SDSHS Press 2009-2010 Catalogue

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State Historical Society Press

2009–2010 Catalog of BooksPublishing South Dakota’s Rich Heritage

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The South Dakota State Historical Society

Press can be accessed online from a variety

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dedicated, children-oriented website, www.

prairie-tale.com. This website is a multimedia

experience, with games, music, sound effects,

and a parent/teacher page with useful

information to help integrate the Prairie

Tales into young readers’ lives.

New Books 3, 5–8, 13

Award-winning Books 4, 11, 12, 14, 16–21

Biographies & Memoirs 2–5, 9, 17, 20, 22

Cultural Diversity 7, 11, 13, 17–19, 22

Deadwood & the Black Hills 2, 3, 6, 10, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22

For Young Readers 11–14, 16, 19

Historical Preservation Series 15

Nature & the Environment 6, 7, 9, 10, 16, 19

Politics 3, 6–8, 15, 17, 20, 21

Prairie Tale Series 11–13

South Dakota Biography Series 2–4

Travel & Leisure 6, 10, 15, 21

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As the South Dakota State Historical Society Press

moves into its thirteenth year of publishing, it is

rewarding to reflect back on our successes and

exciting to ponder our future. Thirteen of our current

titles have won at least one national or regional book

award, three from last year’s list alone. We are not

content to rest on our laurels, however, and we intend

to continue to publish high quality, award-winning

books.

I am pleased with the variety and diversity in the new

titles we are presenting this year. Books on frontier

lawman Seth Bullock, Black Hills tourism, growing

up in small towns, the Populist Party, damming the

Missouri River, and a cautionary tale featuring a

curious raccoon all relate important aspects of this

state’s past, and the Press welcomes the chance to

publish them for readers in South Dakota and beyond.

The digital age is upon us, and although we will

take a “wait-and-see” approach towards the most

advanced technology, the SDSHS Press will not be left

behind when it comes to making the best use of the

technological tools available to us. We strive to include

accurate and interesting information and content on

our website, and we encourage you to visit regularly to

see what is new.

South Dakota has a wealth of intriguing stories that

still need to be told, and with the help of our authors,

the Press aims to keep bringing these stories to the

modern reader. I hope you will find at least one book

within this catalog that catches your interest that you

will have the time to sit down and enjoy it this coming

year.

Nancy Tystad Koupal, Director, SDSHS Press

Award-Winning BooksNote from the Director

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Wild West legends debunked

Although Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane spent only a few

weeks in Deadwood at the same time, their fame and fate have

become intertwined and their relationship legendary. James D.

McLaird examines the contemporary accounts that turned these

two Wild West wanderers into dime-novel and motion-picture

stars.

McLaird traces the role that writers and the city of Deadwood

itself played in the creation of the legacies of the infamous couple.

Fact and fiction have become so woven together that a definitive

picture of Calamity Jane and Wild Bill is almost impossible. Their

brief friendship and subsequent burial next to each other in Mount

Moriah Cemetery simply added to their legendary status and made

them stalwarts of Wild West pop culture and Deadwood mythology.

“A fascinating read for anyone who wants to learn about how

the daring real-life deeds (and misdeeds) of Wild Bill Hickok and

Calamity Jane were destined to grow beyond imagination through

the telling.”—Midwest Book Review

“McLaird’s writing is concise and to the point, exploding myths

about two Western characters.”—LibraryThing.com

James D. McLaird is professor emeritus of history at Dakota

Wesleyan University. He is the author of numerous books and

articles focusing on the Black Hills and the American West.

Reader’s Guide available at www.sdshspress.com

Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane Deadwood Legends

Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity JaneDeadwood LegendsJames D. McLaird

Volume Two in the South Dakota

Biography Series

188 pages, 4 ¾ x 8 inches

17 b/w photographs and images,

bibliography, index

ISBN 978-0-9777955-9-8

$12.95 paper

2008

Best Seller / Paperback Original

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Unheralded figure in the development of the Black Hills

Much of Seth Bullock’s modern renown comes from television, motion

pictures, and his friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt. But Bullock

was much more than the frontier law enforcer portrayed in fictional

accounts. In Seth Bullock: Black Hills Lawman, David Wolff examines the life

work of Bullock as he helped build Deadwood, found the town of Belle

Fourche, and promote the Black Hills.

Wolff explores the many ventures that Bullock delved into once he

moved from Montana to the Black Hills at the start of the gold rush

in 1876. Bullock quickly became an integral part of the burgeoning

community, working to create a lasting legacy in local and regional

politics, starting various businesses, and placing himself at the forefront

of Black Hills law enforcement and forest management.

Bullock’s life epitomized that of many entrepreneurs and pioneers across

the nation, and Wolff describes the struggles and successes this thinker

and dreamer experienced in his forty-three years in the Black Hills.

Seth Bullock: Black Hills Lawman is the third book in the South Dakota

Biography Series, which highlights some of the state’s most famous

residents.

David A. Wolff is associate

professor of history at Black

Hills State University in

Spearfish, South Dakota. He

is an award-winning author

focusing on Black Hills, South

Dakota, mining, and western

history.

Reader’s Guide available at

www.sdshspress.com

Seth Bullock Black Hills Lawman

Seth BullockBlack Hills LawmanDavid A. Wolff

Volume Three in the South Dakota

Biography Series


14 b/w photographs, bibliography,

index

ISBN 978-0-9798940-5-3

$12.95 paper

2009

New



Delve inside Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life and work

Winner, Scholarly Nonfiction—WILLA Award, 2008

Winner, Biography—National Indie Excellence Book Awards, 2008

“A fascinating and remarkable book that deserves a place on the shelf

of every Laura fan”—The Homesteader

“Pamela Smith Hill has [created] a work of considerable scholarship

and insight.”—The Little House Heritage Trust

“Hill skillfully examines the complex relationship between Wilder and

her daughter.”—Kansas History

“If you’ve ever wanted to peek behind the scenes of the “Little House”

series, this is your book. . . . [It] is a page turner.”—Roundup magazine

Pamela Smith Hill examines Wilder’s tumultuous, but ultimately

successful, professional and personal relationship with her daughter,

Rose Wilder Lane. Over the course of more than thirty years, mother

and daughter engaged in a dynamic working relationship, shifting

between trust, distrust, and respect. Hill provides a context, both

familial and literary, for Wilder’s writing career.

Pamela Smith Hill is an award-winning author of historical novels for

young adults. She grew up in Missouri and started her writing career

in South Dakota.

Laura Ingalls Wilder A Writer’s Life

Laura Ingalls WilderA Writer’s LifePamela Smith Hill

Volume One in the South Dakota

Biography Series


13 b/w photographs and images,

bibliography, index

ISBN 978-0-9777955-6-7

$12.95 paper

2007

Best Seller / Paperback Original



Milbank and Mitchell, dissimilar in size and separated by more than two

hundred miles, have more in common than might appear at first glance.

Elsewhere in the country, they would be considered small towns, but in

South Dakota, they are urban population centers. In the first half of the

twentieth century, when many more South Dakotans lived on farms and

ranches than do today, towns such as Milbank and Mitchell formed hubs

for commerce, social activities, and culture.

Eric Fowler and Sheila Delaney looked at

their communities from different viewpoints,

but their childhood and young adult memories

of South Dakota share common themes of

life away from the farm. Fowler dealt with

the hardships of a low-income, single-parent

family in Milbank. Delaney experienced the

wealth and occasional grandeur of Mitchell’s

social elite. Both found respite and youthful

joy in mid-century South Dakota urban life.

Despite the differences in Fowler and Delaney’s circumstances these two

contrasting memoirs bring forth commonalities in the authors’ early

experiences of small-town life, even while they followed differing paths

to adulthood.

Award-winning author Molly P. Rozum is

associate professor of history at Doane

College in Crete, Nebraska. She provides the

introduction for this book, drawing the two

stories together. Rozum specializes in history

of the American West and American Indian

history.

Reader’s Guide available at

www.sdshspress.com

New / Paperback Original

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

Childhood memories from differing perspectives

Small-town Boy, Small-town GirlGrowing Up in South Dakota, 1920–1950Eric B. Fowler & Sheila Delaney

Edited and with an introduction

by Molly P. Rozum

280 pages, 6 x 9 inches

20 b/w photographs, index

ISBN 978-0-9798940-7-7

$17.95 paper

October 2009

small-town boy,small-town girl

G R O W I N G U P I N S O U T H D A K O T A

1920-1950e r i c b . fow l e r & s h e i l a de l a n e y

Edited and with an introduction by Molly P. Rozum


Despite their isolated location on the edge of the Great Plains,

the Black Hills have become an important tourist destination

over the past one hundred years. Suzanne Julin examines the

early development of this phenomenon and the influences—

political, local, and national—that helped create a prosperous

tourist industry in the region between the 1880s and the start

of World War II.

Public policy and state and federal government actions

promoted the Black Hills as the vanguard of both the

mountain West and the Wild West and developed a national

park, two national monuments, the largest state park in

the country, and the iconic Mount Rushmore as methods to

direct tourist traffic to the region. Julin argues that these

promotional efforts affected more than just tourism; they

helped form or change local trends and issues and established

the identity of the region.

A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles addresses the concerted

efforts of governmental, quasi-governmental, and private

groups to develop the tourist industry in the early twentieth

century. While this book is specifically about the Black Hills,

its larger themes pertain to the development of tourism as

one of the most important industries in the modern United

States.

Suzanne Barta Julin is an

award-winning author born

and raised in South Dakota.

She received her Ph.D. from

Washington State University in

Pullman. She currently works

as a public historian for local,

state, and national organizations,

specializing in twentieth-century

South Dakota and western

history.

New

Caves, camping, and carving in the Black Hills

A Marvelous Hundred Square Miles Black Hills Tourism, 1880–1941

A Marvelous Hundred Square MilesBlack Hills Tourism, 1880–1941Suzanne Barta Julin


20 b/w and color photographs,

bibliography, index

ISBN 978-0-9798940-6-0

$25.95 cloth

September 2009


More than twenty-five years after the publication of Dammed Indians,

Michael Lawson revisits his classic work.

The 1944 Pick-Sloan Plan created a wealth of economic opportunities for

the states lying along the Missouri River. But the project also flooded more

than two hundred thousand acres of bottomlands that helped to sustain

the Sioux (Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Indians) and forced the relocation

of whole communities.

Dammed Indians Revisited examines how the work of the United States

Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation affected the

communities along the river, demonstrating the unequal relationship

between the tribes and the federal government. Lawson has unearthed

new information, revising his original work to bring the story up to date.

While the flooding occurred more than sixty years ago, the impact of the

plan and its ramifications for continuing tribal-federal relations remain

relevant in the twenty-first century.

Michael L. Lawson is a historical consultant with Morgan, Angel &

Associates in Washington, DC. He has served as historian for the National

Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs,

and has written extensively on American Indian history.

New / Paperback Original

Dammed Indians Revisited The Continuing History of the Pick-Sloan Project and the Missouri River SiouxThe impact of flooding the Missouri River Valley

Dammed Indians RevisitedThe Continuing History of the Pick-Sloan Project and the Missouri River SiouxMichael L. Lawson

New introduction by

George McGovern


20 b/w photographs, map,

bibliography, index

ISBN 978-0-9798940-1-5

$18.95

November 2009


South Dakota’s role in the nineteenth-century political movement

The Populist movement of the 1890s was one of the most successful

third-party initiatives in United States history. Although it never

elected a president, this movement seated governors, congressmen,

and United States senators, and played a major political role in a

number of states, including all the Great Plains states then in the

Union.

Populism has been thoroughly studied in many areas of the country,

but South Dakota has, so far, been neglected. R. Alton Lee’s Principle

over Party begins to this oversight, shining light on the prominent

South Dakotans who strode down the path to the progressive agrarian

politics that dominated the state in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Lee examines the causes that led South Dakota farmers to rise up

against the establishment and take their fate into their own hands.

He discusses prominent figures Henry Loucks and Alonzo Wardall as

well as political and social movements such as the Farmers’ Alliance.

Together these men and their organizations sowed the seeds of the

Populist Party in South Dakota.

Principle over Party showcases the successes

and failures of one of the most lasting political

movements in this nation’s history.

R. Alton Lee is professor emeritus of history at

the University of South Dakota. An acknowledged

expert on American political history, Lee has

written widely about Midwestern and Great

Plains history.

New

Principle over Party The Farmers’ Alliance Populism in South Dakota, 1880–1900

Principle over Partythe farmers’ alliance Populism in South Dakota, 1880–1900R. Alton Lee


10 b/w photographs, bibliography, index

ISBN 978-0-9798940-9-1

$27.95 cloth

February 2010


Living with nature, South Dakota-style

Short listed for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards, 2009

Short listed for the Midwest Independent Book Publishers Awards, 2009

“With plenty of anecdotes and intriguing stories, Waiting for Coyote’s Call

is solid and very recommended reading for environmentally-oriented

readers.”—Midwest Book Review

“Jerry Wilson gives readers a multifaceted portrait of South Dakota.”

—LibraryThing.com

“Waiting for Coyote’s Call is an engrossing memoir to explore on a blustery

winter’s evening after you stoke the wood-burning stove and settle into

your favorite chair.”—Roundup magazine

Inspired by the works of Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, and Annie

Dillard, Jerry Wilson’s eco-memoir covers twenty-five years of trying to

live life while leaving as small an environmental footprint as possible.

Wilson encourages the reader to think about his or her place in nature as

he recounts his own family’s experiences on prairie and woodland near

the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota.

Wilson chronicles his family’s building of an eco-friendly solar home

and their attempts to restore the plowed-under prairie to its original

state. He muses on the beauty and simplicity of nature in contrast to

modern life. From his delight in home-grown tomatoes and high-flying

sandhill cranes to concerns about human interaction with the web of life,

the stories of Wilson’s time on the Missouri River bluff spring off

the pages of Waiting for Coyote’s Call.

Jerry Wilson is a retired English professor and freelance journalist. He

grew up on a farm in Oklahoma, where he developed his appreciation for

nature and the wild, before moving to South Dakota and putting it all

into practice.

Wilson posts a weekly blog at http://coyotescall.wordpress.com

Reader’s Guide available at www.sdshspress.com

Waiting for Coyote’s Call An Eco-memoir from the Missouri River Bluff

Waiting for Coyote’s Call

An Eco-Memoir from the

Missouri River Bluff

Jerry Wilson


18 color photographs, map,

bibliography

ISBN 978-0-9777955-8-1

$24.95 cloth

2008


A guide to the wine business on the northern plains

“Talbott catches the hard scrabble spirit of the Northern Great

Plains in the men and women who are pioneers in the once-thought-

impossible pursuit of planting vineyards in this region.”

—Wyoming Tribune Eagle

South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska may not spring to mind

when people think of wine, but all three states have thriving grape-

growing and wine-making businesses and a burgeoning reputation

among wine connoisseurs. In Along the Grapevine Trail, Starley Talbott

introduces readers to many vineyards and wineries, from award-

winning, large-scale vintners to family-oriented growers. Information

about growing techniques, harvesting, crushing, fermenting, and

bottling fill the pages and provide an excellent resource for visitors.

“This is an aesthetically pleasing book, with beautiful glossy

photos that showcase the surprisingly numerous vineyards and

farm wineries in the northern plains. With maps and good

descriptions, it profiles the many small wineries that one can visit

on trips through South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska, giving the

reader a taste of the history and the personality of the current owners.

It is a fun armchair travel experience, as well as an indispensable

tool to take along on that next vacation!”—LibraryThing.com

Starley Talbott is a freelance writer. She lives on a ranch in Wyoming,

where she tends a small vineyard.

Along the Grapevine Trail Vineyards and Wineries in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska

Along the Grapevine Trail Vineyards and Wineries in South Dakota, Wyoming, and NebraskaStarley Talbott


20 color photographs, 3 maps, glossary,

index

ISBN 978-0-9777955-7-4

$14.95 paper

2008

Bestseller / Prairie Tale Series For Young Readers—First to third grade

Dance in a Buffalo Skull Zitkala-Ša Illustrated by S. D. Nelson

Second in the Prairie Tale Series 40 pages, 6½ x 8¼ inches Color illustrations, word list ISBN 978-0-9777955-2-9 $14.95 cloth 2007 www.prairie-tale.com

Classic American Indian tale brought to life

Aesop Accolade—American Folklore Society, 2008 Most Outstanding Children’s Book— Mom’s Choice Awards, 2008 Gold Medal Winner, Myths, Legends & Fantasies, Ages 5–8—Mom’s Choice Awards, 2008

“The art blends Lakota tradition and modern styles to match the tall tale and bring it to life.” —Midwest Book Review

“Nelson’s illustrations add to the tension between the creeping wildcat and the celebrating mice.” —School Library Journal

“S. D. Nelson’s stunning illustrations bring new life to the language used by Zitkala-Ša.” —Aesop Awards Committee

“Nelson evokes a perfect combination of traditional prairie landscapes, the bright, wild, foot-stomping mice, and the eerie beast of the night.”—True West

“Dance in a Buffalo Skull is a delightfully scary prairie tale.”—Benjamin Franklin Awards Judges

Unobservant mice learn to pay more attention in this old American Indian tale.

Zitkala-Ša, who was also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was born on the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation in 1876.

Contemporary Lakota artist S. D. Nelson fuses traditional Lakota Indian styles with modern interpretations. He is a member of the Standing

Rock Sioux Tribe and author and illustrator of numerous award-winning children’s books.

Prairie Tale Series For Young Readers—Second to fourth grade

The Discontented Gopher L. Frank Baum Illustrated by Carolyn Digby Conahan

First in the Prairie Tale Series 40 pages, 6½ x 8¼ inches Color illustrations, word list ISBN 0-9749195-9-4 $14.95 cloth 2006 www.prairie-tale.com

An American fable from the author of The Wizard of Oz

Gold Medal Winner, Chapter Books, Ages 5–8—Mom’s Choice Awards, 2007 Bronze Medal Winner, Juvenile Fiction, Early Readers —Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, 2007

“Conahan’s work transforms Baum’s hundred-year-old magazine story into a fine modern picture-storybook.”—OzandEnds.com

“Conahan’s updated illustrations are warm and endearing.”—The Baum Bugle

“Conahan’s illustrations are vivid and colorful.” —Entro, the magazine of the Mom’s Choice Awards

“A wonderful American fairy tale”—Rapid City Journal

Zikky, a young descendant of the Original American Thirteen-lined Gophers, finds more than he bargained for in this allegorical story set on the prairies of South Dakota.

L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz, was inspired to write this tale about the choice between riches and happiness by the people, prairie animals, and scenery he knew in Aberdeen, Dakota Territory.

Prairie Tale Series For Young Readers—Second to fourth grade

The Prairie-Dog Prince Eva Katharine Gibson Illustrated by Carolyn Digby Conahan

Third in the Prairie Tale Series

40 pages, 6½ x 8¼ inches

Color illustrations, word list

ISBN 978-0-9798940-3-9

$14.95 cloth

2008


A traditional-style fairy tale set near the Black Hills

Gold Medal Winner, Distinctive Illustration—

Mom’s Choice Awards, 2009

Silver Medal Winner, Fantasy, Myths, and Legends,

Juvenile Books—Mom’s Choice Awards, 2009

“This is a fairy tale, as the subtitle gently hints, not a

natural history, but young readers will find much to

learn. . . . Wishes, morals, and fantasy are the stars in

this story, all holding up well a century after they were

first penned.”—The Bloomsbury Review

“Carolyn Digby Conahan’s

illustrations are absolutely

marvelous in depicting the

characters and the scenes. These

splendid paintings are filled with

motion and grace, and show

effective use of light and shadow.”

—LibraryThing.com

“A refreshingly unique book . . . a children’s book

with vibrant and evocative language.”

—TheLearningNook.HomeSchoolJournal.net

“The Prairie Dog Prince is a charming moral fable in

the tradition of Mrs. Molesworth’s The Cuckoo Clock or

E. Nesbit’s House of Arden and as such, an excellent

introduction to a rich body of children’s literature.”

—LibraryThing.com

In western South Dakota, a young girl named Annie

finds a prairie dog stuck in a trap. She frees the little

animal, and her kindness leads to adventure. Whisked

underground to a land of gnomes, Annie realizes that

her life on a prairie farm might not be so bad after all.

The Prairie-Dog Prince mixes classic European fantasy

with modern American writing and traditional

American Indian beliefs. Written in 1901, this timeless

story is brought up to date with modern illustrations

by award-winning artist Carolyn Digby Conahan.

Eva Katharine Gibson wrote novels for women.

Inspired by L. Frank Baum’s success, she wrote a long

fairy tale for children. The Prairie-Dog Prince is adapted

from that much longer story.

Conahan is the award-winning illustrator of The

Discontented Gopher and other picture books.

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New / Prairie Tale SeriesFor Young Readers—First to third grade

The Raccoon and the Bee TreeCharles A. Eastman &Elaine Goodale EastmanIllustrated by Susan Turnbull

Fourth in the Prairie Tale Series

40 pages, 6 ½ x 8 ¼ inches

Color illustrations, word list

ISBN 978-0-9798940-9-1

$14.95 cloth

September 2009


A raccoon explores the night and finds an unexpected treasure

In southeastern South Dakota, wild animals begin to

stir as day turns to dusk. A curious raccoon emerges

from his bed to hunt for food. Tempted by sticky honey

oozing from a bees nest, the little raccoon finds trouble

he did not bargain for.

The Raccoon and the Bee Tree combines the traditions of

American Indian storytelling and European fables.

Written down one hundred years ago by Charles A.

Eastman and Elaine Goodale Eastman, The Raccoon and

the Bee Tree contains a lesson for children that is still

important and relevant in today’s modern society.

Charles A. Eastman (1858–1939) was a Wahpeton

Dakota. Eastman worked as a doctor on the Pine

Ridge Indian Reservation before turning to writing.

He published nine books and numerous articles on

Sioux legends, customs, and beliefs.

Born in Massachusetts, Elaine Goodale Eastman

(1863–1953) moved to Pine Ridge to teach on the

reservation in 1886; there she met and married

Charles Eastman. She encouraged her husband to

write about his experiences, life, and heritage, and

worked as editor for his publications.

Susan Turnbull is an award-winning illustrator

and artist from Rapid City, South Dakota. She has

illustrated numerous books, and her art has been

shown in galleries across the country from New York

City to Santa Fe, New Mexico.


Four children homestead in South Dakota

1930 Newbery Honor Book

Gold Medal Winner, Young Adult Books, Historical Fiction—

Mom’s Choice Awards, 2009

The Jumping-Off Place has a “chance to take in Juvenile fiction the

same sort of place held in adult biography by Hamlin Garland’s

Middle Border books.”—Saturday Review of Literature (1929)

“This is a wonderful book with believable characters, a good story,

and graceful prose.”—LibraryThing.com

Four young homesteaders strive to succeed on a quarter section

in Tripp County, South Dakota, at the beginning of the 1900s. Faced

with the prospect of the upcoming harsh winter, the youngsters work

hard to “prove up” the land and buildings. All the while, Becky, Dick,

Phil, and Joan contend with drought, discomfort, and sabotaging

squatters. As winter looms, the battle for their land heats up. With

the help of new-found friends and their own derring-do, the

youngsters seek to hold the enemy at bay and withstand whatever

the elements throw at them.

Marian Hurd McNeely (1877–1931) wrote books, articles, and poems

for young readers.

Award-winning children’s author Jean L. S. Patrick provides a new

afterword, placing the story in its historical context.

The Jumping-Off Place

Classic Reprint / For Young Readers—fourth to seventh grade

The Jumping-Off PlaceMarian Hurd McNeely

Introduction by Jean L. S. Patrick


16 b/w illustrations, maps

ISBN 978-0-9798940-4-6

$15.95 paper

2008 (1929)


Celebrating the centennial of South Dakota’s capitol

“The South Dakota State Capitol is a core addition

to all South Dakota historical, community, and

school library reference collections, and would

serve as a model template for similar historical

studies of other state capitols as well.”

—Midwest Book Review

Standing firmly in the middle of South Dakota

on the banks of the Missouri River, Pierre

seems the logical choice for the capital of the

state. Upon the state’s admission to the Union

in 1889, however, not everyone agreed. Towns

vied for the opportunity to become the new

state’s capital, but after protracted campaigns,

dubious get-out-the-vote drives, and political

“battles” (some of which bordered on violence),

Pierre finally established itself as the capital

city twenty years later.

Marshall Damgaard takes the reader from those heady early days to

modern times, detailing the changes the building has undergone, including

the painting-over of murals on walls and debates about furniture and

fittings. More than 130 historical and contemporary photographs depict the

progression of the capitol from idea to reality and subsequent restoration.

Marshall Damgaard served for many years in the state’s political arena,

including periods as both an aide and chief of staff to Governor William

Janklow.

The South Dakota State Capitol The First Century

The South Dakota State CapitolThe First CenturyMarshall Damgaard

Volume Four in the Historical

Preservation Series


75 color photographs and

60 b/w photographs, index

ISBN 978-0-9798940-2-2

$29.95 cloth

2008


For Young Readers—First to fourth grade

The Mystery of the Tree Rings Mark Meierhenry & David Volk Illustrated by Jason Folkerts

44 pages, 8 x 9 inches Color illustrations ISBN 978-0-9798940-0-8 $13.95 hardcover 2008

An ancient tree in the Black Hills shares its secrets

Silver Medal Winner, Midwest Best Regional Fiction— IPPY Awards, 2009

Max and Hannah’s discovery that their grandfather has kept a journal since he was young impresses them, but Grandpa has an even longer journal in mind when he whisks them off to the Black Hills for a mystery-solving trip. When they arrive, the children and Grandpa set off for a hike to find a ponderosa pine nearly eight hundred years old.

Along the way, Max gets lost and sits down to rest against a huge pine tree. He hears a mysterious voice, and soon Max is discovering the secrets wrapped up in Rosa the ponderosa’s rings. When Hannah and Grandpa eventually find Max again, he has all the answers to what is inside that ancient journal.

“Simple, colorful illustrations and a final blank, lined page for the child to write in to start their own journal round out this charming story about learning to appreciate and remember the wonders all around us.”—Midwest Book Review

Former South Dakota attorney general Mark Meierhenry currently practices law in Sioux Falls.

Five-time state treasurer David Volk also served as cabinet secretary for Governor William Janklow.

Jason Folkerts is a freelance editorial

cartoonist.

Best Seller For Young Readers—First to fourth grade

The Mystery of the Round Rocks Mark Meierhenry & David Volk Illustrated by Jason Folkerts

44 pages, 8 x 9 inches Color illustrations ISBN 978-0-9777955-3-6 $13.95 hardcover 2007

Glaciers and rocks create mystery on the Great Plains

Bronze Medal Winner, Midwest Best Regional Fiction— IPPY Awards, 2008

“Highly recommended”—Midwest Book Review The Mystery of the Round Rocks is a “nicely done lesson in natural history.”—Roundup magazine

While visiting their grandparents’ farm in South Dakota, Max and Hannah discover hundreds of rocks piled up in the corner of a field. Puzzled, the twins ask Grandpa if he has the key to this mystery. How did all those round rocks get there?

Watch out for saber-tooth tigers and short-faced bears, wooly mammoths, giant deer, and bison before Max and Hannah unlock the secret of the rocks.


Paperback Original

The Sioux in South Dakota HistoryA Twentieth-Century ReaderEdited by Richmond L. Clow

320 pages, 6 x 9 inches26 b/w photographs, mapISBN 978-0-9777955-4-3$18.95 paper2007

American Indian experiences in South Dakota since 1900

Finalist, Anthologies category— National Indie Excellence Book Awards, 2008Bronze Medal, Anthologies category— IPPY Awards, 2008

“This collection, as a whole, attempts to understand a contemporary people in a changing world.”—Kansas History

Taken from the pages of South Dakota History, these essays explore modern American Indian life. The political and social ramifications of land heirship, the damming of the Missouri River, and shifting federal policies are among topics discussed. Health care, recreation, education, and the build-up to the violence at Wounded Knee in 1973 are covered, as well as efforts to eradicate tuberculosis. Professor of Native American Studies at the University of Montana in Missoula, Richmond L. Clow contributes an introduction and afterword. Contributors: Harry H. Anderson Roger Bromert Richmond L. Clow Joshua Garrett-Davis Frederick E. HoxieMichael L. Lawson Allison Fuss Mellis Akim D. Reinhardt Scott Riney Steven C. Schulte Don Southerton

Best Seller

Cowboy Life The Letters of George Philip

Edited and with an introduction by Cathie Draine Afterword by Richard W. Slatta Illustrated by Mick B. Harrison

384 pages, 6 x 9 inches 20 b/w illustrations, 2 b/w photographs, 2 maps, appendix, bibliography, index

ISBN 978-0-9777955-1-2 $25.95 cloth 2007

Real cowboy life on South Dakota’s open range

Award of Merit—American Association for State and Local History, 2008 Finalist, Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs category— Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2008

“Each [letter] is virtually a mini-essay designed to extol the realities of cowboy life.”—True West “An entertaining and insightful look into the day-to-day life of a cowboy.”—Reference & Research Book News

“George Philip’s letters are a pleasure to read.” —James D. McLaird, South Dakota History

Readers’ Guide available at www.sdshspress.com


Paperback Original

Forgotten Lives African Americans in South Dakota

Betti VanEpps-Taylor


18 b/w photographs, map, bibliography, index

ISBN 978-0-9777955-5-0

$17.95 paper

2008

Two hundred years of African American history in South Dakota

“Forgotten Lives opens up an oft-overlooked chapter

of South Dakota’s origins and legacy. Extensively

researched with meticulous notes and an index,

Forgotten Lives is a welcome contribution to South

Dakota history shelves and is especially recommended

for public and university libraries.”—Midwest Book

Review

“As a first-generation study aimed at filling gaps

in existing scholarship, [Forgotten Lives’] success is

indisputable.”—Montana, the Magazine of Western History

“Forgotten Lives is a cohesive depiction of [South

Dakota’s] African American pioneers. It is a fascinating

portrait of American history.”—LibraryThing.com

Fort Randall on the Missouri, 1856–1892 Jerome A. Greene


43 b/w photographs, 7 maps, drawings, appendices

ISBN 0-9777955-0-0

$17.95 paper

2005

History of a frontier fort in its heyday

Award of Merit—American Association for State and

Local History, 2006

“Fort Randall is a valuable addition for those interested

in the Great Sioux War and regional history.”

—The Journal of Military History

“Fort Randall is engaging and comprehensive. Anyone

interested in frontier military-Indian relations will find

Greene’s work valuable reading.”—Nebraska History

Now Available in Paperback / Best SellerFor Young Readers—All ages

Tatanka and the Lakota PeopleA Creation Story

Illustrated by Donald F. Montileaux


17 color paintings, English and Lakota text

ISBN 0-9749195-8-6 hardcover

ISBN 978-0-9822749-0-3 paper

$16.95 hardcover

$9.95 paper

2006

A story of beginnings, featuring beautiful Lakota art

Aesop Accolade—American Folklore Society, 2007Spur Award—Western Writers of America, 2007Gold Medal—Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, 2007National Best Books Award—USABookNews.com, 2007

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

“The striking and symbolic color paintings add a vivid dimension to the tale. A profound tale, presented with great respect for Lakota culture.”—Midwest Book Review

“This is a good choice for libraries seeking folk material.”—School Library Journal

“A beautifully illustrated and well-documented picture book”—Brian W. Sturm (Chairman), 2007 Aesop Award Committee

Part of the Lakota creation legend and based on centuries of storytelling, Tatanka and the Lakota People tells how the buffalo came to live with the Lakotas so that they would have life-sustaining food, shelter, and clothing.

Donald F. Montileaux is an award-winning Oglala Lakota artist, presenter, and consultant.

Dakota FloraA Seasonal SamplerDavid J. Ode


103 color photographs, appendices, index

ISBN 0-9749195-4-3

$29.95 paper

2006

South Dakota’s wild plants and their stories

National Best Book Award—USABookNews.com, 2007

Bronze Medal—IPPY Awards, 2007

Dakota Flora “is a gem of literature and camera art.”

—Aberdeen American News

“David Ode’s writing

is tight, accurate,

frequently humorous,

and nearly always

contains an important

historical flavor.”—Tony

Dean, Tony Dean Outdoors

“A lyrical presentation of

natural history, botany,

and other sciences,

photographic art and

boundless appreciation

for Dakota flora.”

—Rapid City Journal


Sunshine AlwaysThe Courtship Letters of Alice Bower and Joseph Gossage of Dakota TerritoryEdited and with an introduction

and epilogue by Paula M. NelsonCompiled and with an afterword

by Maxwell Van Nuys


9 b/w photographs, map

ISBN 0-9749195-6-X

$24.95 cloth

2006

Love letters of the founders of the

Rapid City Journal

Finalist, History—National Indie

Excellence Book Awards, 2008

“Reading Sunshine Always seems

a bit like indulging oneself in

someone else’s personal corres-

pondence. But what a rare glimpse

it is, demonstrating the enduring

beauty of the handwritten word.”

—Nebraska History

“Sunshine Always is enthusiastically

recommended reading.”—Midwest

Book Review

Peter NorbeckPrairie StatesmanGilbert Courtland FiteAfterword by R. Alton Lee


16 b/w photographs, drawings

ISBN 0-9749195-0-0

$17.95 paper

2005 (1948)

The life of an early champion of South Dakota

“Those seeking a good story

that provides basic understanding

of the actors and concerns of pre-

New Deal farm policies will be

rewarded.”—Journal of the West

A progressive Republican, strong

supporter of the policies of

Theodore Roosevelt, and early

conservationist, Peter Norbeck

(1870–1936) worked tirelessly for

South Dakota. This is his story.

George McGovernA Political Life, A Political LegacyEdited by Robert P. WatsonForeword by Tom Daschle

224 pages, 5½ x 9¼ inches

15 b/w photographs, tables,

figures, chronology

ISBN 0-9715171-6-9

$19.95 paper

2004

An examination of an influential politician and humanitarian

“No book . . . can encapsulate the

long and productive life of a man of

McGovern’s stature, or completely

capture the spirit that animates

a great mind and a humanitarian

soul. But [this book] comes close; it

is a book that all those who respect

George McGovern—Democrat,

Republican, and Independent—will

enjoy.”—South Dakota Magazine


A South Dakota GuideNew introduction by M. Lisle ReeseFrom the WPA American Guide

Series

448 pages, 5½ x 8 inches

83 b/w photographs, 33 drawings,

3 maps

ISBN 0-9749195-3-5

$24.95 paper

2005 (1938)

A vintage tour guide for South Dakota

“This [guide] provides a snapshot

of [South Dakota’s] history, folklore,

recreation, industry, and agriculture

during the Great Depression.”

—Nebraska History

The state’s first official guide-

book is part of the classic WPA

American Guide Series. This edition

exclusively features a 1938 replica

fold-out map of the state and an

introduction from M. Lisle Reese,

the former director of the South

Dakota Writers’ Project.

Looking for History on Highway 14John E. Miller

274 pages, 5¼ x 9 inches

45 b/w photographs, maps,

drawings

ISBN 0-9622621-6-1

$17.95 paper

2001 (1993)

A sample slice of small-town South Dakota

Literary Contribution Award—

Mountain Plains Library Association

“This book employs a blend

of history, journalism, and

travelogue.”—Great Plains Quarterly

With this book in hand, travel along

U.S. Highway 14 from Elkton to

Mount Rushmore.

History of South DakotaFourth Edition, RevisedHerbert S. SchellRevised, with a new preface and

new chapters, by John E. Miller


32 b/w photographs, 9 maps and

charts, supplementary reading lists

ISBN 0-9715171-3-4

$24.95 paper

2004

The classic history of the state

“Schell’s History of South Dakota is

the finest history of the state that

has been written, and after being

out of print for almost two decades

has been updated by the SDSHS

Press.”—James D. McLaird, professor

emeritus, Dakota Wesleyan

University

Herbert Schell provides a picture of

South Dakota’s political, economic,

social, and environmental history,

identifying the local, regional,

national, and global forces that

shaped the fortieth state through

World War II. John Miller picks

up the story at the beginning of

the Cold War and chronicles the

remainder of the twentieth century.

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Hard KnocksA Life Story of the Vanishing WestHarry (“Sam”) YoungIntroduction by James D. McLaird


15 b/w photographs

ISBN 0-9749195-1-9

$17.95 paper

2005

Memoir of the last man to serve Wild Bill Hickok a drink

“Amusing, informative writing

filled with original detail, this book

makes a great addition to any

collector’s Old West library.”

—Chronicle of the Old West

“Hard Knocks is a wonder to read

and a reminder of the glory and

sometimes gory days of the Wild

West.”—Deadwood Magazine

Best Seller

Gold, Gals, Guns, GutsA History of Deadwood, Lead, and Spearfish, 1874–1976Edited and with a new introduction

by Bob LeeStan Lindstrom and Wynn Lindstrom, assistant editors

260 pages, 8½ x 10 inches

171 b/w photographs, 29 drawings,

3 maps

ISBN 0-9715171-8-5

$24.95 paper

2004

The dramatic and dangerous early years of the northern Black Hills

“A coffee-table-size paperback,

extensively illustrated with

photographs, with excerpts from

local newspapers in the margins,

Gold, Gals, Guns, Guts is informative,

entertaining, and an all-round good

read.”—Roundup magazine

Ethnic OasisThe Chinese in the Black HillsLiping Zhu & Rose Estep Fosha


13 color plates, 23 b/w photographs

ISBN 0-9715171-7-7

$15.95 paper

2004

An untold chapter in the Chinese American experience

“This small, affordable volume

has much to offer anyone

interested in the history and

archaeology of the Chinese in

the West.”—Western Historical

Quarterly

Ethnic Oasis presents the

history and archaeology of the

Chinese experiences in Deadwood,

including color photographs of

artifacts recovered during

excavations in the city’s

Chinatown.


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fresh, and as meaningful as the great state whose colorful

past it depicts. I eagerly await each new issue.”

—Jerome A. Greene, author of Fort Randall on the Missouri,

1856–1892

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