PrairyErth: (a Deep Map)Eight years in the making--a new American classic from the author of Blue Highways. William Least Heat-Moon's genius in PrairyErth lies in constructing a "deep map" of the Great Plains by penetrating time and space within a tiny portion of it: Chase County, Kansas. This story of Chase County's history, legends, heroes, and its extraordinary people looms as large as the universe itself. Maps, drawings. |
Contents
From the Commonplace Book | 3 |
On Roniger Hill | 10 |
From the Commonplace Book | 21 |
Copyright | |
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American asked Bazaar began bird Brandley building cabin café called cattle Cedar Point Chase County Cottonwood Falls Cottonwood River Council Grove countians couple courthouse coyote Creek dark Diamond Spring dream Elmdale Emporia farm farmers feet fence fire Flint Hills gone grass highway horse hundred Indian John John James Ingalls Kansas land later living look Matfield Matfield Green miles Missouri morning moved native nearly never night once Osage Hill Osage orange pasture plant prairie pulled quadrangle railroad ranch river road rock Saffordville Sam Wood Santa Fe Santa Fe Trail says seemed settlers soil stone story Strong City talk tallgrass things tion told took town Trail travelers tree tribe turn uplands village wagon walk watch wind woman Wood
References to this book
Unsettling the City: Urban Land and the Politics of Property Nicholas K. Blomley No preview available - 2004 |
Explorations in Indexing and Abstracting: Pointing, Virtue, and Power Brian C. O'Connor No preview available - 1996 |