The Golden West

In the fifty years since its inception in 1961, the Bison Books imprint at the University of Nebraska Press has published some of the best historical, literary, and original western literature. The Golden West celebrates that continuing mission, bringing together some of the most beloved and iconic stories of the American West.

Preface: A Celebration of Bison Books Introduction: The West and America: The National Significance of Regional Writing David Wrobel O Pioneers! Willa Cather Plains Song: For Female Voices Wright Morris Waterlily Ella Cara Deloria My People the Sioux Luther Standing Bear Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers Ralph Moody Shane Jack Schaefer One Man's West David Lavender Black Elk Lives: Conversations with the Black Elk Family Esther Black Elk DeSersa, Olivia Black Elk Pourier, Aaron DeSersa Jr., and Clifton DeSersa A Cycle of the West: The Song of the Indian Wars John G. Neihardt Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas Mari Sandoz Nebraska Folklore Louise Pound A Lantern in Her Hand Bess Streeter Aldrich Winter Wheat Mildred Walker Yonnondio: From the Thirties Tillie Olsen Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails Kenneth L. Holmes The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery Meriwether Lewis and William Clark The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail Wallace Stegner Source Acknowledgments Contributors Discussion Questions