Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
- ISBN-10
- 0803247877
- ISBN-13
- 9780803247871
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 962
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-01
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- David J. Wishart
Description
"Wishart and the staff of the Center for Great Plains Studies have compiled a wide-ranging (pun intended) encyclopedia of this important region. Their objective was to 'give definition to a region that has traditionally been poorly defined,' and they have
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