In Under Prairie Skies, C. Thomas Shay asks and answers the question, What role did plants play in the lives of early inhabitants of the northern Great Plains?

"As a storm looms in the prairie sky, a boy rides out to find his wayward younger brother. The courageous story of one boy's exciting rescue adventure" Cf. Our

When Papa decides to help other free-soil settlers defend the town of Lawrence, Charlie takes the wagon home and helps his family survive a prairie blizzard.