Tag Archives: Harold Hutton

“Wolf Song” by Harvey Fergusson is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.

In what is now New Mexico, a restless Tennessee lad, Sam Lash, grew into manhood among trappers, hunters, Indians, and the Spanish-Americans. He falls in love with Lola Salazar, the daughter of a wealthy Spanish family, but is uncertain whether he is ready to settle down.

TBBS borrowers can request “Wolf Song” DBC02155 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.

“The Story Catcher” by Mari Sandoz is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.

A young Oglala Sioux warrior becomes story catcher–the recorder of his tribe’s history–after a number of trials, dangers and sorrows which test his ability to tell the story of his people with truth and courage. 

TBBS borrowers can request “The Story Catcher” DBC02136 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.

“Nebraska: An Illustrated History” compiled by Frederick C. Luebke is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.

This novel contains 58 short, topical chapters on Nebraska history that, when united with the images in this rich gallery of illustrations, present a unique history of the state. Familiar illustrations are accompanied by richly detailed explanations of their significance: many others, never published before, cast new light on aspects of our state history.

TBBS borrowers can request “Nebraska: An Illustrated History” DBC02072 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.

“Febold Feboldson: Tall Tales from the Great Plains” compiled by Paul Robert Beath is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.

This novel is a collection of stories featuring the Swede immigrant Febold Feboldson, a giant who attempts to homestead in Nebraska. These stories, primarily collected and edited by Paul R. Beath, are humorous takes on the challenges faced by early pioneers on the Great Plains.

TBBS borrowers can request “Febold Feboldson: Tall Tales from the Great Plains” DBC02030 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.

“Vigilante Days: Frontier Justice Along the Niobrara” by Harold Hutton is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.

Covering a period of 15 to 20 years during the late 1800s and mostly focusing on the activities of noted horse thief, Kid Wade, Hutton expands his scope to include all vigilante activity in the lower and middle Niobrara region. This volume tries to present an unbiased factual study. Hutton does not depict the vigilance committees as always right or always wrong, nor does he attempt to glamorize or create sympathy for the thieves. 

TBBS borrowers can request “Vigilante Days: Frontier Justice Along the Niobrara” DBC02021 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.