Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State

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First published in 1939 and never before to be had in a paperback edition, this remarkable compendium of Nebraskiana includes chapters at the state’s history, natural setting, natural world, Indians, government, agriculture and industry, ethnic groups, folklore, architecture, art, and literature. Way over a tour guide, it’s replete with all manner of colorful and ordinary sidelights on Nebraska places and people, the type of information not readily accessible outdoor of archives.

Tom Allan, veteran roving reporter for the Omaha World Herald, has written a new introduction which bridged the years between 1939 and 1979 an reveals a few of his own off-the-beaten-path discoveries.

Rewarding reading for the armchair traveler and an indispensable companion for the tourist, Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State will delight and inform all those desirous about Nebraska and the Great Plains region.


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