Roger L. Welsch (1936–2022)
Author of It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here: Tales of the Great Plains
About the Author
Roger Welsch was a professor of English and anthropology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln until 1988, when he moved to Dannebrog, Nebraska, to write full time. He is the author of more than thirty books, including It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here and Touching the show more Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales, both available in Bison Books editions. show less
Works by Roger L. Welsch
It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here: Tales of the Great Plains (1990) 69 copies
Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them: How to Keep Your Tractors Happy and Your Family Running (1602) 49 copies
Busted Tractors and Rusty Knuckles: Norwegian Torque Wrench Techniques and Other Fine Points of Tractor Restoration (1997) 32 copies
Wyoming Folklore: Reminiscences, Folktales, Beliefs, Customs, and Folk Speech (2010) — Editor — 9 copies
The Liar's corner: A garland of humor columns from the pages of the Nebraska Farmer, fall 1985 - fall 1988 (1988) 5 copies
Postcards from Nebraska: The Stories Behind the Stories As Seen on CBS News "Sunday Morning" (2000) 5 copies
Tractor Trilogy: Busted Tractors, Old Knuckles, Sex, Norwegian Torque Wrench Techniques (2003) 4 copies
Science Lite: Enter Laughing 1 copy
Science Lite: Jaws 1 copy
Science Lite: American Pie 1 copy
Beautiful Dannebrog (1856-1939): Historic Romance, Adventure and Memory of Pioneer Days (1986) — Editor — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1936-11-06
- Date of death
- 2022-09-30
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Nebraska, USA
- Education
- University of Nebraska
Indiana University
University of Colorado - Occupations
- Folklorist
- Awards and honors
- Henry Fonda Award
Mari Sandoz Award
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Stories and personal accounts used as evidence that culture did thrive on the early days of the plains, contrary to popular belief.
Great Plains cooking as seen through the writings of Willa Cather.
Roger gives his fellow gender-mates an overview of the curriculum to be found in the secret woman-school. He always makes me laugh, even when he's giving away the deepest secrets of our sisterhood. Actually it doesn't hurt anything. Even when men know what women are up to, there's nothing they can do about it!
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- Rating
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Entertaining enough, and a good characterization of what leads a guy to start accumulating old iron for repair and restoration, or just out of downright curiosity.
On the Internet (circa 1997): I'm looking at you, Hobby-Machinist forums.… (more)