Nebraska Moments

ISBN-13: 9780803260399 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 428 str.

Donald R. Hickey; John R. Wunder; Susan A. Wunder

Opis

Nebraska author Mari Sandoz remarked that most people see Nebraska as that long flat state that sets between me and any place I want to go. If so, they re missing plenty, as this entertaining volume makes abundantly clear. Susan A. Wunder and John R. Wunder s new, expanded, and updated edition of Donald R. Hickey s classic account of defining Nebraska moments showcases triumph, tragedy, comedy, and accomplishments that could have happened nowhere else and that reveal the rich culture and history under the state s deceptively quiet surface.There are moments that shine surviving the Oregon and Mormon trails; completing the Union Pacific Railroad; and winning national football championships, Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, and presidential nominations. There are also moments of darkness such as the murders of Crazy Horse, Malcolm X, and Brandon Teena; the lynchings of Will Brown and Juan Gonzalez; and the Blizzard of 1888. Together they evoke a dramatic history populated with the likes of Pedro Villasur, Willa Cather, and William Jennings Bryan. This new edition also mines Nebraska s most recent history, adding to the ever-changing, ever-intriguing picture of this Great Plains state. "