-- Journal of American History. "This exciting book should take its place on the shelf next to Patricia Limerick's The Legacy of Conquest". -- Forest & Conservation History. 'This book is clearly written, original, and challenging.

The papers deal with exploratory images of the Plains, resource evaluation in the prefrontier West, governmental appraisal of the western frontier, real and imagined climatic hazards, the desert and garden myths, and adaptations to reality.

Unlike most dunes, the Sandhills region supports an astonishing variety of wildlife. This book lets others see what a fascinating range of geological, biological, and ecological vistas.

In this innovative work of cultural and technological history, Frieda Knobloch describes how agriculture functioned as a colonizing force in the American West between 1862 and 1945.

This book is concerned with the sequential change in occupancy of the land in the Nebraska Sand Hills.