| AUTHOR | TITLE | COMMENTS |
| Bain, David Haward | Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad | Fascinating and beautiful written, it told me why Nick Lennox was blackballed from Omaha, a Union Pacific town. |
| Cooper, Edward S. | William Worth Belknap: An American Disgrace | Very detailed and solidly written, I found this book extremely useful. Anyone interested in any aspect of 19th-century American military, Indian Wars, or politics should consider this a must-read. |
| Douglas County Historical Society |
Link | A wonderful group of people, who answered all of my questions, including the ones I hadn’t thought to ask. |
| Gregory, Alexis | Families of Fortune: Life in the Gilded Age | Fabulous pictures and interesting text. I used it to find out about the Schuylers and Lindsays’ mansions. |
| Kidd, George | The Irish Terrier | A fun book about some great dogs. |
| Patterson, Jerry E. | The Vanderbilts | Juliet Townsend’s mansion is patterned after the Vanderbilts’ Breakers. |
| Stasz, Clarice | The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour, and Tragedy | Tells many of the nuts-and-bolts for a young woman growing up in New York’s 1860s smart society. |
