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First Friday Book Launch – The Nebraska Sandhills
April 5 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Join us at Francie and Finch Bookshop on April 5th at 5:30 as we celebrate the release of The Nebraska Sandhills published by Bison Books of The University of Nebraska Press! The Nebraska Sandhills features nearly forty essays about the history, people, geography, geology, ecology, and conservation of the Nebraska Sandhills, illustrated with hundreds of remarkable color photographs of the region. We will be joined by the editors! We’ll see you there!
Pre-order a copy of The Nebraska Sandhills HERE
Edited by
Monica M. Norby
Judy Diamond
Aaron Sutherlen
Sherilyn C. Fritz
Kim Hachiya
Douglas A. Norby
Michael Forsberg
About the Book:
“Like a rumpled wool blanket, the Nebraska Sandhills spreads out over twenty thousand square miles of north central Nebraska and is the largest stabilized dune field in the Western Hemisphere. It is also the largest intact mixed-grass prairie left on the continent.”
This description by photographer Michael Forsberg alludes to the exceptional physical geography of the Nebraska Sandhills, a place of rolling grasslands, rivers, and wetlands created by the Ogallala Aquifer that underlies the region. Home to abundant wildlife, from pronghorn antelope to sandhill cranes, the Sandhills are an ecological treasure. Dotted with ranches and small towns, the Sandhills are rich with deep cultural history, including those of Indigenous peoples, settlers, Black homesteaders, immigrants, ecotourists, and some adventurous golfers.
The Nebraska Sandhills features nearly forty essays about the history, people, geography, geology, ecology, and conservation of the Nebraska Sandhills. Illustrated with hundreds of remarkable color photographs of the area, this is the most up-to-date and illuminating portrayal of this remarkable yet largely unknown region of the United States.