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North Dakota

by Wilkins, Robert. P.
Additional authors: Co-Author -- Wilkins, Wynona Huchette
Published by : W.W. Norton & Company (New York) Physical details: 218 p. ISBN:0393056554.
Subject(s): North Dakota -- History
Year: 1977
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900 - 999 978.4 Wil (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : Ernest Cattenacci 47018

Includes index

Invitation to the reader-- Preface -- Introduction -- A sea of waving grass -- First comers -- To a simple and a sterner world -- The second wave -- Wheat is king -- The three dreadful D's -- Politics: Cross-Grained, Complex, and confusing-- Red glow in the northern horizon -- On guard against the "warlords" -- Centennial years -- Epilogue -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index

The history, people, and landscape of the Flickentail State are covered in an account of North Dakota's life as territory and state.