Univ.of Oklahoma Press
Harpsong
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Novelist and short-story writer Rilla Askew converts a wandering troubadour-thief into an American icon in Harpsong, a bittersweet tale set during the Great ...Read Review
Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush
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In April 1889, men, women and children – red, white and black – gathered at the starting line and raced to claim the land being offered ...Read Review
High Country
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It is not often that I come across a book that I put aside to wait anxiously for that peaceful time of night ...Read Review
Michener: A Writer’s Journey
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Prolific author James Michener came from uncertain parentage and grew up in dire poverty to become a scholar, teacher, world traveler and—unknown ...Read Review
Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend
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McLaird most thoroughly debunks all Calamity Jane tall tales, along with my favorite, the Doris Day movie. This is a meticulously researched book ...Read Review
Following the Harvest
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This coming-of-age novel is set in the prairie states in the summer of 1943. Will Haley, nearly sixteen, takes a summer job with his ...Read Review
Whose Names are Unknown
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Set in the Dust Bowl 1930s, Whose Names Are Unknown gets its poignant title from a legal eviction notice of the farm families ...Read Review
Bugles in the Afternoon
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“White men have fought each other since the beginning of time. Red men have fought each other. Now the races fight. Well, we’...Read Review
Eastertown
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This novel is a throwback to the early 20th century west, when members of close-knit communities used the local schoolhouse as a meeting ...Read Review
They Call Me Agnes
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Crow family life and culture and the changes wrought by the 20th century and reservation life are described in the words of Crow ...Read Review
