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    Cowboy Life: The Letters of George Philip

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

    Available as an ebook for Kindle, iPad/iPhone/iPod, nook, Sony Reader soon

    Award-Winning Book

    Cowboy letters from South Dakota's open range

    Jump on a horse and ride across wide-open central South Dakota with George Philip as he recounts true cowboy life. His letters take the reader galloping into rattlesnake country on ornery horses, where they can share the dreaded Texas Itch, and take midnight rambles in graveyards and trips to Mexico.

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs

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    Dakota Flora: A Seasonal Sampler

    David J. Ode.

    Award-Winning Book

    South Dakota’s wild plants and their stories

    “A tremendous book for anyone interested in expanding their knowledge about South Dakota Flora.”—River Life

    In the richly illustrated Dakota Flora, David Ode introduces readers to eighty-two of South Dakota’s wild plants. Each plant is presented by season, in order of their flowering and fruiting.

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Exploring South Dakota

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    Dance in a Buffalo Skull

    Zitkala-Ša. S. D. Nelson (illustrator).

    Award-Winning Book

    Second book in the Prairie Tale Series

    "An enjoyable story faithful to the original legend."—The Midwest Book Review

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, Prairie Tale Series

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    Discontented Gopher

    L. Frank Baum. Carolyn Digby Conahan (illustrator).

    Award-Winning Book

    A true American fable, by the author of the Wizard of Oz

    “Highly recommended”—The Midwest Book Review

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, Prairie Tale Series

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    Fort Randall on the Missouri, 1856-1892

    Jerome A. Greene.

    Award-Winning Book

    History of a frontier fort in its heyday

    "Essential reading"—South Dakota History

    Fort Randall is interesting and informative.”—Roundup Magazine

    This award-winning book immerses the reader in the day-to-day life of an important military outpost. Noted historian Jerome A. Greene chronicles the life of the fort from construction to demise.

    Categories: Award Winning Books, General South Dakota History

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    Jumping-Off Place

    Marian Hurd McNeely. Jean Patrick (afterword).

    1930 Newbery Honor Book

    Four children homestead in South Dakota

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers

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    Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life

    Pamela Smith Hill.

    Save $4 on the July Book of the Month. Savings on online purchases only, through July 31, 2010.

    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, Book of the Month, South Dakota Biography Series, Special Offers

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    Looking for History on Highway 14

    John E. Miller.

    Back in Stock

    Award-Winning Book

    A slice of small-town South Dakota

    John Miller’s award-winning best-seller continues to delight readers with accounts of the small-town communities that border Highway 14. With Miller as your guide, visit South Dakota’s laid-back capital, Pierre; Huron, the state-fair city; and Brookings, home of the state’s land-grant university.

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Exploring South Dakota

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    Mystery of the Round Rocks

    Mark Meierhenry. David Volk. Jason Folkerts (illustrator).

    Award-Winning Book

    Catch a glimpse of the real Ice Age on the Great Plains


    "Highly recommended"—The Midwest Book Review

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, General South Dakota History

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    Mystery of the Tree Rings

    Mark Meierhenry. David Volk. Jason Folkerts (illustrator).

    Award-Winning Book

    An ancient tree shares its secrets with Max and Hannah

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers

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    Picturing the Past: South Dakota's Historic Places

    Jay D. Vogt. Stephen C. Rogers. Scott Myers (photographer).

    Coming Soon in Ebook Format

    Award-Winning Book

    Preserving the place that is South Dakota, one building at a time

    Lavish black-and-white photographs adorn Picturing the Past as authors Jay D. Vogt and Stephen C. Rogers attempt to answer pertinent historic preservation questions. Picturing the Past is a glimpse into South Dakotan buildings worth preserving for future generations.

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Historical Preservation Series

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    Prairie-Dog Prince

    Carolyn Digby Conahan (illustrator). Eva Katharine Gibson.

    Award-Winning Book

    A traditional-style fairy tale set near the Black Hills

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, Prairie Tale Series

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    Raccoon and the Bee Tree

    Elaine Goodale Eastman (author). Charles A. Eastman (author). Susan Turnbull (illustrator).

    Award-winning Book

    A raccoon explores the night and finds an unexpected treasure

    4th book in the Prairie Tale Series

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, Prairie Tale Series

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    Sioux in South Dakota History

    Richmond L. Clow (editor).

    Award-Winning Book

    American Indian experiences in South Dakota during the last century

    Thirteen essays explore modern American Indian political and cultural life in South Dakota.

    Categories: Award Winning Books, General South Dakota History

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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, New Books

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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).

    Award-Winning Book

    Read a serialization of this book on the SDSHS Press blog.

    The romance of the founders of the Rapid City Journal

    Sunshine Always is the correspondence of Joseph Gossage and Alice Bower during their long-distance courtship in the earliest days of Dakota Territory. Their language, ideas, and fears offer readers a window on late nineteenth-century life on the Great Plains.

    "Enthusiastically recommended reading."—The Midwest Book Review

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs

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    Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story

    Donald F. Montileaux (illustrator).

    Now Available in Paperback

    Winner of five national book awards

    A story of beginnings, featuring beautiful Lakota art

    “A beautiful rendering of story and illustration that needs to be in every library interested in building the diversity of their collection.”—Kirkus Reviews

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers

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