Exploring the Plains States Through Literature

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CAROLYM BRODIE is assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. She is coauthor of Many Voices: Multicultural Literary Experiences for Youth (Highsmith Press, 1992), a book based on the Virginia Hamilton Conference held each spring at Kent State University. She contributed the sections on Ohio and Arkansas for the Exploring the Great Lakes States through Literature and Exploring the Southeast States through Literature volumes, respectively, in Oryx's Exploring the United States through Literature Series.

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Exploring the United States through Literature describes the best of current print and nonprint materials teachers can use with their students to study individual states. Each volume covers a different geographic area and presents selected materials that represent the uniquely rich and varied history, diversity, geography, industries, resources, famous people, and contemporary culture of each state in that region. Much more than a series of detailed bibliographies, the volumes in the Exploring the United States through Literature series also describe classroom-tested activities that directly relate to each source.

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Series Statement vii Preface ix Contributors xi Iowa 1, by Bonnie Raasch Kansas 17, by June Level Missouri 33, by Leslie Edmonds Nebraska 44, by Eunice Parrish North Dakota 64, by Myla Alsaker, Esther Hornbacher, Kathleen Oksendahl, Beverly Quamme, and Hazel Yliniemi South Dakota 78, by Donna Gilliland Directory of Publishers and Vendors 95 Author Index 105 Title Index 109 Subject Index 117