Looking for History on Highway 14 John E. Miller. Print-version Price: $17.95 Tweet Paper 274 pages 5.25 x 9 inches 45 b&w photographs, maps, drawings ISBN: 0962262161 Winner of the Mountain Plains Library Association Literary Contribution Award “Employs a blend of history, journalism, and travelogue.”—Great Plains Quarterly “A good read . . . the landscape of the Midwest and the small towns on it tell us much of this nation’s history.”—Annals of Iowa “The author recounts town and village history, and also provides insightful contemporary observations.”—Journal of the West “Most enjoyable, however, is vicariously meeting the people.”—North Dakota History With this book in hand, join the millions who have traveled cross-country on U.S. Highway 14 to the Black Hills and beyond. Marvel at Mount Rushmore’s granite faces and stroll through rambling Wall Drug in its namesake town. Go back in time to De Smet, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s little town on the prairie; Manchester, hometown of prairie painter Harvey Dunn; and Fort Pierre, fur-trade crossroads and site of Lewis and Clark’s tense encounter with the lordly Teton (Lakota Sioux). Sample a slice of small-town life in Pierre, South Dakota’s laid-back capital; Huron, the state-fair city; and Brookings, home of the state’s land-grant university. Rub elbows with farmers, ranchers, and townspeople in Arlington, Elkton, Harrold, Highmore, Iroquois, Midland, Miller, and Philip. “Only if we are able to recapture some of that spirit of community,” writes author John Miller, “can we as a society realize our highest aspirations and deepest humanity.”