Books


  
Books published by the Douglas County Historical Society
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Above All Others on a Stream:
Legends, Folklore, Tidbits of
Omaha History
by Betty Davis
Their Man in Omaha:
Volume II of the Barker Letters
Their Man in Omaha:
Volume I of the Barker Letters

Buy Both
Volumes and Save

© 2009     $16.95 ©  2006         $49.95 ©  2004         $49.95 $79.90


Other books published by the Douglas County Historical Society
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Historic Omaha
by Bob, Hugh and Pegeen Reilly
E Pluribus Omaha:
Immigrants All
by Harry Otis and Don Erickson
Over the River and
Through the Woods Again
Recipes & Remembrances of
Douglas County
Rulo to Lynch
with Lewis and Clark
by Orville Menard
© 2003       $49.95 © 2001       $17.50 © 1990       $16.95 © 2003       $9.95
A Journey with Seymour
by Harry Otis and Don Erickson
From Dugout to Mansion
by Jesse Stegard
© 1993      $12.00 © 1992       $8.95

 

Crook Books

General Crook:
His Autobiography
On the Border with Crook
by John G. Bourke
© 1986       $16.95 © 1971       $22.95

 

Plains History

I am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice
by Joe Starita
Forts of the Northern Plains
by Jeff Barnes
Travelers Guide
to the Great Sioux War
by Paul M. Hedren
Lewis and Clark
Road Trips
by Kira Gale
© 2008      $14.99 © 2008       $19.95 © 1996       $10.95 ©  2006       $29.95

 

The Mormon Trail Revisited
by Gregory M. Franzwa
The Lewis and Clark Journals
Edited by Gary E. Moulton
Omaha:
The Prairie Blossoms
Accounts of Religious Initiatives in Relation to Social Change
by Lowen V. Kruse
Streetcars of Omaha
and Council Bluffs
by Richard Orr
© 2007      $24.95 © 2003      $29.95 © 2001      $18.00 ©  1996      $59.95

Biographies

Paper Medicine Man:
John Gregory Bourke and His American West
by Joseph C. Porter
The Adventures of Moccasin Joe
by Susan Reneau
Sharpie: The Life Story
of Evelyn Sharp,
Nebraska Aviatrix
by Diane Bartels
J. Sterling Morton:
Pioneer Statesman
by James C. Olson
© 1986      $17.95 © 1994       $19.95 © 1996       $14.95 ©  1942      $7.95

Miscellany

A Frontier Army Christmas
Compiled by Lori Cox-Paul and James Wengert
Do Butterflies Have Ears?
… And Other Family Lore
by Hugh A. Fogarty
Rudder, Stick and Throttle:
Research and Reminiscences on Flying in Nebraska
by Robert E. Adwers
From Anson to Zuber:
Iowa Boys in the
Major Leagues
by Jerry E. Clark
© 1996      $12.95 © 1993       $19.95 © 1994      $25.00 ©  1992      $20.00

Antiques, Quilts

Nebraska Quilts & Quiltmakers
by Patricia C. Crews
Caring Collections
Arthur Schultz, Editor
Repiecing the Past
by Sara Rhodes Dillow
Stitch a Child's Quilt
by Vicki Thomas
© 2003      $25.00 © 1992       $39.95 © 1995      $19.95 ©  1999      $18.95

Videos
Scrappers:
How the Heartland Won World War II
Documentary by James J. Kimble and Thomas Rondinilla
Westward the Empire: Omaha's World Fair
of 1898
Produced by UNO Television
If These Walls Could Speak
Exploring Omaha's Past through
Its Historic Buildings

Produced by UNO Television
Omaha's First Families
Produced by NET
© 2009      $17.95  DVD © 1998      $20.00  VHS © 1994      $25.00  VHS ©  2005      VHS $15  DVD $25

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