by Dan Simmons
The author wishes to acknowledge An English-Dakota Dictionary by John P. Williamson © 1992, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press; Lakota Dictionary compiled and edited by Eugene Buechel and Paul Manhart © 2002, published by University of Nebraska Press; Reading and Writing the Lakota Language: La¸kot’a Iyaþi nahaN Yawaþi by Albert White Hat Sr. (edited by Jael Kampfe) © 1999, published by the University of Utah Press.
For help in searching the Black Hills area and the Dust Bowl period, the author wishes to acknowledge Exploring the Black Hills & Badlands—Summer & Autumn 2008 © 2008, an official publication of South Dakota’s Black Hills, Badlands, & Lakes Association; Deadwood: The Golden Years by Watson Parker © 1981, published by University of Nebraska Press; The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan © 2006, published by Mariner Books, a division of Houghton Mifflin Company. And a very special thanks to Dr. Dan Peterson and his wife, Barbara, from Spearfish, South Dakota, who introduced me to so many of these historical and hidden places in and around the Black Hills.
Materials referenced for the carving of Mount Rushmore include The Carving of Mount Rushmore by Rex Alan Smith © 1985, published by Abbeville Press Publishers; Mount Rushmore by Gilbert C. Fite © 1980, published by the Mount Rushmore History Association; Mount Rushmore’s Hall of Records: The Little-Known Story of the Memorial’s Sealed Vault and Its Message for Future Civilizations by Paul Higbee © 1999, published by the Mount Rushmore History Association (originally published in South Dakota Magazine); Gutzon Borglum: His Life and Work by Robin Borglum Carter © 1998, published by the Mount Rushmore History Association; Mount Rushmore Q&A: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions by Don “Nick” Clifford © 2004, self-published.
The author would especially like to thank Mr. Clifford, who was a Mount Rushmore worker from 1938 to 1940, for his time and conversation at the Memorial site.
For reference material relating to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, the author wishes to acknowledge The World’s Columbian Exposition: The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 by Norman Bolotin and Christine Laing © 1992, 2002, published by University of Illinois Press; The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record with text by Stanley Appelbaum © 1980, by Dover Publications; The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson © 2003, published by Crown Publishers; Images of America—Chicago’s Classical Architecture: The Legacy of the White City by David Stone © 2005, published by Arcadia Publishing; The Great Wheel text and illustrations by Robert Lawson © 1957, published by Walker & Company.
A special thanks here to the members of the Dan Simmons Forum at dansimmons.com for their help on the long and amusing chase through original newspaper accounts and other printed materials to discover which way Mr. Ferris’s original wheel rotated.
Of all the myriad Internet and other materials accessed, none was more useful in finding details of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge than my old favorite, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough © 1972, published by Simon and Schuster.
Finally, a sincere thank you to Maka Tai Meh Jacques L. Condor for taking the time to read and comment on this manuscript.
About the Author
Dan Simmons is the award-winning author of several novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Olympos, The Terror, and Drood. He lives in Colorado. For more information about Dan Simmons, visit www.DanSimmons.com.
