Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press A fascinating study of 12 mixed-blood women who overcame prejudice and stereotypes to find their own true paths.

Walking in Two Worlds

Biographies & Memoirs

Nancy M. Peterson

Community & Culture

Caxton Press

People of the Moonshell is an award-winning history of the Platte River, the primary way west during the frontier era. Peterson focuses on people, some well-known, some unknown, who had some extraordinary experience along the Platte. Subjects range from Spanish explorers to Mormon settlers, from Buffalo Bill Cody and Robert Louis Stevenson to Native Americans fighting for their homeland. Written largely from diaries and journals, the tales weave into an overview of Plate River history described by the El Paso Corral of Westerners as "one of those rare treasures."

People of the Moonshell

History

Americas

American Traveler Press

People of the Moonshell is an award-winning history of the Platte River, the primary way west during the frontier era. Peterson focuses on people, some well-known, some unknown, who had some extraordinary experience along the Platte. Subjects range from Spanish explorers to Mormon settlers, from Buffalo Bill Cody and Robert Louis Stevenson to Native Americans fighting for their homeland. Written largely from diaries and journals, the tales weave into an overview of Plate River history described by the El Paso Corral of Westerners as "one of those rare treasures."

People of the Moonshell: A Western River Journal

Renaissance House

People of the Troubled Water focuses on stories of people involved in early years of Missouri River history. It describes the adventures of explorers Lewis and Clark, trappers John Colter and Hugh Glass, artist George Catlin and scientist John James Audubon. The Hidatsa girl, Waheenee, finds her life forever changes by smallpox, and Mormon wife Jane Richards struggles to keep her faith through an incredible winter. The Missouri's raging waters change nearly everyone who challenge them. The Overland Journal described the book as "a joy to read."

People of the Troubled Water: A Missouri River Journal

Historical

Primer Pub

People of the Old Missury: Years of Conflict

Daniel Boone's spelling of Missouri reflects this rampaging river and the violent years of the 19th century's final half. Steamboats brave its currents and John Brown and Southern belle Susan McCausland are caught in up the Kansas border wars. A black freedman, a half-blood Indian teacher and Hutterite immigrants all wrestle with forces they scarcely understand. Good-seeker Fannie Kelly meets Sitting Bull and Chief Joseph''s story comes to a close. Teddy Roosevelt builds a ranch, James J. Hill builds a railroad, and a New England poet tries to rebuild shattered relationships after Wounded Knee. South Dakota History said the author "writes eloquently."