Rapid City author Eric John Abrahamson has a new book out. Building Home combines biography and economic history to tell the story of Howard Ahmanson's role in creating the savings and loan industry and promoting the post-World War 2 housing…
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As Americans travel home from summer to fall, my thoughts wander across South Dakota with British journalist Fraser Harrison. The South Dakota Historical Society Press kindly sent me an uncorrected proof of Harrison's Infinite West: Travels in South Dakota to…
I've met a great many people. My favorites are three Poles, and I love them.... They are all very good dancers—but with Antoni I could dance forever.... Last night when we were dancing I understood him to say, "I would…
...and how might Democrats take South Dakota back? The South Dakota State Historical Society Press gave me the opportunity to review The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture (Jon K. Lauck, John E. Miller, and Donald C.…