TEACHER'S READING LIST
 

Bauer, Gene. "On the Edge of Space: The Explorer Expeditions of 1934 and 1935." South Dakota History 12 (Spring 1982): 1-16. The hazards and achievements of the Explorer flights are summarized here.

Beck, Bill. Light across the Prairies: An Illustrated History of Northwestern Public Service Company. Huron, S.Dak.: Northwestern Public Service Co., 1989. How South Dakota became "electrified" is explored in this company history.

Brokaw, Tom. The Greatest Generation. New York: Random House, 1998. This former South Dakotan has assembled the personal narratives of Americans, including Joe Foss and George McGovern, who experienced World War II.

Clow, Richmond L., ed. The Sioux in South Dakota History: A Twentieth-Century Reader. Pierre: South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2007. Thirteen essays from South Dakota History, the quarterly journal of the State Historical Society, explore modern American Indian political and cultural life.

Danbom, David B. Born in the Country: A History of Rural America. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. The author looks at how rural people have survived and adapted to an increasingly urbanized country.

Dedrick, Dave. It Ain’t All Cartoons: Memoirs of the Captain. Huron, S.Dak.: East Eagle Co., 1989. This book offers a detailed and candid look at the man who was Captain 11.

Dewing, Rolland. Wounded Knee: The Meaning and Significance of the Second Incident. New York: Irvington Publishers, 1985. The 1973 AIM occupation receives in-depth treatment in this volume.

Fite, Gilbert Courtland. Peter Norbeck: Prairie Statesman. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2005. This book details the life of Peter Norbeck, South Dakota’s progressive Republican governor and senator, strong supporter of Theodore Roosevelt, and early conservationist.

Karolevitz, Robert F. "Life on the Home Front: South Dakota in World War II." South Dakota History 19 (Fall 1989): 392-423. This photographic essay gives readers a taste of everyday life in South Dakota during the war.

Lawson, Michael L. Dammed Indians Revisited: The Continuing History of the Pick-Sloan Plan and the Missouri River Sioux, 1944–1980. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2009. Lawson examines the impacts of Missouri River development on the Sioux Indians.

Lee, R. Alton. A New Deal for South Dakota: Drought, Depression, and Relief, 1920–1941. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2016. Economic, political, and social impacts of the Great Depression form the topic of volume.

Lee, Shebby. "Traveling the Sunshine State: The Growth of Tourism in South Dakota, 1914-1939." South Dakota History 19 (Summer 1989):194-223. The roots of South Dakota’s second-largest industry are explored here.

Nelson, Paula M. The Prairie Winnows Out Its Own: The West River Country of South Dakota in the Years of Depression and Dust. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1996. Nelson looks at the effects of the Great Depression and New Deal programs on west-river ranchers and farmers.

Rose, Lisle A. The Cold War Comes to Main Street: America in 1950. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. The Communist takeover of China, Soviet testing of the atom bomb, and the start of the Korean conflict marked the beginning of a new kind of war.

Schneiders, Robert Kelley. Unruly River: Two Centuries of Change along the Missouri. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. Schneiders explores the history of the river from the time of Lewis and Clark through the 1990s.

Townsend, Kenneth W. World War II and the American Indian. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2000. American Indian participation in the war and how the experience affected Indians in the postwar period are detailed here.

Watson, Robert P., ed. George McGovern: A Political Life, A Political Legacy. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2004. This collection of nine essays explores the triumphs and struggles that shaped the life and political career of South Dakota senator George McGovern.

Wolff, Gerald W., and Joseph H. Cash, comps. and eds. "South Dakotans Remember the Great Depression." South Dakota History 19 (Summer 1989): 224-58. This collection of interviews presents firsthand stories of life in the 1930s.