Nebraska 150 Books

150 notable Nebraska books to highlight for the Nebraska 150 Celebration

Book List

As an official program of the Nebraska 150 Celebration and sponsored by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska 150 Book Selection Committee chose 150 notable Nebraska books to highlight for the Nebraska 150 Celebration. These books represent the best literature produced from Nebraska during the past 150 years and highlight the varied cultures, diverse experiences and the shared history of Nebraskans.

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1

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As told to Alex Haley)1

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2

Wild Seasons: Gathering and Cooking Wild Plants of the Great Plains1

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3

Strange Angels1

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4

A Lantern in Her Hand (Puffin Classics)1

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5

The Man with the Strange Head and Other Early Science Fiction Stories (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)1

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6

My Antonia1

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7

O Pioneers!1

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8

One Of Ours1

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9

Rain Dogs1

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10

The Patient in Room 181

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11

Nebraska: Stories1

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12

In Reach (Flyover Fiction)1

B008UX3NXA

13

Sing Them Home: A Novel1

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14

A Perfect Evil (Maggie O'Dell Book 1)1

B000FC0ZG2

15

Dating Dead Men: A Novel (William Shakespeare's Star Wars)1

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16

Goodnight, Nebraska (Vintage Contemporaries)1

B00J905QVU

17

The Home Place1

B000VI70JU

18

"Tell Me a Riddle" Tillie Olsen (Women Writers: Texts and Contexts)1

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19

Nebraska Folklore (Second Edition)1

0803290020

20

A Different Plain: Contemporary Nebraska Fiction Writers1

B00B3RETRO

21

Haven's Wake (Flyover Fiction)1

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22

Best of Prairie Schooner: Fiction and Poetry1

B00PQV6YV2

23

Beyond the Veil of Stars1

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24

The Meaning of Names1

B00DMCV66K

25

The Swan Gondola: A Novel1

B0076HEMMM

26

Bohemian Girl (Flyover Fiction)1

B0041OUBS2

27

Hector's Bliss: Black Homesteaders at Goose Lake, Nebraska1

0803294050

28

Ma Jeeter's Girls1

B00B853Y54

29

Sixteen Brides1

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30

Mid Country; Writings From the Heart of America1

B002BL0FP6

31

Take All to Nebraska1

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32

Bag in the Wind1

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33

Worth1

B00164X308

34

Savvy1

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35

Prairie Friends (I Can Read Level 3)1

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36

A Perfect Snowman1

B00AP2VRAA

37

Far Far Away1

B00YQNHT56

38

'89 Walls1

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39

Light on the Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska's Pioneer Days1

B00NOC5MH2

40

The House without a Christmas Tree (The Addie Mills Stories Book 1)1

B008SAZHLQ

41

Eleanor & Park1

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42

Night of the Twisters1

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43

The Rithmatist1

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44

The Christmas of the Phonograph Records: A Recollection1

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45

Winter Thunder1

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46

Sneakers.1

B00ARB8BR6

47

C is for Cornhusker: A Nebraska Alphabet (Discover America State by State)1

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48

Little Nebraska (Little State)1

B00EAMMR1E

49

Standing Bear of the Ponca1

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50

Pioneer Girl: A True Story of Growing Up on the Prairie1

B00GGUTKXQ

51

Elsie's Bird1

B00KWG6510

52

Catalyst (Control Duology)1

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53

Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems1

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54

Going North (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards))1

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55

Together Apart1

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56

The Gift of the Sacred Dog (Reading Rainbow Book)1

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57

A few great stories of the Santee people,: Told by many nineteenth century Santee and by Edna Peniska and Paul Robertson of the modern Santee1

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58

Sister Sweet Ella1

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59

The Red Umbrella1

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60

Prairie Songs1

B007108YNW

61

Room One: A Mystery or Two1

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62

Dandelions1

B00EYMCWUQ

63

A Guide to the Ghosts of Lincoln1

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64

Simpson's Sheep Won't Go To Sleep!1

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65

Billy and Blaze: A Boy and His Pony1

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66

The Mystery Of Life: A Poetization Of "the Hako"--a Pawnee Ceremony...1

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67

Cheyenne Line1

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68

Potato Soup1

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69

The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees (Third Edition)1

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70

Nebraska: This Place, These People1

B00B0YPJK6

71

Delights & Shadows1

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72

Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry1

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73

Forty Nebraska Poets1

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74

Heartwood & Other Poems1

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75

A Cycle of the West: The Song of Three Friends, The Song of Hugh Glass, The Song of Jed Smith, The Song of the Indian Wars, The Song of the Messiah1

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76

Divine Honors (Wesleyan Poetry Series)1

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77

Lost in Seward County1

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78

All My Grandmothers Could Sing: Poems By Nebraska Women1

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79

Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence1

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80

The Niobrara: A River Running through Time1

B000XU4TEA

81

A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan1

B00BW0J7VU

82

Death Zones and Darling Spies: Seven Years of Vietnam War Reporting (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar) (Studies in War, Society, and the Military)1

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83

Lincoln in Black and White: 1910-1925 (Images of America)1

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84

When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir by Bob Kerrey1

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85

This Death by Drowning1

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86

Prairie University: A History of the University of Nebraska1

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87

The Nature of Home: A Lexicon and Essays1

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88

Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps (American Lives)1

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89

The Children's Blizzard1

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90

The Lewis and Clark Journals (Abridged Edition): An American Epic of Discovery1

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91

Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist1

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92

A Harmony of the Arts: The Nebraska State Capitol (Great Plains Photography)1

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93

Nebraska: An Illustrated History, Second Edition (Great Plains Photography)1

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94

The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska–Pine Ridge Border Towns (Plains Histories)1

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95

Platte Valley chronicles: Tales from Nebraska's Pioneer Trails1

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96

The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central: High School Basketball at the '68 Racial Divide1

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97

The Great Platte River Road: The Covered Wagon Mainline via Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie (Great Plains Photography)1

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98

The Nebraska Sand Hills: The Human Landscape1

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99

Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux1

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100

More Than Football: George Flippin's Stromsburg Years1

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101

Fighting Liberal: The Autobiography of George W. Norris, Second Edition1

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102

History of Nebraska1

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103

More Than Winning: The Story of Tom Osborne1

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104

Omaha's Trans-Mississippi Exposition1

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105

The Middle of Everywhere1

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106

A State of Readers Nebraska's Carnegie Libraries1

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107

Standing Firmly by the Flag: Nebraska Territory and the Civil War, 1861-18671

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108

Nebraska's Post Office Murals: Born of the Depression, Fostered by the New Deal1

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109

Cheyenne Autumn, Second Edition1

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110

Old Jules1

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111

Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky (Great Plains Photography)1

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112

No Time on My Hands1

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113

I Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice1

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114

Women Elders' Life Stories of the Omaha Tribe: Macy, Nebraska, 2004-20051

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115

People of the First Man: Life Among the Plains Indians in Their Final Days of Glory: The Firsthand Account of Prince Maximilian's Expedition Up the Missouri River, 1833-341

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116

Being home: A collection of essays about the simple joys of family, nature, life beyond the big city, and the sacredness of the ordinary1

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117

Fire Light: The Life of Angel De Cora, Winnebago Artist1

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118

It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here: Tales of the Great Plains1

0803247877

119

Encyclopedia of the Great Plains1

0803298625

120

Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians1

0803297955

121

An Unspeakable Sadness: The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians1

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122

From Society Page to Front Page: Nebraska Women in Journalism1

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123

Historic Railroads of Nebraska1

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124

Ham, Eggs, and Corn Cake: A Nebraska Territory Diary1

0803259689

125

The Complete Roadside Guide to Nebraska, Second Edition1

0870043986

126

Dirty, Wicked Town (Omaha)1

0806135344

127

Fort Robinson and the American West, 1874–18991

0803214049

128

Solomon D. Butcher: Photographing the American Dream1

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129

The Cottonwood Tree: An American Champion1

0803214073

130

Populism, Progressivism, and the Transformation of Nebraska Politics, 1885-19151

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131

Mari Sandoz's Native Nebraska (NE) (Images of America)1

B000H3CYQI

132

Tales of the 04 Ranch: Recollections of Harold J. Cook, 1887-19091

0803217404

133

Mayor Helen Boosalis: My Mother's Life in Politics1

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134

The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)1

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135

All the Strange Hours: The Excavation of a Life1

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136

On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes of North America (Natural History)1

0803246900

137

Black Print with a White Carnation: Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938-1989 (Women in the West)1

0803268513

138

Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State1

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139

Nebraska Place-Names (New Edition) by Lilian L. Fitzpatrick (1960-10-01)1

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140

Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region (1919)1

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141

Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen1

B0008BB6M2

142

The Art Spirit: Notes, Articles, Fragments of Letters and Talks to Students, Bearing on the Concepts and Technique of Picture Making, the Study of Art Generally, and on Appreciation1

B00X4Z6ZD4

143

In Cold Storage: Sex and Murder on the Plains (Law in the American West)1

B0094H0064

144

Backstage: Stories from My Life in Public Television1

0803275889

145

Keith County Journal1

0027332454

146

A Sea of Grass: The Tall Grass Prairie1

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