Roger Welsch

Roger Welsch (born November 6, 1936) was a senior correspondent on the CBS News Sunday Morning program, and was featured in a segment called "Postcards from Nebraska." An author, humorist and folklorist, Welsch was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and today lives outside of Dannebrog, Nebraska. Welsch was the 2005 winner of the , from the State of Nebraska Travel and Tourism Division.

Bibliography[]

• Why I'm an Only Child and Other Slightly Naughty Plains Folktales. Nebraska Press, 2016.
• The Reluctant Pilgrim: A Skeptic’s Journey into Native Mysteries. Nebraska, 2015.
• My Nebraska: The Good, the Bad, and the Husker. Nebraska, 2011.
• Weed 'em and Reap. Falcon, 2006.
• From Tinkering to Torquing: A Beginner's Guide to Tractors and Tools. MBI Publishing Company, 2005.
• A Life with Dogs. Motorbooks International, 2004.
• Everything I Know About Women, I Learned From My Tractor, MBI Publishing Company, 2002, 2003
• Old Tractors Never Die: Roger's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Ancient Iron. Voyageur Press, 2001.
• Postcards from Nebraska: The Stories Behind the Stories as Seen on CBS News "Sunday Morning." J&L Lee Company, 2000.
• Love, Sex, and Tractors. Motorbooks International, 2000.
• Diggin' in and Piggin' Out: The Truth About Food and Men. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.
• Busted Tractors and Rusty Knuckles: Norwegian Torque Wrench Techniques and Other Fine Points of Tractor Restoration. Motorbooks International, 1997.
• Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them: How to Keep Your Tractors Happy and Your Family Running. Motorbooks International, 1995.
• Uncle Smoke Stories: Four Fires in the Big Belly Lodge of the Nehawka. New York: Knopf, 1994.
• Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales. New York: Fawcett, 1993.
• Liar's Too: Liar's Corner — The Saga Continues: Another Two and a Half Years of Laughter from the Nebraska Farmer's Liar's Corner. Lincoln: J&L Lee Company, 1993.
• You Know You're a Nebraskan. Lincoln: J&L Lee Company, 1991.
• Sod Walls." Lincoln: J&L Lee Company, 1991.
• It's Not the End of the World But You Can See It From Here. New York: Ballantine, 1990.
• Mister, You Got Yourself a Horse: Tales of Old-Time Horse Trading. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987.
• Shingling the Fog and Other Plains Lies. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986.
• Catfish at the Pump: Humor and the Frontier. with Linda K. Welsch. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1986.
• A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984.
• Cather's Kitchens: Foodways in Literature and Life. With Linda K. Welsch. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983.
• Omaha Tribal Myths and Tricksters Tales. Swallow Press, 1981.
• Tall-Tale Postcards: A Pictorial History. Oak Tree Publications, 1976.
• A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore. Nebraska Press, 1966.

Articles[]

Welsch has been published in a variety of publications, including Esquire, Natural History, Successful Farming, and elsewhere.

Recordings[]

• The Prairie: Pistol to Plow. Lincoln, NE: Media Productions, 1986.
• Omaha Indian Music. (liner notes) American Folklife Center, 1985.
• Sweet Nebraska Land. Folkways Records, 1965.

Awards[]

• "", Nebraska Travel and Tourism Division, 2005.
• "Man of the Year In Service to Nebraska Agriculture", 1996.
• "Mari Sandoz Award" from the Nebraska Library Association.
• "President's Award for creative young faculty", Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1967.

References[]

• "Roger Welsch," CBS.
• "Roger Welsch," Nebraska Center for Writers.
• Sweet Nebraska Land Album Details at Smithsonian Folkways