"Mari Sandoz's depiction of tyrannical rule in Slogum House has captivated readers since its publication in 1937. The gracefully executed essays in this volume explain why Slogum House remains a useful way to understand U.S. history nearly a century later."--Benjamin H. Johnson, author of Texas: An American History "This timely, creative, and compelling collection of essays reclaims Mari Sandoz's often-forgotten insights on authoritarianism. She--and they--have much to teach us."--Michael J.

Lansing, coeditor of Wallace Stegner's Unsettled Country: Ruin, Realism, and Possibility in the American West "Through this vibrant collection, we come to know Mari Sandoz's Slogum House as a prescient novel, flashing forward as a warning and an analysis of the settler-colonial roots of American fascism. This brutal novel reveals much about the fascistic violence undergirding the 'American Dream, ' not only 'how we got here, ' but how we were here all along."--Julie Carr, author of Mud, Blood, and Ghosts: Populism, Eugenics, and Spiritualism in the American West.