Ghost Dances : Proving Up onthe Great Plains Hardback
by Josh Garrett-Davis
Hardback
Description
Growing up in South Dakota, Josh Garrett-Davis always knew he would leave.
But as a young adult, he kept going back-in dreams and reality and by way of books.
With this beautifully written narrative about a seemingly empty but actually rich and complex place, he has reclaimed his childhood, his unusual family-and the Great Plains. Among the subjects and people who bring his Plains to life are the destruction and resurgence of the American bison; his great-great-grandparents' twenty-year sojourn in Nebraska as homesteaders; Native American "Ghost Dancers," who attempted to ward off destruction by supernatural means before the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee; the political allegory to be found in The Wizard of Oz; and current attempts by ecologists to "rewild" the Plains.
GHOST DANCES is a fluid combination of memoir and history and reportage that reminds us that our roots matter-and might even be inspiring and fascinating.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown & Company
- Publication Date:06/09/2012
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- ISBN:9780316199841
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown & Company
- Publication Date:06/09/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780316199841