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| 2008 episodes: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec |
 A Cold Christmas - by Charlene Weir - Murder threatens to ruin Christmas in a small Kansas Town.
(aired 12/26/2008) |
 Worth - by A. LaFaye - Two very different boys are brought together by their efforts to save a High Plains Farm.
(aired 12/19/2008) |
 Tascosa: It's Life and Gaudy Times - by Fred Nolan - The true, detailed, down-and-dirty story of Tascosa-the cowboy capital of the Texas Panhandle.
(aired 12/12/2008) |
 100 Cupboards - by Nathan D. Wilson - Sent to live with family in smalltown Kansas, a young boy discovers something magic in his new home.
(aired 12/5/2008) |
 Gonzalo, Cornado's Shepherd Boy - by Mary Joe Clendenin - The story of the real first Thanksgiving.
(aired 11/28/08) |
 Eureka - by Jim Lehrer - A Kansas man's mid-life crisis sends him West across Kansas and High Plains.
(aired 11/14/08) |
 Tallgrass - by Sandra Dallas - A Colorado farm girl reaches out to Japanese Americans held in a WWII Internment Camp.
(aired 11/7/08) |
 The Ghost of Mary Prairie by Lisa Polisar - A teenage boy uncovers a ghost story and murder mystery in small town Oklahoma
(aired 10/31/08) |
 First Dawn by Judith Miller - An inspirational novel about early settlers to Hill City and Nicodemus, Kansas
(aired 10/24/08) |
 Cadillac Desert: The American West and it's Disappearing Water by Mark Reisner - An updated look at Man's Styruggle to discover and control water in the West.
(aired 10/17/08) |
 Romancing the Panhandle by Mariwynn McPherson Webb - A tribute to the unique beauty of the Texas Panhandle.
(aired 10/10/08) |
 The Stone Children by CJ Morris-Facing an uncertain future, four children must make their way across the High Plains.
(aired 10/3/08) |
 Life Out Here by Lynn Allen-A collection of newspaper columns about life on a farm in the plains of Southeastern Colorado.
(aired 9/26/08) |
 Branding Texas: Performing Culture in the Lone Star State by Leigh Clemons A theatre professor's examination of how performance has shaped America's concept of "Texan-ness".
(aired 09/19/08) |
 Railwayman's Son: A Plains Family Memoir by Hugh Hawkins - A poignant memoir of life in the Rock Island towns of Western Kansas in the 30's and 40's.
(aired 09/12/08) |
 To Honor the Dead by Joseph W. Shaw- the tragedy of tribal relocations and military campaigns haunts a Western Oklahoma homestead.
(aired 09/05/08) |
 Hard Road West: History & Geology Along the Gold Rush Trail by Keith Heyer Meldahl.
(aired 08/29/08) |
 Spring's Edge: A Ranch Wife's Chronicle - by Laurie Wagner. Buyer Accounts of life on a modern day Colorado ranch reflect the astonishing beauty of life on the land.
(aired 08/22/08) |
 Train to Estelline - by Jane Roberts Wood. A young woman's adventures as a teacher in West Texas, first of the Lucinda Richards trilogy.
(aired 08/08/08) |
 Uncertain Pilgrims by Lenore Carroll A grief-stricken history buff finds comfort in a journey along the Santa Fe Trail.
(aired 08/08/08) |
 Rights in the Balance - Free Press, Fair Trial and Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart by Mark R. Scherer A brutal murder in Wneb spawns historic conflict between the constitutional protections of the first and sixth amendments.
(aired 08/01/08) |
 American Outback: The Oklahoma Panhandle in the 20th Century by Richard Lowitt- Despite concerns about water, pollution, and population growth, the Panhandle remains the most prosperous part of the state.
(aired 07/25/08) |
 Buffalo Music - by Tracey Fern. The story of Mary Ann Goodnight and how she helped to save Palo Duro Canyon's buffalo.
(aired on 07/18/08) |
 Bleeding Kansas - by Sara Paretsky - A gripping contemporary novel of three farm families who trace their roots back to the violent clashes between antislavery and proslavery forces in Bleeding Kansas.
(aired on 07/11/08) |
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