Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
1996
Citation
Great Plains Quarterly 16:1 (Winter 1996).
Abstract
A decidedly non-traditional history, the work is organized into a series of short essays arranged geographically. Hasselstrom first details the history of a region, from before human occupation to the present, noting its general characteristics and its social and political tendencies. She does the same for each town and its local celebrities, successfully balancing a love of the past with an appreciation of the present. She does not limit herself to the South Dakota of the last half of the nineteenth century, but reaches for the entirety of the region's past, from Paleo-Indians to contemporary ranchers. What results is an unusually interesting and inclusive guide that would make any trip through the state a great deal more enjoyable.
Comments
Copyright © 1996, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.