New Publications from the ND Institute for Regional Studies

A Prairie Prayer; Poems by Bruce Roseland. Illustrated by Marie Louise Tesch
A collection of poems that continue the ideas first introduced by South Dakotan Bruce Roseland in The Last Buffalo. Bruce's poems are about surviving the (simple) country life in South Dakota. Softcover. $11.95

"You Have Been Kind Enough to Assist Me": Herman Stern and the Jewish Refugee Crisis by Terry Shoptaugh
The story about how one man managed to pluck more than a hundred German Jews away from the clutches of the Nazis. Close to one hundred thousand European Jews found refuge in the United States before the onset of the Second World War. This story is about how one man living in a small town in North Dakota, by dint of his energy, determination, refusal to be discouraged, help at critical moments (for he well knew that he could never have succeeded as he did without the help of a special friend in Washington), he managed to pluck more than a hundred German Jews away from the clutches of the Nazis. It was a remarkable achievement. Then when, after the Holocaust, historians argued, with justice, that America could have done more, this man was content to express his gratitude that with help he was able to do something. Hardcover. $24.95

For more information, contact the ND Institute for Regional Studies at 231-8338 or e-mail Nancy.Nelson@ndsu.edu