The History of Oklahoma
in
Fifteen Notable Books
by Judy Haught
Are you an
Oklahoma history buff? Are you looking for a good book? The following list may
be just what you are searching for. Doug and I put our heads together and came
up with a list of fifteen books about Oklahoma history that we think are worth
your time. Most of the titles are available at the Elk City Carnegie Library.
Also, I apologize for my shameless self-promotion, but I included my own two
books on the list. After all, you might find a story or two about your western
Oklahoma friends and neighbors. Take a look at the following list, and you may
have suggestions of your own to add.
1. Baker, Lindsay. The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives. University of Oklahoma Press,
1996.
2. Baker, Terri M. and Connie Oliver
Henshaw. Women Who Pioneered Oklahoma:
Stories from the WPA Narratives. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.
3. Brewer, Landry. Cold War Oklahoma. The History Press, 2019.
4. Dary, David. Stories of Old-Time Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press, 2011.
5. Debo, Angie. Prairie City. University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.
6. Debo, Angie. The WPA Guide to 1930s Oklahoma. University Press of Kansas, 1986.
7. Egan, Timothy. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great
American Dust Bowl. Houghton Miflin, 2005.
8. Gann, David. Killers of the Flower Moon. Doubleday, 2017.
9. Haught, Judy. Extraordinary Valor: Stories
of Oklahoma Veterans. Ingram Spark, 2020.
10. Haught, Judy. Heroes in Our Midst. Blurb.com, 2016.
11. Henderson, Caroline. Letters from the Dust Bowl. University
of Oklahoma Press, 2001.
12. Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust. Scholastic, 1994. (Young Adult Novel)
13. Madigan, Tim. The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot. Griffin,
1991.
14. Reese, Linda Williams. Trail Sisters: Freedwomen in Indian
Territory, 1850-1890. Texas Tech University Press, 2013.
15. Wickett, Murray R. Contested Territory: Whites, Native
Americans, and African Americans in Oklahoma, 1865-1907. LSU Press, 2000.
