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"Orsamus Charles Dake: Nebraska's First Published Poet", Stephen C. Behrendt

Stephen C Behrendt

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One Man’S Dust Bowl: Recounting 1936 With Don Hartwell Of Inavale, Nebraska.Pdf, Stephen C. Behrendt

Stephen C Behrendt

Review Of The West As America: Reinterpreting Images Of The Frontier, 1820-1920, Stephen C. Behrendt

Stephen C Behrendt

This rich collection of essays is intellectually substantial, culturally significant, and much overdue. One of the least appreciated phenomena of American culture is its remarkable history of self-fashioning. The American continent was settled by European immigrants for a variety of reasons over some four centuries, and each wave of settlers contributed to the burgeoning mythology of the New World its own set of self-fulfilling prophecies. "America" was--and to a significant extent still is--a largely European construct, a cultural matrix whose outlines emerged and evolved often re-actively as individuals and groups found their expectations challenged by the stark realities of the …

Regionalism And The Realities Of Naming, Stephen C. Behrendt

Stephen C Behrendt

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