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    A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles: Black Hills Tourism, 1880-1941

    Suzanne Barta Julin.

    Award-winning Book

    Caves, camping, and carving in the Black Hills

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Black Hills Books, Exploring South Dakota

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    Cowboy Life: The Letters of George Philip (hardcover)

    Cathie Draine (editor). Richard W. Slatta (afterword). Mick B. Harrison (illustrator).

    Available in ebook formats

    Award-Winning Book

    Cowboy letters from South Dakota's open range

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs, eBooks

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    Dammed Indians Revisited: The Continuing History of the Pick-Sloan Plan and the Missouri River Sioux

    Michael L. Lawson.

    2012 ONE BOOK SOUTH DAKOTA SELECTION

    The impact of flooding the Missouri River Valley

    Categories: Award Winning Books, General South Dakota History

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    Dance in a Buffalo Skull

    Zitkala-Ša. S. D. Nelson (illustrator).

    Award-Winning Book

    Second book in the Prairie Tale Series

    "An enjoyable story faithful to the original legend."—The Midwest Book Review

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, Prairie Tale Series

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    Discontented Gopher

    L. Frank Baum. Carolyn Digby Conahan (illustrator).

    Award-Winning Book

    A true American fable, by the author of the Wizard of Oz

    “Highly recommended”—The Midwest Book Review

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, Prairie Tale Series

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    Fort Randall on the Missouri, 1856-1892

    Jerome A. Greene.

    Award-Winning Book

    History of a frontier fort in its heyday

    "Essential reading"—South Dakota History

    Fort Randall is interesting and informative.”—Roundup Magazine

    This award-winning book immerses the reader in the day-to-day life of an important military outpost. Noted historian Jerome A. Greene chronicles the life of the fort from construction to demise.

    Categories: Award Winning Books, General South Dakota History

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    Greet the Dawn: The Lakota Way

    S. D. Nelson.

    Award-winning Book

    Stunning illustrations and a heartwarming story from award-winning illustrator and author S. D. Nelson

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, New Books

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    Jumping-Off Place

    Marian Hurd McNeely. Jean Patrick (afterword).

    1930 Newbery Honor Book

    Four children homestead in South Dakota

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers

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    Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life

    Pamela Smith Hill.

    Available in ebook formats

    Award-Winning Book

    A new view of Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and work

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs, eBooks, South Dakota Biography Series

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    Looking for History on Highway 14

    John E. Miller.

    Award-Winning Book

    A slice of small-town South Dakota

    John Miller’s award-winning best-seller continues to delight readers with accounts of the small-town communities that border Highway 14. With Miller as your guide, visit South Dakota’s laid-back capital, Pierre; Huron, the state-fair city; and Brookings, home of the state’s land-grant university.

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Exploring South Dakota, General South Dakota History

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    Mystery of the Round Rocks

    Mark Meierhenry. David Volk. Jason Folkerts (illustrator).

    Award-Winning Book

    Catch a glimpse of the real Ice Age on the Great Plains


    "Highly recommended"—The Midwest Book Review

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, General South Dakota History

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    Mystery of the Tree Rings

    Mark Meierhenry. David Volk. Jason Folkerts (illustrator).

    Award-Winning Book

    An ancient tree shares its secrets with Max and Hannah

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers

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    Picturing the Past: South Dakota's Historic Places

    Jay D. Vogt. Stephen C. Rogers. Scott Myers (photographer).

    Now Available as an Enhanced Ebook

    Award-Winning Book

    Preserving the place that is South Dakota, one building at a time

    Categories: Award Winning Books, eBooks, Historical Preservation Series

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    Raccoon and the Bee Tree

    Elaine Goodale Eastman (author). Charles A. Eastman (author). Susan Turnbull (illustrator).

    Award-winning Book

    A raccoon explores the night and finds an unexpected treasure

    4th book in the Prairie Tale Series

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers, Prairie Tale Series

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    Sioux in South Dakota History

    Richmond L. Clow (editor).

    Award-Winning Book

    American Indian experiences in South Dakota during the last century

    Thirteen essays explore modern American Indian political and cultural life in South Dakota.

    Categories: Award Winning Books, General South Dakota History

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    Sitting Bull, Prisoner of War

    Dennis C. Pope.

    Available in ebook formats

    Award-Winning Book

    Inside the famous chief's camp at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs, eBooks, General South Dakota History

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    Small-town Boy, Small-town Girl: Growing Up in South Dakota, 1920-1950

    Eric Fowler. Sheila Delaney. Molly P. Rozum (editor).

    Award-Winning Book

    "If you like nostalgia or history, this is for you."—Omaha World Herald

    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs, General South Dakota History

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    Sunshine Always: The Courtship Letters of Alice Bower and Joseph Gossage of Dakota Territory

    Paula M. Nelson (introduction). Maxwell Van Nuys (afterword).

    Just $10.00, normally $24.95

    Award-Winning Book


    Categories: Award Winning Books, Biographies and Memoirs, Black Hills Books, Special Offers

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    Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story

    Donald F. Montileaux (illustrator).

    Winner of five national book awards

    A story of beginnings, featuring beautiful Lakota art

    “A beautiful rendering of story and illustration that needs to be in every library interested in building the diversity of their collection.”—Kirkus Reviews

    Categories: Award Winning Books, For Young Readers

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