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Growing from the bare prairie of western North Dakota, Schafer created an empire as familiar to Americans as the soap on their shelves, which probably was produced by his Gold Seal Company. As a philanthropist Schafer's enthusiasm and optimism brought Theodore Roosevelt's old cow town of Medora from ruin to a premier tourist attraction. And to the country's political leadership he lent a key business associate as U.S. Secretary of the Interior, and a son as governor of the state.

A wonderful story of a great American grown from the eastern plains.

The Bakken oil patch ranks among the great achievements of the contemporary age. The arrival of fracking technology in western North Dakota led to an industrial renaissance that transformed sleepy farm communities into crucial cogs in the global extractive economy. Fracking technology made the area a global destination for roughnecks, petroleum engineers, pipeline “cats,” fishers (who “fish” for tools and other objects accidentally dropped down wells), truck drivers, carpenters, contractors, and electricians as well as journalists, adventure scientists, academic scholars, photographers, and filmmakers. The bustle of heavy industry and a landscape of dramatic contrasts present a magnetic attraction for the adventurous traveler. Pack your camera, your sulfur dioxide sensor, a pair of steel-toed boots, and your flame-resistant Carhartt clothing as you get ready for a unique journey to a frontier landscape forged by industry.

James Corcoran tells the story of Gordon Kahl and the Posse Comitatus, using captivating narrative with vivid imagery. Sunday, February 13, 1983, was a sunny day in Medina, North Dakota--a seemingly peaceful church-going winter day. But hate politics was broiling in secret locations and the Heartland provided cover for those who wanted to take the law into their own hands. "Something terrible, and terribly important, was taking place," writes Corcoran. Ever a page-turner, reflect again on this story of violence and how a group of people can construct an alternative version of the law and the truth.

Amidst the cheers, pride, tailgating and excitement of college athletics lurks for many Americans the discomforting sense that many colleges have abandoned their academic integrity and proper relationship between academics and athletics. Located on the rolling farmland of North Dakota sits Jamestown College, whose experience with athletics offers a stunningly different perspective of how athletics and academics can work together to promote the general well-being of the institution. "The Coach and the College" tells the story of how the amazing competitive success of teams coached by Rollie Greeno facilitated the recruitment to Jamestown College of hundreds of student-athletes who paid tuition and fees that, along with the crucial work of key administrators and dedicated employees and the financial generosity of a handful of alumni, kept the college open during the financially difficult 1980s and 1990s. To a significant extent, then, Jamestown College owes its ability to have created and to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship between athletics and the institution's academic mission.
by Robert D. Sawrey.
ISBN #978-0-911042-77-1.
Copyright 2013.
224 pages. Softcover.

Most recent of the "Prairie Document Series;" a photographic essay that demonstrates the power of the river and its influences on the lives of all living by its shores.

Edited by Wayne Gudmundson.

This publication documents nearly four decades of the North Dakota artist's work. Gudmundson, whose heritage is Icelandic, has been photographing the American prairie plains since the late 1970s with the aim of recording the marks of human intervention in this often hostile yet sublimely beautiful land.

By: Wayne Gudmundson.
ISBN # 978-0-911042-67-2
Copyright 2007
Hardcover
103 pages