Black Elk speaks as epic and ritual attempt to reverse history / by P.A. Olson -- Materialism and mysticism in Great Plains literature / by J.R. Milton -- Agrarian versus frontiersman in Midwestern fiction / by B. Meldrum -- Mythic aspects of Giants in the earth / by P. Reigstad --Life on the Great Plains in Scandinavian-American literature / by D. Burton Skardal -- Willa Cather and Plains culture / by B. Slote -- Oscar Micheaux, Black novelist and film maker / C.J. Fontenot, Jr. -- The Great Plains as refuge in Chicano literature / by T. Rivera.
