte
	by James Frank Dobie	2 cassettes
	This work consists of a collection of legends about Mexico. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Mary Erwin.
RC 108	The U.S. Camel Corps
	by Odie Faulk	2 cassettes
	In 1855, the Army imported camels to the American West in an attempt to overcome the problems of keeping forts stocked with supplies. This is the story of that venture. Produced by the Midland Tape Lending Library. Narrated by Maxine Hanafin.
RC 109	Cow Country
	by Edward E. Dale	2 cassettes
	This story is about the West from the end of the Civil War to the fencing of the open range in the 1880s. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Mark Callas.
RC 110	The Cowboy Reader
	edited by Lon Tinkle and Allen Maxwell, Jr.	2 cassettes
	A collection of more than thirty selections on cowboy life, many based on reminiscences or writings of the cowboys themselves. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Jerome Stone.
RC 111	Desert Documentary: The Spanish Years, 1767-1821
	compiled by Kieran McCarty	1 cassette
	A series of first-hand documents about the foundations of Mexican-Hispanic culture in Arizona. Reveals the daily life of the soldiers and settlers who founded Tucson in 1775. Produced by the Arizona Regional Library. Narrated by Helen Johnson.
RC 113	The Chosen Land, a Sandhills Life
	by Ira Moss	2 cassettes
	This partly autobiographical work tells about the Moss family's experiences homesteading in the Sandhills of Nebraska and their struggle to make a good life. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 114	No Time on My Hands
	by Grace Snyder as told to Nellie Snyder Yost	3 cassettes
	Mrs. Snyder grew up on the high plains of Custer County, Nebraska and lived in western Nebraska all her life. This is her autobiography, a full life in which, "I have been blessed by having no time on my hands." Narrated by Joanne Boeckman.
RC 118	Roses in December
	by Esther Swanson Myers	1 cassette
	The author writes entertainingly of her childhood on a Nebraska farm in the years before WWI and of her friends and relatives. Narrated by Janet Crooks.
RC 120	The Mysterious Rider
	by Zane Grey	3 cassettes
	Young Columbine Bellounds is in love with one man but her foster father has another in mind for her. The situation is resolved when Bent Wade rides in, and dominates events from that point on. Produced by the Arizona Regional Library. Narrated by Dawn Lowdy. More books by Zane Grey.
RC 122	Take All to Nebraska
	by Sophus Keith Winther	2 cassettes
	A novel about a Danish family struggling to survive on a rented farm in Nebraska at the turn of the century. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 124	Violent Man
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	When Duane Banning found ashes and tombstones where his parent's home had been, he vowed revenge. When the same murderers come after him, it becomes a matter of kill or be killed. Narrated by Mark Messersmith. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 125	Ghost of a Gunfighter
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	Dave Paxton arrives in town determined to find out who murdered his Uncle Josh. He soon discovers his own life is in danger. Narrated by Rick Endacotte. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 126	The West That Was: From Texas to Montana
	by John Leakey	2 cassettes
	The memoirs of John Leakey, a cowhand who worked for many of the ranches in New Mexico, Montana, and North Dakota. Shows the West as it was to those who lived it and the code by which they lived. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 127	Medicine Lodge: The Story of a Kansas Frontier Town
	by Nellie Snyder Yost	2 cassettes
	In addition to experiencing all the usual events common to frontier towns - robberies, murder, floods, cyclones - Medicine Lodge has the distinction of being the home of Carrie Nation, the crusader for prohibition. Narrated by Budd Duvall. Other books by Nellie Snyder Yost.
RC 128	Die-Hard
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	Vance Belford is determined to avenge his father's death. The men who ambushed his father are equally determined to kill Vance next. Narrated by Rick Endacott. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 129	Petticoat Wagon Train
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	Jeff Ryan knows he is in for plenty of trouble when he is forced to lead a wagon train full of pretty young women from Kansas to Colorado. Narrated by Budd Duvall. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 130	Scotty Philip, the Man Who Saved the Buffalo
	by Wayne C. Lee	2 cassettes
	A biography of the South Dakota cowboy rancher who salvaged a buffalo herd in the late 1870s. He allowed the herd to grow, and gave many buffalo to national and state parks to prevent their extinction. Narrated by Neil Withrow. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 131	McQuaid's Gun
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	A Western story about a notorious gunfighter who wants to hang up his pistol for keeps but becomes involved in a feud between friends. Narrated by Neil Withrow. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 133	The Fancher Train
	by Amelia Bean	3 cassettes
	A fictional account of the Mountain Meadows massacre. An entire wagon train, bound for California, was massacred in southern Utah. Narrated by Joanne Boeckman.
RC 134	Call of the Range
	by Nellie Snyder Yost	3 cassettes
	The well-known Nebraska writer relates the story of the Nebraska Stock Grower's Association. Narrated by Budd Duvall. Other books by Nellie Snyder Yost.
RC 135	Showdown at Julesburg Station
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	After Dan Quint is forced to kill a man, he becomes horseless, jobless, and homeless. A torn piece of paper provides the key to Dan's future. Narrated by Budd Duvall. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 136	Gun Country
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	Brent Clark is trapped into accepting a deadly mission: he must get into well-guarded Gunsight Canyon, convince Virgie Kurtzman that she is really heiress Virginia Pool, and smuggle her out. Narrated by Budd Duvall. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 137	Pinnacle Jake
	as told by A. B. Snyder to Nellie Snyder Yost	2 cassettes
	An old-time cattleman reminisces about his years as a cowboy; working the range in western Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana. Narrated by Joanne Boeckman. Other books by Nellie Snyder Yost.
RC 140	Last of the Real Badmen: Henry Starr
	by Glenn Shirley	1 cassette
	Henry Starr boasted that he had robbed more banks than any man in America. The book describes conditions in the Indian Territory following the Civil War. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 142	Showdown at Sunrise
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	Reed Marshall and other settlers of Sunrise Creek unite to fight a ruthless rancher trying to force them off their homesteads. Narrated by Elizabeth Hruby. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 143	Sandhills Essie
	by Martha McKelvie	1 cassette
	Essie Davis, niece of President James Buchanan, is one of thousands of women who traveled and worked to build the West. A vivid story of the Nebraska cattle country. Narrated by Peggy Johnson.
RC 145	Buffalo Bill
	by Nellie Snyder Yost	4 cassettes
	A portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody as husband, father, neighbor, and citizen during the years when he made North Platte his home and headquarters. Narrated by Dick Daleki. Other books by Nellie Snyder Yost.
RC 146	Son of a Gunman
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	Dusty Dekin and his friend, a hunchback, find themselves in trouble on the trail when a lawman accosts Dusty, knowing him to be the son of a notorious gunman. Later, Dusty proves his integrity by thwarting the most daring robbery in the West. Narrated by Mark Messersmith. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 148	Patterns and Coincidences
	by John G. Neihardt	1 cassette
	A continuation of the autobiography of John G. Neihardt (NE 91), covering the years 1901-1908. Narrated by Marlys Hughes. More books by John G. Neihardt.
RC 149	Five Stories
	by Willa Cather	1 cassettes
	Includes 'The Enchanted Bluff,' 'Tom Outland's Story,' 'Neighbor Rosicky,' 'The Best Years,' and 'Paul's Case.' Narrated by Peggy Johnson. More books by Willa Cather
RC 150	The Tinted Photograph
	Crilly, Howard M.	2 cassettes
	Pearl White marries a baseball player and settles in Horseshoe Bend, a fictitious town very like Superior, Nebraska in the early 1900s. The author owned and published the Superior Express for 35 years. Narrated by Joanne Boeckman.
RC 151	Fast Gun
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	Ben Craig is a boy with an aptitude for guns. After his father is killed and Ben kills a range hog who tries to take their land, he is a prisoner of his reputation as a gunfighter. Narrated by Annette Geis. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 153	The Life and Times of Doc Nielsen
	by Margaret Ellen Nielsen	1 cassette
	The biography of a Danish born doctor who practiced medicine in Blair, Nebraska in the early 20th century. Written by his daughter-in-law. Narrated by Dick Daleki.
RC 154	In All Its Fury
	compiled by W. H. O'Gara	3 cassettes
	This oral history of the famous blizzard of January 12, 1888 uses the personal accounts of Nebraskans who relate their activities on that memorable day. Narrated by Dick Daleki.
RC 155	A Lady's Experiences in the Wild West in 1883
	by Rose Pender	1 cassette
	Rose Pender and her husband, members of British nobility, toured through Texas, California, and Utah before arriving at their destination-a roundup on the Platte River. Narrated by Joanne Boeckman.
RC 157	The Life of an Ordinary Woman
	by Anne Ellis	2 cassettes
	Autobiography of a young woman who grew up in the small towns and mining camps of the Colorado Rockies during the boom and bust years of the west. Sequels are NE 497 and NE 498. Narrated by Peggy Johnson. More books by Anne Ellis.
RC 160	Stage to Lonesome Butte
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	A young man carrying a large sum of cash on the stagecoach must defend his money and the lives of the other passengers from a gang of cut throats. Narrated by Craig Edwards. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 161	Skirmish at Fort Phil Kearny
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	Western story concerning Truex Jackson's expedition north to establish Fort Phil Kearny. Narrated by Dick Daleki. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 162	Trouble at the Flying H
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	A traditional western about an embattled farm family struggling to keep their home against the encroaching hostility of the largest rancher in the area. Narrated by Mike Pearl. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 163	Sudden Guns
	by Wayne C. Lee	1 cassette
	A young man sets out to avenge his parent's murder and the theft of their gold by an outlaw gang. Narrated by Dick Daleki. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 169	Trails of Yesterday
	by John Bratt	2 cassettes
	This autobiography, by a pioneer of the cattle trade in Nebraska, is a classic of cow-country literature. It is rich in frontier history, authentic, and reliable. Narrated by Dwight Miller.
RC 170	Savidge Brothers, Sandhills Aviators
	by Duane Hutchinson	2 cassettes
	The true story of Nebraska's Savidge brothers, aviation pioneers who built and flew their own airplanes in the years before World War I. They began by studying hawks, then went on to build a model glider, full-size glider, and finally a self-powered airplane. The first public demonstration was successfully held on May 7, 1911. Narrated by Peggy Johnson. More books by Duane Hutchinson.
RC 171	Mister, You Got Yourself a Horse
	by Roger L. Welsch	3 cassettes
	Plains folklorist Roger L. Welsch has edited a lively collection of stories told by some master yarnspinners those old-time horse traders. Told to Federal Writers' Project field workers in the 1930s, these stories cover the span of horse trading, equine trickery, orneriness, debility and generosity. Narrated by Roger L. Welsch. More books by Roger L. Welsch.
RC 176	Catfish at the Pump: Humor and the Frontier
	by Roger L. Welsch	1 cassette
	Jokes, anecdotes, legends, tall tales, and funny poems about the things that preoccupied the pioneer plainsmen: weather extremes; soil quality; food and whiskey; and an ark-load of animals, including grasshoppers, bed bugs, hoop snakes, and some mighty big fish. Collected from yellowed newspapers, magazines, and forgotten Nebraska Federal Writers' Project files by Plains folklorist Roger L. Welsch. Narrated by Roger L. Welsch. More books by Roger L. Welsch.
RC 184	Heart's Desire
	by Emerson Hough	2 cassettes
	Heart's Desire, New Mexico, was so out of the way they had to bring in women from Kansas. Dan Anderson, an enterprising lawyer, thought it high time to bring civilization to the area. It came in the person of the scheming railroad baron, Ellsworth, who knew how to trick everyone but his daughter Constance. When Dan meets Constance, he has a different idea of heart's desire. Narrated by Carly Momohara.
RC 185	Andy Adams' Campfire Tales
	by Andy Adams	2 cassettes
	These 51 tales, each told by an Andy Adams character, touch on every aspect of range life. They were collected from several works by this author. Narrated by Mike Pearl.
RC 186	Desert Gold: A Romance of the Border
	by Zane Grey	3 cassettes
	The bandit Rojas followed Mercedes Casteneda into the desert, but Texas ranger Thorne was sworn to protect her. Produced by the Arizona Regional Library. Narrated by Stuart Alley. More books by Zane Grey.
RC 187	Mountain Valley War
	by Louis L'Amour	2 cassettes
	Trent wasn't looking for trouble, but trouble came looking for him. When a trigger happy kid started the action, Trent knew a man had to speak with his shooting iron. Produced by the Colorado Regional Library. Narrated by Paul Saliman. Other books by Louis L'Amour.
RC 188	Yondering
	by Louis L'Amour	2 cassettes
	A collection of stories which gives glimpses of what Louis L'Amour's own life was like during the early years. In those rough years, L'Amour was often hungry, out of work and facing situations such as those described. Produced by the Colorado Regional Library. Narrated by Bill Dyer. Other books by Louis L'Amour.
RC 190	Vigilante Days: Frontier Justice Along the Niobrara
	by Harold Hutton	2 cassettes
	An account of Kid Wade and vigilante activity in the lower and middle Niobrara region. The author's sources include newspaper files, court records, letters, and interviews with a former member of a vigilante group. Narrated by Mike Pearl.
RC 192	The Ranch at Wolverine
	by B. M. Bower	2 cassettes
	A romantic novel of settlers and pioneers in Idaho. Produced by the Idaho Regional Library. Narrated by Norm Christie. Other books by B.M. Bower.
RC 194	The Horse and Buggy Doctor
	by Arthur Emanuel Hertzler	2 cassettes
	A book, rich in anecdotes, depicting a country physician's experiences in turn-of-the-century Kansas. Narrated by Susan Kanive.
RC 195	Tales of the Frontier
	by Everett Dick	3 cassettes
	In a series of some 80 informally retold stories and sketches, Dr. Dick, a history professor, chronicles American frontier life during the 1800s. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 198	The Hell Born
	by Ray Hogan	1 cassette
	When vicious Rufe Houston escapes from prison, Warden Ben Sherrit vows to bring him back dead instead of returning him to justice. Mild profanity. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Jerome Stone. More books by Ray Hogan.
RC 201	Recollections of a Handcart Pioneer of 1860: A Mormon Frontier Woman's Life
	by Mary Ann Hafen	1 cassette
	Converted to Mormonism, Mary's family leaves Switzerland in 1860 and makes their way to Utah. This is her life a story of pioneering, as well as an inside view of the Mormon woman's world. Narrated by Betty Jamieson.
RC 203	An Orphan for Nebraska
	by Charlene Joy Talbot	1 cassette
	Orphaned on the journey to America in 1872, a young Irish boy finally makes his way to Nebraska, where he goes to work for a newspaper editor and learns to do the work of a printer's devil. Narrated by Dick Daleki.
RC 206	The Prairie Logbooks
	by James Henry Carleton	3 cassettes
	This work describes two different military expeditions to the barely explored territories of the West in 1844-45. The first expedition went deep into Nebraska Territory to put down warfare between the Pawnees and the Sioux. The second expedition was sent to escort emigrants on the Oregon Trail and to scout the Santa Fe Trail. Narrated by Dwight Miller.
RC 207	Son of a Gamblin' Man
	by Mari Sandoz	2 cassettes
	A work of historical fiction, the story tells of the gambler who founded Cozad, Nebraska and of his family, especially his younger son who became the world-famous artist and teacher known as Robert Henri. Narrated by Jim Shelley. Other books by Mari Sandoz.
RC 208	The California Trail
	by George Rippey Stewart	3 cassettes
	A popular history of the famous trail to California, the people who traveled it, and their gripping experiences. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 210	Nebraska Folklore
	by Louise Pound	2 cassettes
	Included are cave legends, snake superstitions, weather lore, tales of strong men who rival Paul Bunyan, stories of Indian lovers' leaps, and the legends of Weeping Water and Lincoln Salt Basin. A section on old Nebraska folk customs provides a wealth of information about holiday observances, literary and debating societies, and various social traditions. A new recording of this title. Narrated by Phyllis Narveson.
RC 211	Dakota Diaspora: Memoirs of a Jewish Homesteader
	by Sophie Trupin	1 cassette
	To most Jewish immigrants, New York was America, but the author's father came to the northern Great Plains at the turn of the century. The author recalls her childhood in "Nordokota," where her father built a sod house, farmed a quarter-section of rocky land, then opened a butcher shop in the town of Wing. Narrated by Phyllis Narveson.
RC 212	Famous Indian Chiefs I Have Known
	by Major General O. O. Howard	1 cassette
	In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Howard an ambassador of peace to the western Indian tribes. In this book, Howard writes of his peace agreement with the great Apache chief Cochise; describes his pursuit and the surrender of Nez Perce chief Joseph, who later became his friend; and provides a poignant glimpse of the defeated Apache war leader, Geronimo, selling canes and autographs. Narrated by Ann Hanson.
RC 214	Seventy Years on the Frontier
	by Alexander Majors	1 cassette
	Alexander Majors contributed mightily to westward expansion as a partner in the famous firm of Russell, Majors, and Waddell. He entered the freighting business in 1848 and soon was supervising twenty-five wagons taking merchandise and military supplies from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Narrated by Ann Hanson.
RC 215	A Bride Goes West
	by Nannie Tiffany Alderson	1 cassette
	Nanny Tiffany of West Virginia married Walt Alderson, who had already been on the cattle trail for years. In 1882, they went to Montana to start a little ranch. This book has plenty about ranching but most valuable are the parts about the lives of the people in ranch country. Narrated by Lorraine Calkins.
RC 217	Trappers of the Far West
	edited by Le Roy Hafen	2 cassettes
	In the early 1800s vast fortunes were made in the international fur trade, an enterprise founded upon the effort of a few hundred trappers scattered across the American West. From their ranks came men who still command respect for their daring, skill and resourcefulness. This volume brings together brief biographies of 17 leaders of the western fur trade. Narrated by Dwight Miller.
RC 220	A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore
	compiled by Roger L. Welsch	3 cassettes
	This collection is taken largely from the Nebraska Folklore Pamphlets issued by the WPA Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s. Contents include songs of trail and prairie; the Farmer's Alliance; Indian tales; pioneer Nebraska folk customs, sayings, proverbs, beliefs, children's games, cooking, and cures. Narrated by Cathy Hawkins. More books by Roger L. Welsch.
RC 222	North Star Country
	by Meridel Le Seur	2 cassettes
	This book first appeared in 1945 as part of a series of regional studies called American Folkways. Using newspaper clippings, private letters and diaries, the author describes the daily lives of early settlers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and western shores of the Great Lakes. Voices heard in North Star Country are those of early voyagers, Indian chiefs, and immigrants; lumberjacks, rivermen, and railroadmen; and miners, traders, teachers, and farmers. Narrated by Dwight Miller.
RC 223	Koshopah
	by Phoebe Athey-Nater	1 cassette
	After the birth of their seventh child, the Laceys decide to move to Nebraska. It is an arduous and backbreaking move to a frontier of sod huts and sandhills. The Laceys and their offspring not only survive, they prosper. Narrated by Mary Hancock.
RC 224	The Iron Trail
	by Max Brand	2 cassettes
	In this western filled with daring escapes, Eddie Clewes manages to defy his would-be captors until the governor pardons him for helping to retrieve a valuable diamond. Produced by the South Dakota Regional Library. Narrated by Evan Kelley. More books by Max Brand.
RC 227	Christmas Eve on Lonesome, and Other Stories
	by John Fox	3 cassettes
	Short stories reflecting life in rural Kentucky in the 19th century. Produced by the Kentucky Regional Library. Narrated by Felix Adwood.
RC 233	Second Hoeing
	by Hope Williams Sykes	2 cassettes
	This novel depicts the backbreaking labor of German-Russian immigrants in the sugarbeet fields of Colorado. First published in 1935, this work increased public awareness of the child labor problem in that state. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 234	The Tom-Walker
	by Mari Sandoz	3 cassettes
	The patriarch, Milt Stone, loses a leg fighting in Grant's army. After the Civil War, he takes his family west to Missouri country. There he gains a reputation as a passionate defender of the little man. He lives to see his son and grandson fight in WWI and WWII, respectively. They also return home maimed, forced to struggle to be a part of the society they defended. Narrated by Jim Shelley. Other books by Mari Sandoz.
RC 235	Golden Fleece
	by Hughie Call	2 cassettes
	For 22 years Hughie Call and her husband managed a sheep ranch in western Montana. This book describes the experiences of ranch owners, shearing crews, ranch hands, and herders. Narrated by Tami Works.
RC 238	Rangers of Texas
	by Roger N. Congers and others	2 cassettes
	Short biographies of seven famous Texas Rangers. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Cynthia Biasca.
RC 240	Broken Spur
	by Dwight Bennett Newton	2 cassettes
	Jim Bannister follows the trail of a beautiful and mysterious woman. She is the one witness who could help clear his name. Produced by the Arizona Regional Library. Narrated by Stuart Alley. Other books by Dwight Bennett Newton.
RC 242	Shoot-out at Sioux Wells
	by Cliff Farrell	1 cassette
	A weary herd of cattle stampede at the sound of a train whistle, resulting in disaster for Zack Keech and his father, Brandy Ben. Produced by the Arizona Regional Library. Narrated by Stuart Alley. More books by Cliff Farrell.
RC 244	The Legend of Ogden Jenks
	by Robert Emmitt	2 cassettes
	In this dramatic novel of the American West, Ogden Jenks, a frontier loner, torn by inner conflict, is a moving but grotesque figure. Produced by the Colorado Regional Library. Narrated by Robert Bruns.
RC 249	One Man's West
	by David Lavender	2 cassettes
	The rugged areas of southwestern Colorado were changing rapidly during the 1930s. The great cattle ranches were breaking up. The mines were closing. Old-timers were trying to hang on in the face of declining profits and increasing mechanization. Sensing that something unique in the nation's experience was ending, the author attempted to capture a segment of passing history on paper. Narrated by Don Jacks. More books by David Lavender.
RC 250	Free Land
	by Rose Wilder Lane	2 cassettes
	In the 1880s, when adventure lay in the conquest of the prairies, David Beaton and his bride came to Dakota to claim three hundred acres of grassland. The young couple experience cyclones, droughts, and blizzards that isolate them for days in their sod shanty and endanger their livestock. Narrated by Barbara Chandler. More books by Rose Wilder Lane.
RC 251	Homestay
	by Edla Larson Gourley	3 cassettes
	An historical novel about Nebraska pioneers who, faithful to their religion, made Phelps County what it is today. The author, born in 1884, was the daughter of Phelps County homesteaders. Narrated by Lauri Johnson.
RC 252	Drifter's Vengeance
	by Max Brand	2 cassettes
	Speedy was a king among tricksters. His hands could strip enemies of weapons, while his wits stripped them of their loot. In Sandy Slough, Speedy must use his talents to settle a debt of honor for a friend. Violence and strong language. Produced by the Mississippi Regional Library. Narrated by Harry Creagan. More books by Max Brand.
RC 255	No Time for Tears
	by Lora Wood Hughes	2 cassettes
	Lora Woods Hughes writes about her busy and interesting life as a nurse. Her career took her to Hawaii, Montana, Washington, and Canada. The "crazy patterns" of her rich and humane life continued into World War II when, instead of resting in her home on Puget Sound, she supervised a Red Cross hospital unit. Some strong language. Narrated by Lauri Johnson.
RC 256	The Great Range Wars
	by Harry Sinclair Drago	2 cassettes
	The author writes with authority and a sense of drama about the bloodiest range conflicts in the late nineteenth century. He details the violent struggles between cattle barons and merchants and the conflict between cattlemen and sheepmen, all complicated by personal vendettas and old family rivalries. Narrated by Jim Shelley.
RC 257	Longarm in Leadville
	by Tabor Evans	2 cassettes
	Longarm comes to Leadville to guard General Ulysses S. Grant from a hired gun. He also encounters blackmail, a two-faced Senator, and a high-stepping lady. Explicit descriptions of sex. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Jack McKeehan. More books by Tabor Evans.
RC 259	Arizona Ames
	by Zane Grey	2 cassettes
	Arizona Ames is a bad man, quick as lightning with a six-shooter. He believes in justice and enforces it even beyond the reach of the law. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by William Thorp. More books by Zane Grey.
RC 261	The Doomsday Trail
	by Ray Hogan	1 cassette
	Special U.S. Marshall John Rye, apprehends a man and his wife. On the trail, they are ambushed by bushwackers and he is more than happy to have them as allies. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Oliver Handley. Other books by Ray Hogan.
RC 271	Buttes Landing
	by Jean Rikhoff	3 cassettes
	Ottes Buttes is a stubborn individualist. When he settles in a remote corner of the Adirondack region of New York to farm at the turn of the 19th century, he meets and marries Emily. Throughout their relationship, Emily teaches him about love and humanity. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Gordon Gould.
RC 278	Buffalo Bill: The Noblest Whiteskin
	by John Burke	2 cassettes
	A candid exploration into the legend of Indian-fighter and showman William F. Cody. Burke debunks some of the extravagant claims but readily grants Cody the physical skills that made him famous. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Larry Robinson.
RC 280	Patchsaddle Drive
	by Cliff Farrell	1 cassette
	Trail boss Clay Burnet leads a cattle drive through rough desert territory populated with hostile Indians, with a "patchsaddle" crew of aging ranchers. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Randy Atcher. More books by Cliff Farrell.
RC 284	Bible in Pocket, Gun in Hand: The Story of Frontier Religion
	by Ross Phares	1 cassette
	Authentic and amusing stories based on the diaries of early missionaries, minutes of church court trials, and other local writings on styles of preaching and praying, revivalism, frauds, and bad men. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Robert Donley.
RC 288	Westward the Tide
	by Louis L'Amour	2 cassettes
	Though an urgently whispered message in an empty stable warned him to steer clear of the wagon train heading for the Big Horn and the gold fields, Matt Bardoul joined the group, and soon found himself facing a band of outlaws ready to kill everyone in their path. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Jack Gazzale. Other books by Louis L'Amour.
RC 289	Twin Sombreros
	by Zane Grey	2 cassettes
	Brazos Keeny stops at the Twin Sombreros Ranch on his way to visit his home in Texas. When he discovers that his host had stolen the ranch and killed the owner, he finds himself arrested for the murder the next day. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Jerome Stone. More books by Zane Grey.
RC 290	Gun Trouble in Tonto Basin
	by Zane Grey	2 cassettes
	Arizona Ames faces the deadly Slade Corton and helps break up a dangerous bandit gang. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Ken Lockerman. More books by Zane Grey.
RC 291	Buchanan's Texas Treasure
	by Jonas Ward	1 cassette
	When men began to hunt for the treasure fabled to be buried on the Cuesta ranch, Buchanan knows that people have been murdered for less and rides to Texas to help Molly Cuesta and her daughter. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Dan Loveland.
RC 292	Thunder Moon
	by Max Brand	1 cassette
	Thunder Moon began life as a white child but was raised as the foster son of a great and powerful Indian leader. He faces great adventures that make him a legend among his adopted people. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Oliver Handley. More books by Max Brand.
RC 294	The Cheyenne Pool
	by Lewis B. Patton	1 cassette
	When farmers begin to raid the Cheyenne Pool's cattle, the hard-driving foreman realizes they might have to give up their unfenced rangelands. But, he won't give in to the cattle thieves without a violent showdown. Violence and some strong language. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Lloyd Davis.
RC 296	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
	by Nelson C. Nye	1 cassette
	Wyatt Earp was a heroic lawman, Doc Holliday a gambling gunman; yet they were brothers under the skin when it came to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Oliver Handley.
RC 298	Rodeo
	by B. M. Bower	2 cassettes
	A western story about cowboys and rodeos. Produced by the Idaho Regional Library. Narrated by Tom Colton. Other books by B.M. Bower.
RC 303	The Proving Trail
	by Louis L'Amour	2 cassettes
	Seventeen-year-old Kearney McRaven takes on the job of tracking his father's killer while being hunted himself by mysterious gunmen. Stalked from Silverton to Silver Peaks, he stops running and starts shooting. Produced by the Arizona Regional Library. Narrated by Ruth Bier. Other books by Louis L'Amour.
RC 318	The Galvanized Yankees
	by Dee Brown	2 cassettes
	From 1864-1866, six regiments of galvanized Yankees fought Indians, escorted supply trains, accompanied expeditions, and manned lonely outposts on the frontier. They were Confederate soldiers, recruited from Union prison camps in the North to serve in the West with the promise that they would not be sent south to fight their former comrades. Narrated by Dwight Miller.
RC 319	Frank Peace, Trouble Shooter
	by Ernest Haycox	2 cassettes
	A trouble shooter for the Union Pacific Railroad blazes a road across miles of desert and mountains, through hostile Indian territory, and past the outlaws hired to kill him. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Robert Donley. More books by Ernest Haycox.
RC 323	The Killer of Horseman's Flats
	by Rosemary Ann Sisson	1 cassette
	Marshall Dave Johnson rides into a lonely prairie homestead and finds a farmer lying murdered with his pretty young wife and two small children weeping over the body. Catching the killer becomes a very personal mission for Dave after witnessing the scene. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Hal Tenny.
RC 329	Riders West
	by Ernest Haycox	2 cassettes
	Neel St. Cloud, fired up by his feud with Dan Bellew, plans to use an army of professional gunslicks and a bought-and-paid-for sheriff to turn Bellew's peaceful valley into an outlaw strip ruled by guns and fear. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Charlie Ryle. More books by Ernest Haycox.
RC 332	Memory of Old Jack
	by Wendell Barry	2 cassettes
	In a small town in Kentucky, 92-year-old farmer Jack Beechum moves slowly through his last day of life. Daydreaming in his rocking chair, he recalls his love for his wife and long days working the earth. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Randy Atcher.
RC 334	The Story Catcher
	by Mari Sandoz	1 cassette
	An Oglala Sioux warrior becomes a story catcher-the recorder of his tribe's history-after a number of trials, dangers and sorrows test his ability to tell the story of his people with truth and courage. Narrated by J. Rock Johnson. Other books by Mari Sandoz.
RC 341	They Don't Shoot Cowards
	by John H. Reese	1 cassette
	Cahoon, who believes himself to be the worst coward in the world, hooks up with a young kid who takes him for a famous gunfighter. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Neal Mullins.
RC 348	With Custer's Cavalry
	by Katherine Gibson Fougera	2 cassettes
	The author describes a part of army life during the 1870s and 1880s that has received scant attention - a gala wedding, a baby's funeral, a sewing bee, a smallpox epidemic, a buffalo stampede. She provides candid glimpses of her friends, the Custers, and another dimension to the story of the Custer battle. Narrated by Sherry Cole Weber.
RC 394	Calamity Jane and the Lady Wildcats
	by Duncan Aikman	2 cassettes
	This books tells the story of women who "had their feet planted on a resonant drum of man's sexual necessity." The author brings to light Calamity Jane's pretensions and her genius for publicity, plus those of Cattle Kate Maxwell, a cattle rustler headed for a noose; and Belle Starr, a brainy desperado. A special feature of this edition is the Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Herself. Narrated by Sherry Cole Weber.
RC 396	Old Home Town
	by Rose Wilder Lane	2 cassettes
	A collection of short stories centered on a unnamed small Midwest town at the end of the 19th century. Lane brings to life a rich cast of characters. Hardship and hilarity, gossip and grace, these small-town characters see and experience it all. These stories brim with affection for the small town and its people, yet this nostalgia cannot hide some sharp observations about marriage and women's rights. Narrated by Bryce McBride. More books by Rose Wilder Lane
RC 398	Mother Mason
	by Bess Streeter Aldrich	1 cassette
	Molly Mason, 52, is a devoted wife, mother and reliable standby for every organization in town. In fact, Mother Mason never has time to do just as she likes. Then one day she makes a headlong dash for liberty--and look out! Narrated by Sherry Cole Weber.
RC 399	Apache Days and After
	by Thomas Cruse	2 cassettes
	In 1879 the most exciting assignment for a young army officer was in the Southwest, where Geronimo, Chatto, Victorio, and Chihuahua were fiercely resisting the advance of white settlers. This book combines a rare eyewitness account of the campaigns with intimate portraits of the Apache chiefs and of Generals Carr, Crook, and Miles. It offers glimpses of the ghost dance religion and of garrison life at Fort Apache and Fort Stanton, New Mexico. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 406	The Wild Bunch
	by Ernest Haycox	2 cassettes
	A man's search for vengeance lands him in the middle of a bloody war between ruthless cattlemen and the outlaws. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Charlie Ryle. More books by Ernest Haycox.
RC 418	A True Picture of Emigration
	by Rebecca and Edward Burlend	1 cassette
	In 1831, Rebecca Burlend, her husband John, and their five children debarked at New Orleans after a long voyage from England. They took a steamboat up the Mississippi to St. Louis and from there went to the wilds of western Illinois. Rebecca records the struggles and satisfactions of homesteading in the Old Northwest. Narrated by Sherry Cole Weber.
RC 420	Death on the Prairie: The Thirty Years' Struggle for the Western Plains
	by Paul I. Wellman	2 cassettes
	This is a sweeping narrative of Indian wars on the western plains. Indians are squeezed out of their hunting grounds by white settlers; celebrated chiefs clash with army officers. Narrated Jim Shelley.
RC 421	I Fought with Custer: The Story of Sergeant Windolph
	by Charles Windolph	2 cassettes
	Sergeant Charles Windolph was the last white survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn when he described it nearly seventy years later. He fought in Captain Frederick W. Benteen's troop on that fatal Sunday, and recalls in vivid detail the battle that wiped out Custer's command. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 422	The Covered Wagon and Other Adventures
	by Lynn H. Scott	1 cassette
	These reminiscences tell what it was like to grow up in the pre-1910 West. The first episode, a trip to Thermopolis, Wyoming, describes encounters with Indians and sheepmen and crises involving black ants, rattlesnakes, rock slides, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. More excitement follows as the family settles on a small ranch at the edge of the badlands. Narrated by Jim Shelley.
RC 427	Custer's Chief of Scouts
	by Charles Albert Varnum	1 cassette
	Historical moments in the Battle of the Little Big Horn are recounted by Custer's chief of scouts. Varnum is one of the few men to emerge from the Little Big Horn debacle unstained by controversy. He went on to serve in the Seventh Cavalry for thirty-two years. His testimony at the Reno court of inquiry in 1879 is included in this book. Narrated by Ted Thompson.
RC 430	People of the Moonshell: A Western River Journal
	by Nancy M. Peterson	2 cassettes
	The Indians called the river the Moonshell. The French explorers named it the Platte, meaning flat. Produced by Colorado State Library for the Blind. Narrated by Bill Folger. More books by Nancy M. Peterson.
RC 441	Westward Vision: The Story of the Oregon Trail
	by David Lavender	3 cassettes
	A panoramic sweep of the history of the Oregon Trail, this book includes the early explorers of the American interior looking for a northwest passage, the fur trappers, and the emigrants. Narrated by Ted Thompson. More books by David Lavender.
RC 442	Amana: From Pietist Sect to American Community
	by Diane L. Barthel	2 cassettes
	A history of the Amana Colonies, seven small German villages in southeast Iowa, begun in 1842. Narrated by Bob Works.
RC 443	Fort Robinson Illustrated
	by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission	1 cassette
	This special issue of NEBRASKAland magazine focuses on the history of what is today Nebraska's largest state park. Built to serve during the Indian Wars (1874-1880), Fort Robinson continued as a military garrison until after WWII. Narrated by Bill Ainsley, Jr. Other books by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
RC 446	Following the Drum: A Glimpse of Frontier Life
	by Teresa Giffin Viele	1 cassette
	As a new bride, the author accompanied her officer husband on assignment to Ringgold Barracks, Texas. Her account of life at that frontier post in the 1850s includes everything from travel, landscape, flora, fauna, and food to Mexican neighbors and Comanche raiders. Narrated by Bob Works.
RC 447	Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail
	by Theodore Roosevelt	2 cassettes
	Roosevelt recounts both his routine life and extraordinary adventures. He describes his lifelong delight in physical hardihood and tests of nerve. There are cowboy fights; hunts for elk, antelope, and bear; and a stint as a deputy sheriff pursuing horse thieves through the cold of winter. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 450	Wolf Song
	by Harvey Fergusson	1 cassette
	Restless Tennessee lad, Sam Lash, grows into manhood among the trappers, hunters, and Indians of what is now New Mexico. He is as wild as the worst - orgies of feasting, drinking, women, and fighting follow months alone killing beaver. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 451	The Longest Rope: The Truth About the Johnson County Cattle War
	by D. F. Baber	2 cassettes
	Bill Walker, cowpoke, scout, guide, and freighter, was the chief eyewitness to the brutalities served by the cattlemen against the nester. His startling account of the ruthless killing of two nesters by an enraged mob of cattlemen-an act which brought into the open the Johnson County Cattle War-reveals facts that have, until now, lain dormant. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 452	The Biography of a Grizzly
	by Ernest Thompson Seton	1 cassette
	Wahb, a silvertip grizzly bear, grew up alone in the mountains. As a cub, he collected wounds and stored up hatred for his enemies-men and beasts. Narrated by Budd Duvall.
RC 458	Oklahoma Crude
	by Marc Norman	1 cassette
	With the help of her father and a down-and-out itinerant worker, a woman fights to save her small piece of Oklahoma land and bring in her own oil well. Narrated by Neal Mullins.
RC 465	Weep No More, My Lady
	by Alvin Fay Harlow	6 cassettes
	The author remembers his childhood visits to family in Kentucky. The book is a loving and nostalgic trip back to the Kentucky of yesteryear. It brings back to life the history and customs of the area in a vividly colorful portrait. Produced by the Kentucky Regional Library. Narrated by Mildred Gilbert.
RC 468	Ben Holladay, the Stagecoach King
	by J. V. Frederick	2 cassettes
	A fascinating description of the vast transportation empire ruled by Ben Holladay, a man with an executive's genius and a gambler's instincts. In spite of bad weather, primitive roads, holdups, and Indian raids, his coaches delivered passengers and mail from Kansas to California. Narrated by Bob Works.
RC 470	These Lonesome Hills
	by L. E. Boyer	1 cassette
	Looking for a challenge, a St. Louis schoolteacher accepts a position at a one-room, eight grade school in the Ozark Hills. Eager to broaden the horizons of her rural students, she finds her efforts thwarted by poverty, prejudice, and hostility. Previously published serially in Capper's Weekly. Narrated by Ann Hanson.
RC 473	Slogum House
	by Mari Sandoz	3 cassettes
	Ruled by Gulla Slogum, the house was headquarters for a clan that terrorized what it couldn't seduce or steal. Using her daughters as poisoned bait and her sons as predators, Gulla plotted to put the whole county under her control. Narrated by Bob Works. Other books by Mari Sandoz.
RC 476	My Folks Came in a Covered Wagon
	compiled and edited by Virginia Haggard and Dorothy Harvey	1 cassette
	Pioneer stories contributed by readers of Capper's Weekly. Continued in NE 477. Narrated by Budd Duvall. More books by Virginia Haggard and Dorothy Harvey.
RC 477	My Folks Claimed the Plains
	compiled and edited by Virginia Haggard and Dorothy Harvey	2 cassettes
	A treasury of homestead stories from the readers of Capper's Weekly. A sequel to NE 476. Narrated by Budd Duvall. More books by Virginia Haggard and Dorothy Harvey.
RC 478	A Tenderfoot Bride
	by Clarice E. Richards	1 cassette
	In 1900, a tenderfoot from Ohio married former Vermont pastor Jarvis Richards and became the mistress of a ranch. It was an unlikely place for these two cultured easterners to land, but Clarice, possessing curiosity and a lively sense of humor, became thoroughly westernized. Narrated by Ted Thompson.
RC 479	My Indian Boyhood
	by Luther Standing Bear	1 cassette
	Born in the 1860s, Luther Standing Bear was raised in the ancestral manner to be a successful hunter and warrior and a respectful and productive member of Sioux society. Known as Plenty Kill, young Standing Bear belonged to the Western Sioux tribe that inhabited present-day North and South Dakota. Like other boys, he played with toy bows and arrows then learned to make and use them; and became schooled in the ways of animals and in the properties of plants and herbs. His life would be very different from that of his ancestors, but he was not denied the excitement of killing his first buffalo before leaving to attend school. Narrated by Ted Thompson.
RC 492	The Bullwhacker, Adventures of a Frontier Freighter
	by William Francis Hooker	1 cassette
	The author's first-person style captures the flavor and feel of his frontier experiences driving freight wagons pulled by oxen. His recollections concentrate on his life in the northern plains between 1873 and 1877. Narrated by Tami Works.
RC 497	Plain Anne Ellis: More About the Life of an Ordinary Woman
	by Anne Ellis	1 cassette
	Anne Ellis showed gusto and candor as she went about her life as a miner's widow and mother of two small children. She worked as a seamstress, a camp cook, and ultimately as the county treasurer. Produced by the Colorado Regional Library. A sequel to NE 157; continued in NE 498 . Narrated by Dorothy Laird. More books by Anne Ellis.
RC 498	Sunshine Preferred: The Philosophy of an Ordinary Woman
	by Anne Ellis	1 cassette
	An unexpectedly humorous account of the Colorado author's bouts with asthma in the 1920s. She paints word portraits of the medical staff and the other patients she encountered while recovering in western sanitariums. Produced by the Colorado Regional Library. Sequel to NE 157 and NE 497. Narrated by Toni Henry. More books by Anne Ellis.
RC 500	Wild Bunch at Robber's Roost
	by Pearl Baker	2 cassettes
	Pearl Baker grew up on the ranch that included Robbers' Roost, a hideout for outlaws long before Butch Cassidy found it in 1884. She heard many of its legends and talked to many who remembered the notorious Wild Bunch of the 1890s. Narrated by James Stilwell.
RC 502	The Civil War Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
	by Ambrose Bierce	2 cassettes
	Perhaps borrowing from his own experience of being gravely wounded in the Civil War, Bierce wrote upward of a dozen stories in which the protagonist knows he is about to die. These stories form one of the great antiwar statements in American literature. Contains Violence. Compiled with a foreword by Ernest Jerome Hopkins. Narrated by Jerry Zimmerman.
RC 505	Rise and Fall of Jesse James
	by Robertus Love	3 cassettes
	Written by a newspaper man who knew Frank James, this work plumbs the personalities of the outlaw gang, looks at their domestic lives, cites many stories about them, and attempts to separate fact from legend. Narrated by Jim Hewitt.
RC 510	Longarm
	by Tabor Evans	2 cassettes
	Longarm, the cool-handed marshal, had a new mission-to pick up Cotton Younger from the town jail in Crooked Lance and bring him to trial. It sounded easy, but the last man who tried it was nowhere to be found. Explicit descriptions of sex. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Jack McKeehan. More books by Tabor Evans.
RC 511	The Train to Estelline
	by June Roberts Wood	2 cassettes
	In 1911, 17-year-old Lucy Bohman travels to the Texas Panhandle to teach school. She experiences every problem a first-year teacher might anticipate, including battles with poverty, racism, and ignorance. Produced by the Texas Regional Library. Narrated by Jane Whynaught.
RC 514	The Killing of Crazy Horse
	edited by Robert A. Clark	1 cassette
	A story of envy, greed, and treachery, the killing of Crazy Horse is viewed from three widely different perspectives. These eyewitness accounts give the event all the starkness and horror of classical tragedy. Narrated by Mark Baldridge.
RC 515	A Cowboy Detective; A True Story of 22 Years with a World-Famous Detective Agency
	by Charles A. Siringo	3 cassettes
	A chronicle of the author's twenty-two years with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. The author describes undercover operations in wilder parts of the West. He rode with the lawless and used more disguises than Dick Tracy. Narrated by Bob Works.
RC 518	The Burning Hills
	by Louis L'Amour	2 cassettes
	Trace Jordan, slowly dying from a bullet wound, sees the buzzards circling about his head. He crawls into a cave and lies down with his rifle pointing at the entrance. He wakens to find a woman kneeling over him. Produced by the Kentucky Regional Library. Narrated by David Morgan. Other books by Louis L'Amour.
RC 519	Kilkenny
	by Louis L'Amour	2 cassettes
	When an epidemic of violence threatens the West, fast-gun Kilkenny steps in. Produced by the Arizona Regional Library. Narrated by Larry Gallup. Other books by Louis L'Amour.
RC 527	Prairie Mother
	by Oma Lou Myers	3 cassettes
	This biographical novel depicts the life of Rachael Luman Worthington Myers (1840-1932), who, after losing two young husbands, moved to Nebraska to make a new life for herself and her family. Narrated by Roger Casteel.
RC 528	Indian Creek Memories: A Sense of Place
	by R. Clark Mallam	2 cassettes
	A collection of short stories depicting the author's childhood and youth in the "Big Indian Country" of southeast Nebraska. Narrated by Sher Brophy.
RC 529	Cowboys, Cooks, and Catastrophes
	by Reba Pierce Cunningham	1 cassette
	True experiences of a ranch woman in the 1930s. Wit and affection bring to life the eccentric characters inhabiting Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains. Narrated by Laura Casari.
RC 532	Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains
	by Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa)	1 cassette
	Author presents biographical vignettes of fifteen great Indian chiefs, most of them Sioux. Some of them, like Red Cloud and Rain-in-the-Face, were friends and acquaintances of Eastman. Narrated by Mark Baldridge. Other books by Charles Alexander Eastman.
RC 535	Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos
	by Charles Leland Sonnichsen	2 cassettes
	The biography of the most scandalous of frontier justices of the peace-a seedy fellow who lived by his wits and handed down some weird decisions. Narrated by Marjory Gloe.
RC 536	The Ancient Memory and Other Stories
	by John G. Neihardt	2 cassettes
	Originally published in popular magazines between 1905 and 1908, these stories about the American frontier illustrate Neihardt's artistry in the short form and foreshadow the themes, situations, and characterizations of his later, better-known works. Narrated by Tami Works. Other books by John G. Neihardt.
RC 541	Roundup: A Nebraska Reader
	edited by Virginia Faulkner	4 cassettes
	Ninety-odd pieces were selected for their human interest, historical significance, and entertainment value. Selections include those written by native Nebraskans, as well as by such "outsiders" as Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Emily Post, and John Gunther. Nebraska and Nebraskans are viewed sometimes dispassionately, and sometimes with affectionate prejudice. Narrated by Yvonne Beister.
RC 552	The Seven Visions of Bull Lodge
	by Garter Snake, edited by George P. Horse Capture	1 cassette
	Beginning at the age of twelve. Bull Lodge sought spiritual power through the tribal Feathered Pipe. From the ages of seventeen to twenty-three he was favored with a series of seven visions on seven buttes that together outline a Gros Ventre cultural geography. The book is a record of the spiritual life of Bull Lodge, religious leader, healer, and for a time, keeper of the Feathered Pipe, one of the two tribal objects of the Gros Ventres. Narrated by Yvonne Beister.
RC 556	A Prairie Populist
	edited by Jane Taylor Nelsen	2 cassettes
	Populist songster, Mid-Roader, editor, publisher, wife, and mother of 11, Luna Kellie was a well-informed fervent member of the Farmers' Alliance movement in the late 1800s. She actively sought to organize Nebraska farmers into cooperatives and educate rural people about land, transportation and money reform. Narrated by Yvonne Beister.
RC 557	Nebraska, Where Dreams Grow
	by Dorothy Weyer Creigh	1 cassette
	Fifty-one vignettes present Nebraska history from the point of view of those who lived their lives on the Great Plains. Topics include ice harvesting, mail-order brides, Chautauqua, World War II, television, and Big Red. Narrated by Brian Rockey.
RC 560	Obscure Destinies
	by Willa Cather	1 cassette
	Three short stories-"Neighbour Rosicky," "Two Friends," and "Old Mrs. Harris"-reflect life on a prairie farm, business dealings in the Old West, and human relationships in a Colorado town. Narrated by Phyllis Narveson. More books by Willa Cather
RC 561	The Orphan Trains
	by Marilyn Irvin Holt	2 cassettes
	Between 1853 and 1929, at least 200,000 children and several thousand adults were relocated from crowded city tenements to rural areas. To examine how and why the urban poor were placed into homes in the West, the author utilizes records of placing-out institutions, newspaper stories of the time, and firsthand accounts. Narrated by Yvonne Beister.
RC 563	Where Sunflowers Grew: The Story of Nebraska Wesleyan Through Its Early Years
	by Ethel Booth	1 cassette
	Historical account of the founding of Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. Beginning with plans dating back to 1856 for establishing the university, this account traces developments through the turn of the century. Narrated by James Shelley.
RC 565	Indian Boyhood
	by Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa)	2 cassettes
	One of the first Indian autobiographies written, this work recalls the 1862 Sioux uprising in Minnesota that sent the author's family into Canadian exile. The author relates all aspects of the rich traditional life of the Santee Sioux: the Indian's boy's training, childhood games, harvesting and feasts, and legends told around the campfire. Narrated by Troy Stentz. Other books by Charles Alexander Eastman.
RC 581	The Strong Shall Live
	by Louis L'Amour	1 cassette
	Short stories about those who risked their blood to dig the gold, ride the range, conquer the greedy, and carve out a legacy of freedom for the West. L'Amour tells of the real heroes of the frontier, the survivors. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Jim Walton. Other books by Louis L'Amour.
RC 616	The Emigrants
	by Vilhelm Moberg	3 cassettes
	The beginning of the saga of the Nilssons, a peasant family who decides to leave Sweden after years of hard and relentless labor on their unproductive farm. Describe their long and difficult journey across the sea to America. Book one of the Emigrant series. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Hal Tenny. More books by Vilhelm Moberg.
RC 617	Unto a Good Land
	by Vilhelm Moberg	3 cassettes
	Karl Nilsson and family sail from Sweden to North America in the spring of 1850. Weeks later, they arrive in New York and set out by riverboat, steam-wagon, and ox cart to the shore of a Minnesota lake. There, Karl hews a home for his family. Book two of the Emigrant series. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Hal Tenny. More books by Vilhelm Moberg.
RC 618	The Settlers
	by Vilhelm Moberg	3 cassettes
	Brothers Karl and Robert Nilsson disagree on what America means. One finds his destiny in the farm he wrests from the wilderness, and the other seek his fortune in the gold fields of California. Book three of the Emigrant series. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Hal Tenny. More books by Vilhelm Moberg.
RC 619	Last Letter Home
	by Vilhelm Moberg	2 cassettes
	When war splits the nation apart, the Nilssons, who now call themselves Americans, will have to prove it. Book four of the Emigrant series. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Hal Tenny. More books by Vilhelm Moberg.
RC 620	Time on Earth
	by Vilhelm Moberg	2 cassettes
	Swedish-born Albert Carlson came to America as a very young boy. Now, at sixty-four, divorced and ignored by his two sons, Albert reviews his life and comes to understand the tensions between generations and the significance of life and death in the cyclic scheme of nature. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Guy Sorel. More books by Vilhelm Moberg.
RC 625	Cowboy Poetry
	edited by Hal Cannon	1 cassette
	After more than a year's intensive field work, folklorists and researchers compiled this collection of cowboy poems. Some old, some new - all express an honest spirit as lean and hard as the cowboys themselves. Narrated by Tom Winkle.
RC 627	Plain Enemies: Best True Stories of the Frontier West
	by Bob Scott	2 cassettes
	The flood of Western immigrants threatened the Indian way of life, and the Indians resisted. Attempting to present both sides of the story, the author discovers evil walking in both boots and moccasins and inhabiting both forts and teepees. Descriptions of violence. Narrated by Tami Works.
RC 628	Pioneer and Frontier Stories
	by National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped	1 cassette
	This catalog describes more than 250 cassette, flexible disc, and Braille books, both fiction and nonfiction. These are stories of the pioneers who crossed the West by horse and wagon, settling the land. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Jill Ferris and Jim Zeiger.
RC 629	When the Tree Flowered
	by John G. Neihardt	3 cassettes
	The last generation of Sioux to have participated in the old buffalo-hunting life describe their customs and beliefs. Narrated by Brian Rockey. Other books by John G. Neihardt.
RC 636	Homestead Fever
	by Marie Kramer	3 cassettes
	The author chronicles true stories passed down from Great Plains' homestead settlers. Narrated by Jane Knox.
RC 647	Nebraska: An Illustrated History
	by Frederick C. Luebke	2 cassettes
	This work contains fifty-eight short topical chapters on Nebraska history. Together, they present a unique history of the state. Narrated by Jim Hewitt.
RC 665	How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar
	by Bret Harte	1 cassette
	Humorous radio drama based on a famous story about a young dandy from Boston who shows up in a rough mining town during the California Gold Rush. Radio drama by the Blue Ridge Radio Players. Recorded at 1 and 7/8ths inches per second.
RC 678	The Battle of the Little Bighorn
	by Mari Sandoz	2 cassettes
	An account of the battle on which George Armstrong Custer staked his life-and lost. Narrated by Jane Knox. Other books by Mari Sandoz.
RC 679	The Cattlemen
	by Mari Sandoz	4 cassettes
	The story of the vast cattle industry of the American West. On all the Great Plains, from Canada deep into the country of the Rio Grande, the cattle rancher is the encompassing, continuous, and enduring symbol of modern man on the Great Plains. Narrated by Jane Knox. Other books by Mari Sandoz.
RC 680	The Hollow Mountains
	by Oliver B. Patton	2 cassettes
	In Arizona in the 1870s, a beautiful, innocent young woman en route to marry a cavalry officer is kidnapped when her wagon is waylaid by Apaches. Upon escaping she reluctantly revels the lurid terms of her departure and endures even subtler forms of torment from white society. Some strong language. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Ken Kliban.
RC 683	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
	by Ron Hansen	3 cassettes
	The legendary outlaw Jesse James is portrayed as a complex, mysterious, and vainglorious fellow with a mean streak. His violent career is described, along with the development of his relationship with the worshipful, but treacherous, Bob Ford. Narrated by Mike Wight.
DB/RC 697	Walks the Fire
	by Stephanie Grace Whitson	2 cassettes
	Captured by the Lakota Sioux on a Nebraska prairie, Jesse King wonders how she will adjust to life among the Indians. As she prays for sustaining faith, she discovers God's tender mercies in her friendship with an Indian woman and in her love for the Sioux brave, Rides-the-Wind. Narrated by Tami Works. More books by Stephanie Grace Whitson.
RC 706	History of Nebraska, Third Edition
	by James C. Olson and Ronald C. Naugle	5 cassettes
	This revision of Olson's History of Nebraska (1955) updates the one-volume general survey of the history of the state. Narrated by Tami Works.
RC 708	Wyatt's Wife
	by Hendrik Booraem	1 cassette
	This original Western tells the true story of a fascinating woman who married Wyatt Earp. A radio drama by the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
RC 712	Genoa, Nebraska, Historical Stars
	by Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation	1 cassette
	The history of Genoa, Nebraska, founded by the Mormons in 1857 and site of the U.S. Indian Industrial School, 1884-1934. Narrated by Alice Timm.
RC 714	Dreams of Glory: Women of the Old West
	by Larry D. Underwood	2 cassettes
	Historic collection of stories about women in the Old West. Dreams of a better life and of glory beckoned women to begin new lives across the Mississippi. Narrated by Jane Knox. Other books by Larry D. Underwood.
RC 715	Amazing Tales of the Old West
	by Jeff O'Donnell	1 cassette
	Twelve stories of 19th-century frontier justice in Nebraska and South Dakota. Narrated by Brad Field.
RC 718	Wagon Wheel Kitchens: Food on the Oregon Trail
	by Jacqueline Williams	2 cassettes
	Information from diaries and newspapers of the time describes how overlanders made meals that provided nourishment, comfort, and celebration. Accounts include baking bread over a campfire, searing buffalo meat, and trading for fresh vegetables and fish. Narrated by Jane Knox.
RC 722	The Border Trumpet
	by Ernest Haycox	2 cassettes
	The story of the men of the Third U.S. Cavalry as they are hopelessly outnumbered by a huge force of Apache Indians. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Charlie Ryle. More books by Ernest Haycox.
RC 723	The Back-Up Girl
	by Dale Janda	2 cassettes
	Danny Lindeen strapped on his two guns, aiming to rescue his sister and kill the white slavers who abducted her. He left town with a price on his head and set off into the wilds of America where a backup gun meant living or dying. Narrated by Mark Janda. Other books by Dale Janda.
RC 731	Mari; A Novel
	by Jane Valentine Barker	2 cassettes
	A fictionalized account of the turbulent relationship between famed Western author Mari Sandoz and her pioneer-rancher father, Jules. Set in the Sandhills of northwest Nebraska in the early 1900s, the novel brings to life the struggle between free-spirited, determined Mari and her violent, yet brilliant and imaginative, father. Narrated by Jane Knox.
RC 733	Schoolwomen of the Prairies and Plains: Personal Narratives from Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, 1860s-1920s
	by Mary Hurlbut Cordier	3 cassettes
	Lively book focuses on women responsible for educating prairie children. Most teachers were natives of the region, often teenage girls away from home for the first time. Teaching under difficult circumstances, they struggled to meet their students' needs and also used all means at their disposal--summer institutes, normal schools, and reading programs by mail--to upgrade their own educational credentials. Narrated by Maria Elmshaeuser.
RC 734	Fourteen Plus
	by Donald Lineback	1 cassette
	The author tells of growing up on a homestead in the Nebraska Sandhills, 1911-1949. Living conditions were sometimes stark during harsh winters and boiling summers. Yet the life of one room schoolhouses and ponies was a good one. In addition to 13 of their own, the author's parents also provided a home to seven of the father's brothers and sisters, and later to four grandchildren. Narrated by Brad Field.
RC 739	Rain Follows the Plow: Homesteading in Hayes County, Nebraska
	by Robert D. Clark	3 cassettes
	Warren Clark and Ada Harris Clark homesteaded on the Great Plains in Hayes County, Nebraska. Diaries, family narratives, legal documents, and newspapers are woven into this story of why and how an ordinary family participated in "the Great Immigration" of land seekers in the 1880s. Narrated by Mike Wight.
RC 740	Wild Towns of Nebraska
	by Wayne C. Lee	2 cassettes
	In the cities and towns of early Nebraska, lawmen, desperadoes, vigilantes, and killers filled the streets with violence. Yet, stubborn men and women pursued their daily lives. Cities described include Omaha, Nebraska City, Kearney, North Platte, Culbertson, Ogallala, Sidney, Crawford, Valentine, and Broken Bow. Narrated by Mark Janda. More books by Wayne C. Lee.
RC 742	Black Elk and Flaming Rainbow: Personal Memories of the Lakota Holy Man and John Neihardt
	by Hilda Neihardt	1 cassette
	Hilda Neihardt presents her memories of Black Elk. In 1931, she and her sister traveled with their father, John G. Neihardt, to interview Lakota elders who had witnessed the Ghost Dance and the Wounded Knee Massacre. On that trip they met Black Elk and conducted two weeks of interviews. The resulting Black Elk Speaks is one of the most important biographies of an American Indian ever published. Narrated by Jane Knox.
RC 751	The Blue Hotel
	by Stephen Crane	1 cassette
	Three train passengers stop for the night at a hotel in a frontier town. One seems obsessed with the fear that he will die there. The others assure him that his fears are groundless... or are they? Dramatization by Roxane Brooks. Radio drama by the Blue Ridge Radio Players. More books by Stephen Crane.
RC 759	Women of the West
	by Dorothy Gray	2 cassettes
	The author examines the lives of women who made their own way in the American West. Included are Sacajawea, guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition, Narcissa Whitman, missionary, Esther Morris and Carrie Chapman Catt, Leaders of the woman suffrage movement, and Biddy Mason, black freedom fighter. Narrated by Helena Whitaker.
DB/RC 760	Soaring Eagle; A Novel
	by Stephanie Grace Whitson	2 cassettes
	After the Battle of Little Big Horn, newly widowed LisBeth King Baird returns to Lincoln, Nebraska, only to discover that her mother is also gone. Grieving, she must pickup the threads of life and begin again. Second book in the Prairie Winds series. Narrated by Tami Works. More books by Stephanie Grace Whitson.
DB/RC 761	Red Bird; A Novel
	by Stephanie Grace Whitson	2 cassettes
	Carrie treasures the memory of the first time she saw Soaring Eagle. Though she was only a smallgirl, she adored his wildness and freedom--and loved his gentle heart. Now, as she graduates from high school, Carrie prays that he will finally see her as an adult woman he could love and marry. Third book in the Prairie Winds series. Narrated by Tami Works. More books by Stephanie Grace Whitson.
RC 779	The Lovers
	by David Levey	1 cassette
	Radio drama. A romantic western set in the Montana mountains of the 1880s. Radio drama by the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
RC 815	The Western Story: A Chronological Treasury
	edited by Jon Tuska	5 cassettes
	These examples of western short stories date from 1892 to 1994 and include a stable of notable western writers, including Owen Wister, Zane Grey, Max Brand and Louis L'Amour. All feature cowboys, soldiers, Indians, outlaws and pioneer women in abundance. Contains strong language. Narrated by Kandra Hahn.
RC 816	This Free Land
	by Carrie J. Mattan	2 cassettes
	The fictionalized history of a Nebraska family, from their English forebear's initial crossing to America to the Space Age and beyond. Set against an historical background, vignettes give the reader a strong sense of what America is all about--personal struggle, perseverance, and ultimately, achievement. Narrated by Jane Knox.
RC 817	Buffalo Bill, Myth and Reality
	by Eric Sorg	1 cassette
	More dime novels were written about William Cody than any other western character, and Cody mythologized himself as hero of his Wild West Show. This book attempts to give some needed insight into the personal life and character of William Cody as well as to trace how his larger-than-life myth was created. Narrated by Dennis Lorance.
RC 820	Frontier Children
	by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith	2 cassettes
	This book represents a montage of childhood in the nineteenth-century West. From a wide range of primary and secondary sources, the authors bring together stories and images that erase the stereotypes and bring to life the infinite variety of the experience of growing up in the American West. Narrated by Mike Wight.
RC 821	Rock Island Town
	by Michael M. Bartels	1 cassette
	The colorful history of the Rock Island Railroad in Fairbury, Nebraska, includes famous travelers such as Al Smith and Presidents Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower. A railroad town for over 100 years, Fairbury served as Rock Island's Western Division Headquarters. Narrated by Alice Timm.
RC 822	Remember When...Memories of Lincoln
	by James L. McKee	2 cassettes
	Over 100 of the first "Memories and Moments" history and Lincoln anecdote columns from the Lincoln Journal Star have been reedited and collected in one volume. Vignettes stretch from the time when Lincoln was little more than a cluster of less than 30 settlers and fewer than 15 trees to the present city of over 200,000 in the middle of a virtual forest. For high school and adult readers. Edited by Linda Hillegass. Narrated by Alice Timm.
RC 825	People of the Troubled Water: A Missouri River Journal
	by Nancy M. Peterson	2 cassettes
	Fascinating stories of fearless men and women who penetrated the far West. These pioneers attempted to assault the Missouri River--the longest if not the most treacherous river in America--for reasons ranging from monetary profit to sheer excitement and high adventure. Narrated by Marjory Gloe. More books by Nancy M. Peterson.
RC 827	Daniel and Agnes Freeman: Homesteaders
	by Beverly S. Kaplan	2 cassettes
	On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman filed the first homestead in the United States near Beatrice, Nebraska. His and his wife's story, told by their great granddaughter, brings to life the spirit which carried the early homesteaders through drought, depression, and disease; and still allowed them to tell a good story or lend an ailing neighbor a hand. Narrated by Alice Timm.
RC 830	Frontier Nebraska: Stories of Hardship and Triumph from Boone County in the 1870s
	compiled by Stephen K. Hutchinson	4 cassettes
	Pioneer stories from Boone County, Nebraska, during the 1870s tell of homesteads, early pioneers, and settlement; sodbusting and sod houses; social life, health, sickness, and doctors; wells and water, weather, grasshoppers, and threshing wars. Experiences are pulled from a pioneer diary, a homesteader's reminiscences, letters, government records, and newspaper accounts. Narrated by Helena Whitaker.
RC 833	Sun Dancer
	by David London	3 cassettes
	Clem Blue Chest, broken by the loss of his daughter, is uplifted by a vision he receives on a highway one summer night in 1990. Further guided by what is revealed to him in an unusual sun dance, Clem leads his reservation neighbors to regain their most sacred ground, the Black Hills of South Dakota. Strong language. Narrated by John Nellessen.
RC 838	Happy as a Big Sunflower: Adventures in the West, 1876-1880
	by Rolf Johnson	3 cassettes
	Rolf Johnson began writing his diary on December 31, 1875, when he was nineteen-years-old and living with his parents near Henderson Grove, Illinois. Ten weeks later, the Johnson family relocated to Phelps County, Nebraska. For the next three years, Rolf recorded his experiences on the farming frontier. His diary presents an honest and vivid description of pioneer life. Narrated by Bonnie Quinn.
RC 841	Grandpa Was a Cowboy and an Indian; and Other Stories
	by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve	1 cassette
	An award-winning Lakota storyteller presents a collection of her best stories. Some tales involve Lakota and Dakota generations of today. Others, set in the turbulent and tragic nineteenth century, teach the need for understanding across cultures. The collection ends with spellbinding ancient Sioux legends. Narrated by Jim Hewitt.
RC 842	Brownville, Nebraska Territory: Story of a Town
	by Dorothy Broady	1 cassette
	As soon as the Nebraska Territory was opened to settlers, the town of Brownville sprung up along the Missouri River, prospered for 20 short years, then was buried under an avalanche of bonded indebtedness. Preserved among the hills of southeast Nebraska, Brownville is a snapshot of when the West was born. Narrated by Frances Buell.
RC 861	The Key-Lock Man
	by Louis L'Amour	1 cassette
	The posse was aiming to string Matt Keelock up from the highest tree. He must escape or fight, and if he must fight, he must kill, and he had no enmity for these men--not yet. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Buck Kozlow. Other books by Louis L'Amour.
RC 864	J. Sterling Morton
	by James C. Olson	3 cassettes
	One of Nebraska's great pioneers and an American statesman, J. Sterling Morton served as acting governor of the territory and, on the national level, as Secretary of Agriculture. He found Nebraska to be an almost treeless prairie but left it a state of fruit-bearing trees and shaded homes. He is honored throughout the world as the founder of Arbor Day. Narrated by Bonnie Quinn.
RC 872	Sterling's Carrie
	by Margaret V. Ott	2 cassettes
	Fictionalized biography of Caroline Morton, wife of Nebraska statesman and early settler, J. Sterling Morton. This romantic historical account set in the 1800s draws from incidents and related stories of the Nebraska frontier. Narrated by Mariann Schafer.
RC 873	People of the Old Missury: Years of Conflict
	by Nancy M. Peterson	3 cassettes
	Stories tell about the fearless men and women who penetrated the far West. Contains biographies about the fur trade and the opening of the West. Historical accounts, which span the years 1848 though the 1890s, continue where People of the Troubled Water (NE 825) leaves off. Narrated by Frances Buell. More books by Nancy M. Peterson.
RC 875	The White Buffalo
	by Richard Sale	2 cassettes
	A tale of the West, set in 1874. Wild Bill Hickok, alias James B. Otis, and Indian warrior Crazy Horse share the same dream: to kill the last great white buffalo. Captures the unique era of gunfighters, gamblers, whores and scalphunters. Contains strong language. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Randy Atcher.
RC 880	The Richlands
	by Agnes Sligh Turnbull	2 cassettes
	At the turn of the century in western Pennsylvania, Jim Ryall decides to farm the Richlands instead of going to law school. There are two women in Jim's life; his pretty bride, Peggy, and gentle Phoebe, who takes care of his two children after Peggy's death. Produced by NLS. Narrated by John Stratton. More books by Agnes Sligh Turnbull.
RC 881	The Day Must Dawn
	by Agnes Sligh Turnbull	3 cassettes
	A tale of revolutionary days in a small western Pennsylvania town. Captures the spirit of American pioneer life through the eyes of a Scotch-Irish family. Produced by NLS. Narrated by Suzanne Toren. More books by Agnes Sligh Turnbull.
RC 883	The Nightingale
	by Agnes Sligh Turnbull	2 cassettes
	Violet Carpenter is already considered a spinster at twenty-five in her turn-of-the-century, Pennsylvania village. Financial pressure forces her to take in lodgers and passion compels her to write poetry. To her astonishment, both paths lead to romantic crossroads. Narrated by Michael McCullough. More books by Agnes Sligh Turnbull.
RC 889	Eggs in the Coffee, Sheep in the Corn: My 17 Years as a Farm Wife
	by Marjorie Myers Douglas	2 cassettes
	This reminiscence tells the story of a city girl from Twin Cities who, in 1943, moves with her young husband and baby daughter to a western Minnesota stock ranch. For the next seventeen years, the author raises three children, learns to cook bountiful meals for her family and for work crews, and puts up hundreds of jars of canned fruits and vegetables each year from her own garden. Narrated by Lori Davis.
RC 895	The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
	by Stephen Crane	1 cassette
	A dramatization of Crane's raucous yarn of the marshal, his new bride, and a low down varmint bent on shootin' up the town. Radio drama by the Blue Ridge Radio Players. More books by Stephen Crane.
RC 896	A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha
	by David Bristow	2 cassettes
	From its beginnings in 1854 as a speculative scheme, Omaha grew into a booming town by the turn of the century. Along the way, early settlers, bullwhackers, gamblers, politicians, prostitutes, and confidence men left behind great true stories of the city's colorful and, at times, sordid past. Narrated by David King.
RC 903	The Shooting of Dan McGrew
	by Robert Service	1 cassette
	From Robert Service's famous poem about love and betrayal in frontier Alaska. Adaptation by Jim Cort. A radio drama by the Blue Ridge Radio Players.
RC 907	Roxanna Britton; A Biographical Novel
	by Shirley Allen	3 cassettes
	This historical novel tells the story of a young woman who must choose between placing her two young daughters in an orphan asylum or entering into a loveless marriage. Instead, Roxanna defies convention by finding a husband of her own choice and developing her own small business. After surviving the Civil War and then the Chicago fire of 1871, Roxanna eventually establishes her claim to a Nebraska homestead. Based on actual family records and legal documents. Narrated by Marjory Gloe.
RC 910	The Great Platte River Road
	by Merrill J. Mattes	6 cassettes
	Based on over 700 overland journals, this work looks at border towns, trail routes, river crossings, stage stations, military posts, and natural landmarks such as Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff. The Great Platte River Road, traversing Nebraska and Wyoming, stretched for more than 300 miles between Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie. Between 1841 and 1866, it served as the grand corridor of America's westward expansion. Narrated by Jane Knox.
RC 913	Abilene Lawmen: The Smith-Hickok Years, 1870-1871
	by Larry D. Underwood	2 cassettes
	This book is about two lawmen who set out to protect the West's first cow town, Abilene, Kansas, from lawless cowboys that arrived with the Texas cattle herds. The first lawman, Bear River Tom Smith, preferred to use his fists. His successor, Wild Bill Hickok, used his smoking guns. Contains descriptions of violence. Narrated by Bonnie Quinn. Other books by Larry D. Underwood.
RC 914	The Blizzard Voices
	by Ted Kooser	1 cassette
	A collection of short poems based on reminiscenses of those who survived the Schoolchildren's Blizzard of January 12 and 13, 1888. This devastating storm, which trapped many children and teachers in rural schools, took many lives and produced cold, stark naarratives, which the author has turned into poems. Includes a new introduction by the author. Narrated by Bill Ainsley and Bonnie Faimon.
RC 920	The Sandhills Beckon
	by Maxie Bridgman Isackson	1 cassette
	Told with much affection, this true story chronicles the lives of five generations of the author's family who have lived in the Nebraska Sandhills. Special focus is on the author's father, Howard Bridgeman, 1906-1970. Narrated by Helena Whitaker.
RC 923	The Trials of the Westward Trail
	by Dale Janda	2 cassettes
	Dan Lindeen and his bride plan on taking six freight wagons, each hitched with six mules, over the trail to California. Dan is too injured to travel, and he and his bride have a falling out. Leaving him behind, she travels on without him. Trials along the trail include dissention, Indian attacks, and separation from the train. Dan and his bride are reconciled at last. Sequel to The Back-Up Girl, NE 723. Contains strong language. Narrated by Mark Janda. Other books by Dale Janda.
RC 925	America Looks West: Lewis and Clark on the Missouri
	by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission	2 cassettes
	This special edition of Nebraskaland magazine commemorates the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. This issue represents the account of the entire expedition, emphasizing the first year, 1804, and the Missouri River. Narrated by Dennis Lorance, Bonnie Quinn, David King, Bill Ainsley, Alice Timm and John Nellessen. Other books by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
RC 927	Bareback! On the Trail of the Pony Express
	by Jerry Ellis	2 cassettes
	The author retraces the 2100-mile trail of the Pony Express--a journey he undertakes by foot, horseback, covered wagon, hitchhiking, and canoe. Written in the present tense from diary entries, his account is filled with unforgettable friendships and experiences. Includes new afterword by the author. Narrated by Marjory Gloe.
RC 931	Reflections on the Little Bighorn
	by University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications	2 cassettes
	This Little Bighorn retrospective was researched, written, edited, and designed by students and staff at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications under the supervision of Professors Joe Starita and Jerry Renaud. Covers the battle from the Native American and United States Cavalry points of view. Discusses research that has shed new light on the events of June 25, 1876. Narrated by Frances Buell.
RC 934	Pioneer Girl: Growing Up on the Prairie
	by Andrea Warren	1 cassette
	The true story of Grace McCance Snyder whose family settled in a one-room sod house on the Nebraska prairie when she was three years old. It is based on interviews with her and on her own memories as recorded in "No Time on My Hands" (RC 00114), written by her daughter Nellie Snyder Yost. (For Grades 4 to 7 and older readers.) Narrated by Frances Buell.
RC 942	Platte Valley Chronicles: Tales from Nebraska's Pioneer Trails
	by Robert N. Manley	3 cassettes
	Based on excerpts from pioneer diaries, this book tells the stories of those who were traveling through Nebraska on the California, Oregon, and Mormon Trails. The author focuses on the experiences of overlanders while they were following the north and south segments of the Platte River trails in what is now Hall County, Nebraska. Narrated by Alice Timm. Other books by Robert N. Manley.
RC 952	The Last Posse: A Jailbreak, a Manhunt, and the End of Hang-'em High Justice
	by Gale E. Christianson	3 cassettes
	In the early spring of 1912, a prisoner within the Nebraska State Penitentiary fatally stabbed a deputy warden. Several days later, during the ensuing confusion, three other prisoners shot their way out and disappeared in a snowstorm. Pursued by 300 lawmen across the Nebraska plains, the fugitives broke into homes, stole horses and supplies, and even kidnapped and killed a young farmer. The subsequent capture and punishment set the stage for modern prison reform. Narrated by Judy Hanefeldt.
RC 953	Kate M. Cleary: A Literary Biography with Selected Works
	by Susanne K. George	2 cassettes
	Born into a cultured family in New Brunswick, Kate Cleary moved with her new husband to the Nebraska prairie town of Hubbell. Her short stories, poems and letters depict the harsh experiences of the frontier prairie through the eyes of a gifted writer. Narrated by Alice Timm.
RC 956	Danes in America: Kansas and Nebraska
	edited by John W. Nielsen	2 cassettes
	Accounts of early Danish settlers describe pioneer life in Kansas and Nebraska. Virtually all the material come from volume two of the original work (Danske i Amerika), published in 1916. Narrated by Marie Johnson.
RC 969	Scenes of Visionary Enchantment
	by Dayton Duncan	2 cassettes
	In the last twenty years, the author has retraced the Lewis and Clark route from Saint Louis to the Pacific and back four different times. As he traveled, he wrote a series of essays which introduce his readers to places and events that he experienced along the way. A central theme is to offer insights into why the Corps of Discovery still captures our imagination two hundred years later. Narrated by Fraces Buell.
RC 972	Medicine Creek Journals: Ena and the Plainsmen
	by D. Jean Smith	2 cassettes
	Southern-belle and sharp-shooter Ena Raymonde knew she had found her new home when she stepped off the train at McPherson Station in southwest Nebraska. Based on journals and letters from the 1870s, this biography presents the life of a frontier woman who crossed paths with Buffalo Bill Cody, Texas Jack Omohundro, Doc Carver, and other legends of the Old West. Narrated by Judy Hanefeldt.
RC 973	The True Life Wild West Memoir of a Bush-Popping Cow Waddy
	by Charley Hester	1 cassette
	A sixteen-year-old runaway, Charley Hester left his Illinois home in 1869 to make a life for himself on the American frontier. Seventy years later, he dictated an account of his experiences, which included encounters with robbers, and with Wild Bill Hickok, Doc Holliday, and Wyatt Earp. After years as a cattle driver on the Chisholm and Western Trails, he eventually settled as a rancher in Dundy County, Nebraska. Narrated by Dennis Lorance.
DB/RC 974	Secrets on the Wind
	by Stephanie Grace Whitson	3 cassettes
	Two cavalry soldiers come upon a burnt-out settler's dugout and discover a lunatic woman hiding under a trap door. They carry her to Fort Robinson, where a kind old woman nurses her back to health. She has suffered a great deal and distrusts all men. Though she seems indifferent to all who try to help her, eventually she begins her journey to faith. Pine Ridge Portraits Series #1. Narrated by Wendy Hirsch. More books by Stephanie Grace Whitson.
DB/RC 975	Watchers on the Hill
	by Stephanie Grace Whitson	2 cassettes
	Charlotte Valentine was once a flirtatious beauty in search of an army officer for a husband. But the events in her life have changed her into a person in desperate need of a safe haven, which she hoped to find upon her return to Fort Robinson. With the unexpected appearance of two former beaus, she can only trust God to heal her wounds and to move forward in faith. Pine Ridge Portraits Series #2. Narrated by Marjory Gloe. More books by Stephanie Grace Whitson.
DB/RC 976	Valley of the Shadow
	by Stephanie Grace Whitson	2 cassettes
	Near the time of the Dakota Sioux uprising of 1862, Genevieve LaCroix reluctantly leaves her widowed French father to live at Renville Mission in order to further her education. Her loyalty is torn between her Sioux family and culture and the people she has grown to love at the mission. The minister's wife dies in childbirth, and more hardships take place when Sioux rise up against their white neighbors. Book one in The Dakota Moons series. Narrated by Judy Hanefeldt. More books by Stephanie Grace Whitson.
DB/RC 977	Edge of the Wilderness
	by Stephanie Grace Whitson	2 cassettes
	Having survived the Dakota Sioux uprising of 1862, Genevieve LaCroix is caregiver for the widowed minister's children as well as an orphaned baby. Though the minister proposes marriage to her, Gen is bereaved upon hearing that Daniel Two Stars has died. Trying to reconcile the Sioux and the whites and to cope with her own pain, Gen joins with the minister in missionary work with the captive Sioux who are suffering and starving at the notorious Camp McClellan. Book two in The Dakota Moons series. Narrated by Frances Buell. More books by Stephanie Grace Whitson.
RC 978	Bertie and Me: Growing Up on a Nebraska Sandhills Ranch in the Early 1900s
	by Billie Lee Snyder Thornburg	1 cassette
	Memoirs filled with humor of a 90-year-old woman who grew up in the early 1900s on an isolated ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills. Narrated by Dennis Lorance. More books by Billie Lee Snyder Thornburg.
DB/RC 982	Heart of the Sandhills
	by Stephanie Grace Whitson	2 cassettes
	With the 1862 Sioux uprising behind them, Daniel Two Stars and Genevieve LaCroix are finally husband and wife living as renters on a small parcel of land in the Minnesota Sandhills. Racial tensions hinder reconciliation with their white neighbors. In spite of Genevieve's protests, Daniel accepts another stint as an Army scout. Book three in The Dakota Moons series. Narrated by Norman Simon. More books by Stephanie Grace Whitson.
RC 987	Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West
	by Dirk Johnson	2 cassettes
	The Denver bureau chief of The New York Times spent a year on the professional rodeo circuit with the cowboys. He recounts their hard lives, constant risks of serious injury, triumphs and disappointments, continuous travel, and low pay. This personalized account cuts through the romanticized image to reveal the stark reality of life for the typical American rodeo cowboy. Contains some strong language. Narrated by Dennis Lorance.
DB/RC 995	The Man from Boot Hill: The Man from Boot Hill, Book 1
	by Marcus Galloway	2 cassettes
	Nick Graves seeks out honest work as a grave digger and casket maker in the western plains town of Jessup, Nebraska, where the law is corrupt and violence rules. A former gun slinger, Nick hopes to make a fresh start but is confronted by a vengeful deputy and by Nathan Skinner, a man from his dark past who is deadly with a Bowie knife. Nick faces the prospects that the next funeral may be his own. Book one in the Man from Boot Hill Series. Prequel to The Man from Boot Hill: Burying the Past (RC 1032). Contains descriptions of violence. Narrated by Pete Mayeux. Other books by Marcus Galloway.
RC 998	Bertie and Me and Miles Too: Growing Up on a Nebraska Sandhills Ranch in the Early 1900s
	by Billie Lee Snyder Thornburg	1 cassette
	The sister of Nebraska author Nellie Snyder Yost describes the joys and sorrows of growing up on the Ten-Bar Ranch, twelve miles west of Tyron, in the Nebraska Sandhills. She captures the adventures of ranch life in the early 1900s, the home remedies, Model Ts, roundups, and routines that were part of the daily wonderment. Narrated by Dennis Lorance. More books by Billie Lee Snyder Thornburg.
RC 1001	Miss Adams, Country Teacher: Memories from a One-Room School
	by Treva Adams Strait	2 cassettes
	In 1928, at the age of 18, the author began her adventurous career as a teacher at the Wild Springs Ranch School, on the western Nebraska prairie. During the next fourteen years, she went on to teach at five different country schools, where the number of students ranged from six to thirty-six, spanning grades one through eight. Narrated by Margaret Polk.
RC 1003	Fort Robinson and the American Century, 1900-1948
	by Thomas R. Buecker	2 cassettes
	Curator of the Fort Robinson Museum writes the history of Nebraska's Fort Robinson in the twentieth century. Using the fort's archives and interviewing men and women who served, the author recounts when the fort was home to the Army's largest remount depot for horses and main training center for dogs, a prisoner of war camp, and a beef research center, before becoming Nebraska's premier state park. Narrated by Bonnie Quinn.
RC 1004	Buffalo Gals: Women of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
	by Chris Enss	2 cassettes
	Between 1883 and 1916, Buffalo Bill's Wild West show entertained thousands throughout the United States and Europe. Among his top entertainers were women sharp shooters, bronco riders, and cast members for reenactments of battles and train robberies. A number of his women performers achieved celebrity status in a rough world dominated by men. Narrated by Tamara Wellmann.
RC 1029	Goodbye, Judge Lynch: The End of a Lawless Era in Wyoming's Bid Horn Basin
	by John W. Davis	2 cassettes
	An historian, who is also an attorney, chronicles the end of vigilantism in the Big Horn Basin of north central Wyoming. In the 1902 case of State v. Jim Gorman, a young rancher is convicted of killing his own brother Tom after becoming infatuated with Tom's attractive wife. An angry mob attacked the Big Horn County Jail, lynching Gorman and killing a deputy sheriff and another prisoner in the process. A few years later, five cattlemen were convicted of murdering three sheepherders. The subsequent convictions marked the end of vigilantism and the substitution of law for violence. Narrated by Carlene Miller.
DB/RC 1030	The Good Journey
	by Micaela Gilchrist	4 cassettes
	This historical romance is based on private letters between Southern Belle Mary Bullitt and General Henry Atkinson, commander of the Sixth Regiment. Married in 1826, Mary follows her older husband to Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis. Throughout their sixteen-year marriage, she witnesses the struggle for the West and the destruction of the Native Americans, as personified by a standing feud between her husband and Black Hawk, legendary leader of the Sauk Indian tribe. Though life was harsh on the frontier, she grew to love her strong, silent husband. Contains some strong language. Narrated by Helena Whitaker.
RC 1032	Burying the Past: The Man from Boot Hill, Book 2
	by Marcus Galloway	2 cassettes
	Former gunslinger Nick Graves now makes a modest living in the Dakota Territories by planning funerals. He accepts the mundane nature of his new existence until his previous partner in crime enters his life with a fresh scheme to pull off a potentially lucrative jewel heist. Attracted to the prospects of quick money, Nick must choose between the dangers of living with a price on his head and the tranquil routine of digging graves. Book two in the Man from Boot Hill Series. Sequel to The Man from Boot Hill (DB/RC 995). Contains strong language and violence and some descriptions of sex. Narrated by Dick Shasteen. Other books by Marcus Galloway.
DB 1033	Dead Man's Promise: The Man from Boot Hill, Book 3
	by Marcus Galloway	1 cassette
	Nick Graves is content to ply the trade his father taught him--that of funeral arranger and coffin maker in the lawless town of Jessup, Nebraska. A killer and former partner, Red Parks wants Graves to pay for past wrongs. He has brought along the old gang in order to target Graves' family as a way to settle the score. When an innocent woman is caught in the crossfire, Graves knows that his gunslinger days aren't yet over. Book three in the Man from Boot Hill Series. Sequel to Burying the Past (RC 1032). Contains strong language and descriptions of violence. Narrated by Pete Mayeux. Other books by Marcus Galloway.
RC 1035	Plains Bound: Fragile Cargo: Revealing Orphan Train Reality
	by Charlotte M. Endorf	1 cassette
	Based on interviews with Orphan Train riders, all of them now elderly, and their descendants, the author presents true stories of individuals being "placed out," primarily under the auspices of the Children's Aid Society. Considered the beginning of documented foster care in America, charitable organizations in New York City sent out the first Orphan Train in 1854. By 1929, the date of the last Orphan Train, between 150,000 and 250,000 homeless children found homes, mostly with farm families in the West. Narrated by Judy Hanefeldt. Other books by Charlotte Endorf.
DB/RC 1052	Only Two Came Back
	by Dale Janda	2 cassettes
	Hester, a sixteen-year-old girl, is found murdered on the outskirts of frontier San Francisco. Four young men flee on the Sacramental Trail. Four men who watched Hester grow up pursue them to avenge her death. Second sequel to The Back-Up Girl (RC 00723) and follows the first sequel, The Trials of the Westward Trail (RC 00923). Contains descriptions of violence. Narrated by Ben Bossard. Other books by Dale Janda.
RC 1053	The Secret of the Flying W
	by Dale Janda	2 cassettes
	Part white, part Indian, John Doddling has earned a reputation on the Kansas and Nebraska frontier prairie as a sly card shark, gunslinger, and financier. His search for an old friend takes him to the Flying W, a Montana ranch that is plagued with a sniper in the hills. Contains some strong language and descriptions of violence. Book one in the John Doddling Series. Prequel to The Demise of the Rocking R (DB/RC 1054). Narrated by Judy Hanefe Other books by Dale Janda.
DB/RC 1054	The Demise of the Rocking R
	by Dale Janda	2 cassettes
	Texas Panhandle rancher Ben Crye has his eye on taking over adjourning ranches. He plots ways to force ranchers to sell by bringing about hard times. As their cattle are being rustled, the ranchers recruit troubleshooter John Doddling to end the onslaught against them. Contains some violence and some strong language. Book two in the John Doddling Series. Sequel to The Secret of the Flying W (RC 1053). Narrated by Tamara Wellmann. Other books by Dale Janda.
RC 1058	A Fourth of July on the Plains
	by Jean Van Leeuwen	1 cassette
	Based on an actual 1852 Fourth of July celebration along the Oregon Trail and on the memoirs of seven-year-old Jesse Applegate, this account describes how a weary wagon train from Indiana stopped to hold a Fourth-of-July feast. Feeling left out of planning the festivity, Jesse and his friends find whistles, bells, and makeshift drums to surpise their fellow travelers with a rousing rendition of "Yankee Doodle." For grades K-3. Narrated by Sue Mayeux.
RC 1059	Calling Me Home
	by Patricia Hermes	1 cassette
	Twelve-year-old Abbie tries to be content with her new life on the Nebraska prairie in the 1850s after she and her family leave their house with a piano behind in St. Joseph. Living in a sod house built by her father, she longs for life in town where children can attend school. While her father is away in an effort to earn money to buy land, her baby brother loses his life to cholera. Her family helps her discover the faith and strength to survive their hardships. Narrated by Natalie Freeman.
RC 1060	Prairie Friends
	by Nancy Smiler Levinson	1 cassette
	Betsy loves living on the Nebraska prairie in a sod house with her family, though she is sometimes lonely. She is excited to learn that new neighbors have a young girl named Emmeline who might want to be her friend. Emmeline misses the city, so Betsy tries to help her love her new life on the prairie. For grades K-3. Narrated by Natalie Freeman.
RC 1066	Tomorrow, the River
	by Dianne E. Gray	1 cassette
	In 1896, fourteen-year-old Megan travels by train from her Nebraska prairie home to the Mississippi river town of Burlington, IA. She joins her older sister's family for the summer aboard their paddleboat, the Oh My, which travels the northern reaches of the river delivering cargo. Megan takes on challenges on the boat, meets a number of amazing people and faces dangers on the water and off. For grades 5-8. Narrated by Alice Timm.
DB/RC 1080	Lawrence Bixby: Preserver of The Old Spade Ranch
	by Ruth Van Ackeren and Robert M. Howard; introduction by Caroline Sandoz Pifer	1 cassette
	Established in the Nebraska Sandhills by Bartlett Richards in 1888, the Spade Ranch played a key role in the state's early livestock history. At its height, the ranch grew to 500,000 acres. Following the founder's death in 1911, a young neighbor and summer employee, Lawrence Bixby, worked tirelessly to preserve and maintain the Spade's holdings. Beginning in 1924, Bixby began acquiring ownership of Spade land. He lived to see the ranch entered into the National Register of Historic Places. Narrated by Carlene Miller.
DB/RC 1086	Prairie Whispers: The McKay Family Saga, Book 1
	by Scott E. Miller	1 cassette
	Based on true events from the 1880s, John and Maggie McKay and their two young daughters, Claire and Abbie, settle on the Nebraska prairie. They make their way to their homestead along the Niobrara River in a wagon pulled by oxen. First task is to clear the grassy fields of rattlesnakes; then plant their first crop of wheat and vegetables. With the first harvest in early summer, they dig a cave in the clay soil to store their precious food. John and his oldest daughter, Claire, make a three-day trip to the nearest town, Niobrara City, to purchase supplies so they can frame their cabin. Before the weather turns cold. John builds furniture when he sells in town to raise extra money for more building materials and supplies. Their first winter is challenging, and they welcome the arrival of spring. Summer brings an addition to the family with the birth of a baby brother. Prequel to Prairie Sunsets (RC 1087). For grades 4 to 7. Narrated by Karen Boyer. Other books by Scott E. Miller.
DB/RC 1087	Prairie Sunsets: The McKay Family Saga, Book 2
	by Scott E. Miller	1 cassette
	Two years from beginning new lives as homesteaders on the Nebraska prairie, the McKay family now enjoys living among neighbors, as well as having a school and even a county fair in O'Neill. Claire's friendship with Caleb Clark, their neighbor's son, blossoms into romance. The community contends with a tornado and a swarm of hungry locusts. That fall, the McKays announce plans to sell the farm and move to Stuart, where they will manage a hotel, and Caleb begins university classes in Lincoln. Sequel to Prairie Whispers (RC 1086). For grades 6-9. Narrated by Marilee McPherson. Other books by Scott E. Miller.
DB 1101	Plainsong for Caitlin
	Elizabeth M. Rees	3 hours, 45 minutes
	1871. New Bedford. Fifteen-year-old Caitlin's and her older sister, Rebecca's lives crash when their father and Rebecca's fiance die in a sea disaster. Responding to an ad for a mail-order-bride, Rebecca moves to Sweetgrass, Nebraska, bringing Caitlin along with her. When Caitlin meets Nate, the young settler who is Rebecca's husband to be, she senses a strong mutual attraction. Out of a sense of honor, Nate marries Rebecca and soon a baby is on the way; however, a tragedy offers a bitter-sweet possibility that Nate and Caitlin can be together after all. For junior high and senior high readers. Narrated by Nathalie Freeman and Elizabeth Avery.
DB 1112	Lynchings, Legends, and Lawlessness with Boot Hill Mysteries: The Story of Historical Sidney, Nebraska
	Loren Avey
	From 1867 to 1888, Sidney, Nebraska, a gateway city to the gold rush in the Black Hills of Dakota, earned the reputation "toughest town on the Western Frontier." Gold seekers, freighters, cowboys, and desperadoes were drawn to the city's 80 saloons, assortment of gaming halls, brothels, and the world's first all-night threatre. Frontier and pioneer legends, such as Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Doc Middleton, Buffalo Bill Cody, Butch Cassidy, Susan B. Anthony, and celebrated Indian War Chiefs and U.S. Army generals all played a role in its colorful history. Narrated by (to be added).
DB/RC 1115	Jennie Barnes: Right Now Forever!
	Vera Saban	5 hours, 45 minutes
	Nebraska prairie, 1915. Jennie, a ten-year-old girl, lives on a tenant farm with her family. Though she, her sister, and her brother have little money, they live an exciting life that includes school, Sunday school, the county fair, and even a circus. For grades 3 to 6. Narrated by Gail Barnard.
DB/RC 1117	By Train They Came: Fragile Excess Baggage, Volume 1
	by Charlotte Endorf and Sarah M. Endorf	1 cassette
	Personal stories of those who, as children, rode the Orphan Trains in order to be placed in foster homes. Prequel to By Train They Came 2 (DB/RC 1118). For grades 6-9. Narrated by Judy Hanefeldt. Other books by Charlotte Endorf.
DB/RC 1118	By Train They Came: Fragile Excess Baggage, Volume 2
	by Charlotte Endorf and Sarah M. Endorf	1 cassette
	More true-life stories of those who, as children, rode the Orphan Trains in order to be placed in foster homes. Sequel to By Train They Came (DB/RC 1117). For grades 6-9. Narrated by Cherie Frederick. Other books by Charlotte Endorf.
DB/RC 1132	Nebraska Farmer: Special Anniversary Edition, 2009
	edited by Don McCabe	1 cassette
	Special edition of Nebraska's leading agricultural publication celebrates its 150th anniversary. This historical edition recounts Nebraska Farmer's beginnings and chronicles the dramatic changes in the state's farming and ranching industries. Included are reprints of articles from the Farmer's archives. Narrated by Gail Barnard, Judy Hanefeldt, and Dick Shasteen.
DB 1134	Land of Their Own: From Russia to South Dakota; A Historical Novel; The Richert Family Saga, Book 1
	by Ruth Richert Jones	7 hours, 50 minutes
	Troublesome times in Russia prompt a young Mennonite family to migrate to America, drawn by the promise of free land and freedom of religion. The harrowing trip takes much longer than anticipated, thanks to a robbery, a collision at sea, and a severe storm that disables the vessel. A young Hollander named Toby and a young Russian, Sophia, also plan to migrate, though Sophia's father strongly opposes the risky venture. Book one in the Richert Family Saga. Prequel to Land of Challenge: Dakota Territory (DB 01144). Narrated by Marilee McPherson. Other books by Ruth Richert Jones.
DB 1141	No Angels for Outlaws: The Man from Boot Hill, Book 4
	by Marcus Galloway
	An undertaker with a violent past, Nick Graves finally discovers some measure of peace on the edge of the desert, in the small New Mexico town of Ocean, where he hopes to use his skills with a gun to help keep order. When a quiet rancher turns desperate in seeking revenge for the murder of his family, Nick comes to his rescue in tracking down the marauding outlaws. Book four in the Man from Boot Hill Series. Sequel to Dead Man's Promise (DB 1033). Contains strong language and descriptions of violence. Narrated by Pete Mayeux. Other books by Marcus Galloway.
DB 1144	Land of Challenge: Dakota Territory; The Richert Family Saga, Book 2
	by Ruth Richert Jones	5 hours, 35 minutes
	Mennonite immigrants Ben, Nettie, and their children made their way from Russia to the Dakota Territory in the 1870s where Ben finally found an unclaimed parcel of land to homestead. After breaking sod, digging a well, and building a sod house, Ben and his family struggled to live off the land. Ben constructed a wooden house and a wooden bard for his twenty-four head of cattle. They endure financial hardship, blizzards, and a ferocious prairie fire that threatens the farm they had grown to love. Book two in the Richert Family Saga. Sequel to Land of of Their Own: From Russia to South Dakota (DB 01134). Narrated by Marilee McPherson. Other books by Ruth Richert Jones.
DB 1148	I Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice
	Joe Starita	11 hours, 0 Minutes
	In 1877, Chief Standing Bear's people, the Ponca, were removed from their ancestral lands in Nebraska's Niobrara River valley to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). When his only son dies in 1879, Standing Bear undertakes a 600-mile journey back to Nebraska in order to bury him. This action sets the stage for a federal trial to determine whether or not Native Americans were entitled to equal protection under the law, and had they been deprived of their property, homeland, and even their lives without due process. Narrated by Alice Timm.
DB 1154	Unbridled Dreams
	by Stephanie Grace Whitson	11 hours, 30 minutes
	Irma Friedrich, born into an affluent family in Nebraska, could have attended Brownell Finishing School as her mother wished. Instead, Irma longed to join Buffalo Bill's Wild West and perform as a trick rider. With her father's help and behind her mother's back, she auditions for Buffalo Bill and wins a spot on his traveling show. Changing her name to Liberty Bell, she begins to tour the United States. Two handsome cowboy stars of the show become her suitors. Narrated by Alice Timm. More books by Stephanie Grace Whitson.
DB 1166	Forts of the Northern Plains: Guide to Historic Military Posts of the Plains Indians Wars
	Jeff Barnes	6 hours, 0 Minutes
	This historical travel guide provides information on visiting 51 military posts of the Plains Indian Wars. The focus is primarily on those involved with the Sioux (Dakota) Indians. This guide includes directions, admissions and hours, amenities, special events, nearby attractions, and other tips. Narrated by Judy Hanefeldt.
DB 1182	The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West
	David Haward Bain	20 hours, 10 minutes
	The author chronicles an eight-week road trip which he and his family undertook from Missouri through California to retrace covered wagon trails, the first transcontinental railroad, and the Lincoln Highway. Throughout the seven-thousand-mile trip, the author highlights the dramatic Western terrain and historic locales. Narrated by Judy Hanefeldt.

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