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    Cowboy Life: The Letters of George Philip

    Cathie Draine (editor). Richard W. Slatta (afterword). Mick B. Harrison (illustrator).

    Now available as an ebook for Kindle, iPad/iPhone/iPod, nook, Sony Reader

    Award-Winning Book

    Cowboy letters from South Dakota's open range

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs, eBooks

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    George McGovern: A Political Life, A Political Legacy

    Robert Watson (editor). Tom Daschle (foreword).

    An examination of an influential politician and humanitarian

    George McGovern was born and raised in South Dakota where he developed the strong moral convictions that have made him a political legend. The nine essays in this book explore the events that shaped this extraordinary man and provide new insights into his career and legacy.

    Categories: Biographies and Memoirs

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    Hard Knocks: A Life Story of the Vanishing West

    Harry 'Sam' Young. James D. McLaird (introduction).

    Memoir of the last man to serve Wild Bill Hickok a drink

    Hard Knocks captures the squalor and excitement of the frontier West and exudes the gore and glory of those early days. Sam Young left home at fourteen to seek out the West he had read about in dime novels. His incredible story is told here.

    Categories: Biographies and Memoirs, Black Hills Books

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    Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life

    Pamela Smith Hill.



    Award-Winning Book

    A new view of Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and work

    Volume One in the South Dakota Biography Series

    This is "a fascinating and remarkable book that deserves a place on the shelf of every Laura fan."—The Homesteader

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs, South Dakota Biography Series

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    Peter Norbeck: Prairie Statesman

    Gilbert C. Fite. R. Alton Lee (afterword).

    The life of an early champion of South Dakota

    Categories: Biographies and Memoirs

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    Seth Bullock: Black Hills Lawman

    David A. Wolff.

    Unheralded but vital figure in the development of the Black Hills

    "This is an excellent addition to any Western history collection, whether personal or library."—D. Whelan, www.amazon.com

    Categories: Biographies and Memoirs, Black Hills Books, South Dakota Biography Series

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    Small-town Boy, Small-town Girl: Growing Up in South Dakota, 1920-1950

    Eric Fowler. Sheila Delaney. Molly P. Rozum (editor).

    Award-Winning Book

    "If you like nostalgia or history, this is for you."—Omaha World Herald

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs, General South Dakota History

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    Sunshine Always: The Courtship Letters of Alice Bower and Joseph Gossage of Dakota Territory

    Paula M. Nelson (introduction). Maxwell Van Nuys (afterword).

    Just $15.00, normally $24.95

    Award-Winning Book


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    Waiting for Coyote's Call: An Eco-Memoir from the Missouri River Bluff

    Jerry Wilson.

    Living with nature, South Dakota style

    Inspired by Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, and Annie Dillard, Jerry Wilson’s eco-memoir Waiting for Coyote’s Call covers twenty-five years of trying to live life leaving as small an environmental footprint as possible. Wilson encourages readers to think about their place in nature through his family’s quest to live equably with the natural world on 160 acres of prairie and woodland near the Missouri River in South Dakota.

    Categories: Biographies and Memoirs

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    Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane: Deadwood Legends

    James D. McLaird.



    Myths surrounding two Wild West legends

    Categories: Biographies and Memoirs, Black Hills Books, South Dakota Biography Series

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