Books and Monographs

PLAINS FOLK - North Dakota's Ethnic History - William C. Sherman, editor, Playford V. Thorson, editor, Warren A. Henke, Timothy J. Kloberdanz, Theodore B. Pedeliski, and Robert P. Wilkins, 1988. This publication provides the reader with an interesting history of the surprisingly large number of ethnic groups that settled in early North Dakota. Contains a section on Volksdeutsche - The Eastern European Germans which includes information on the settlements of Germans from Russia in North Dakota - origin maps and areas of settlement in North Dakota, customs and traditions. Many photos, maps, tables with informational statistics. Indexed. Hard cover - 419 pages.
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