My Nebraska: The Good, the Bad, and the Husker Hardcover – January 1, 2006

Roger Welsch is a fierce fan of Nebraska . . . not the football team, or even the state's famous beef, or its endless sky, or its ferocious and ferociously unpredictable weather. The license plates on his car read CAPT NEB, and he means it. Welsch loves Nebraska as the heart of America's Great Plains. His perception of the state is not always conventional—occasionally it may even be aggravating and abrasive—but he's thought about this place called "Fly-Over Country" or "The Middle of Nowhere" or "The End of the Earth" a lot. And what he has to say about it makes some interesting reading for natives and outsiders alike, for those who love the place and those who would rather travel through hell than make another drive across Nebraska's endless miles. Welsch has published three dozen books about his other passions, from old tractors to dogs, edible wild plants, and sod houses. Now he writes about his first and real passion: his beloved Nebraska. Read more