Cornhusker Dreams Books in Order

Following Pearl Harbor, Nebraska teacher Audrey Stone volunteers at a railway canteen serving troops. Her growing relationship with rancher Willard Johnson faces uncertainty when his family's wartime loss makes him consider leaving home to enlist.

Working in a war factory while keeping her family's farm afloat, Anna Goodman reluctantly accepts help from German prisoners. Their supervisor, Sid Chance, must overcome her mistrust and her father's painful memories as affection develops between them.

Illness ends Lainie Gardner's nursing ambitions, but she finds another way to serve at Nebraska's Fort Robinson. There she meets Tom Hamilton, a soldier assigned to train war dogs despite a childhood fear of them.