"Few things have defined the American experience as fully as the open prairie. In this volume, some of our very finest modern writers and photographers provide perhaps the most rounded view we''ve ever had of this great landscape and the enduring culture it gave rise to. A true gift, for people of every region."--Bill McKibben, author of "The Bill McKibben Reader"
"Few things have defined the American experience as fully as the open prairie. In this volume, some of our very finest modern writers and photographers provide perhaps the most rounded view we''ve ever had of this great landscape and the enduring culture it gave rise to. A true gift, for people of every region."--Bill McKibben, author of "The Bill McKibben Reader"Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Annick Smith is the author of several books, most recently In This We Are Native: On Going Away and Coming Home and Homestead. She is coeditor of the Montana anthology The Last Best Place and an award-winning story writer. Susan O'Connor, a philanthropist and arts advocate, is on the board of the American Prairie Foundation and is involved with other literary, environmental, and social justice nonprofit organizations. She lives in Missoula, Montana. Contributors: Rick Bass, Mary Clearman Blew, Judy Blunt, Lois Conner, David James Duncan, Gretel Ehrlich, Dan Flores, Richard Ford, Lee Friedlander, James Galvin, Ian Glennie, Jim Harrison, Richard Hugo, Fredericka Hunter, Geoffrey James, William Kittredge, Barry Lopez, Richard Manning, Peter Matthiessen, Thomas McGuane, Susan O'Connor, Annick Smith, M. L. Smoker, Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, and James Welch.
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Preface Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs Acknowledgments Introduction Notes on the Photographs Ian Glennie
Part 1: Home on the Range Mary Clearman Blew Becoming Judy Blunt Evolution James Welch Excerpt from The Death of Jim Loney James Galvin No Bastion Thomas McGuane A Foal M. L. Smoker Grandfather Poem Letter to Richard Hugo (1) Birthright Crosscurrent Jim Harrison To a Meadowlark
Lee Friedlander Portfolio 1
Part 2: Hunting and Gathering Barry Lopez The Bear in the Road Rick Bass Bird Hunter David James Duncan Four Excerpts from the Novella "What the Prairie Has To Say about Fly Fishing" William Kittredge Far Point Gretel Ehrlich A Summer Journal
Lois Conner Portfolio 2
Part 3: Travels across the Plains Jim Harrison Don't Fence Me In Annick Smith Excerpt from "Crossing the Plains with Bruno" Richard Ford Empire
Geoffrey James Portfolio 3
Part 4: Natural History Dan Flores An Entire Heaven and an Entire Earth Peter Matthiessen Excerpt from "Plains, Prairies, and the Shining Mountains" Richard Manning Instructions from a Misanthrope's Paradise Richard Hugo Driving Montana Distances High Grass Prairie Bear Paw
Preface Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs Acknowledgments Introduction Notes on the Photographs Ian Glennie
Part 1: Home on the Range Mary Clearman Blew Becoming Judy Blunt Evolution James Welch Excerpt from The Death of Jim Loney James Galvin No Bastion Thomas McGuane A Foal M. L. Smoker Grandfather Poem Letter to Richard Hugo (1) Birthright Crosscurrent Jim Harrison To a Meadowlark
Lee Friedlander Portfolio 1
Part 2: Hunting and Gathering Barry Lopez The Bear in the Road Rick Bass Bird Hunter David James Duncan Four Excerpts from the Novella "What the Prairie Has To Say about Fly Fishing" William Kittredge Far Point Gretel Ehrlich A Summer Journal
Lois Conner Portfolio 2
Part 3: Travels across the Plains Jim Harrison Don't Fence Me In Annick Smith Excerpt from "Crossing the Plains with Bruno" Richard Ford Empire
Geoffrey James Portfolio 3
Part 4: Natural History Dan Flores An Entire Heaven and an Entire Earth Peter Matthiessen Excerpt from "Plains, Prairies, and the Shining Mountains" Richard Manning Instructions from a Misanthrope's Paradise Richard Hugo Driving Montana Distances High Grass Prairie Bear Paw
Source Acknowledgments Contributors
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