Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey into the American Grasslands
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803260261 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Price’s journey toward a conscious commitment to place takes him to some of America’s largest remaining grasslands and brings him face to face with a troubling, but also hopeful, personal and environmental legacy. Not Just Any Land is a memoir of Price’s rediscovery of his place in the American landscape and of his search for a new relationship to the life of the prairie—that once immense and beautiful wilderness of grass now so depleted and damaged as to test even the deepest faith. The resulting narrative is an innovati
Each of the four--Linda Hasselstrom, Dan O'Brien, William Least Heat-Moon, and Mary Swander--writes specifically and distinctly about this landscape, and, as Price reveals, each writer's focus and purpose, as often as not, is in contradiction to their counterparts. Danise HooverCopyright © American Library Association. Despite his admiration, he is able to draw from his subjects essential information that defines them and their work, and to shine a critical light on their arguments and justifications. All rights reserved. His journey leaves him transformed, as it may well transform the reader. His method of defining the physical, emotional, and spiritual meaning of the grasslands is to analyze the work of authors currently writing abo
The Importance of a Name Patricia Kramer As I look forward to again attending The Prairie Festival at The Land again this year, I relished reading this book. It was fascinating reading the four authors' discussions of their work and their lives as they intersect their published writing.This book also spoke to my interest in the Operation Migration project which is leading the way for the whooping cranes to again be wild and part of the land. John Price ponders and dissects the importance of place and the meaning of home and how we can follow . Twyla Hansen said "Where Surprises Can Live and Grow". (from the Aug. ""Where Surprises Can Live and Grow"" according to Twyla Hansen. (from the Aug. 200"Where Surprises Can Live and Grow" Twyla Hansen (from the Aug. 2004 issue of NCB News of Nebraska Center for the Book [])In the first sentence of the acknowledgements page, John Price states: "This is a memoir." But what follows in NOT JUST ANY LAND is not simple autobiography; it is more a combination of scholarly research, self-searching, and the time-honored method of using others' words to clarify his own thoughts about the region formerly known as prairie, what we call the Great Plains. This "memoir" is grassland exploration and ecology literat. issue of NCB News of Nebraska Center for the Book [])In the first sentence of the acknowledgements page, John Price states: "This is a memoir." But what follows in NOT JUST ANY LAND is not simple autobiography; it is more a combination of scholarly research, self-searching, and the time-honored method of using others' words to clarify his own thoughts about the region formerly known as prairie, what we call the Great Plains. This "memoir" is grassland exploration and ecology literat. 00"Where Surprises Can Live and Grow" Twyla Hansen (from the Aug. 2004 issue of NCB News of Nebraska Center for the Book [])In the first sentence of the acknowledgements page, John Price states: "This is a memoir." But what follows in NOT JUST ANY LAND is not simple autobiography; it is more a combination of scholarly research, self-searching, and the time-honored method of using others' words to clarify his own thoughts about the region formerly known as prairie, what we call the Great Plains. This "memoir" is grassland exploration and ecology literat. issue of NCB News of Nebraska Center for the Book [])In the first sentence of the acknowledgements page, John Price states: "This is a memoir." But what follows in NOT JUST ANY LAND is not simple autobiography; it is more a combination of scholarly research, self-searching, and the time-honored method of using others' words to clarify his own thoughts about the region formerly known as prairie, what we call the Great Plains. This "memoir" is grassland exploration and ecology literat