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Garrett-Davis, Josh.
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Garrett-Davis, Josh.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Great Plains.
American bison -- History.
Ghost dance -- History.
Great Plains -- History.
Great Plains -- Social life and customs.
Great Plains -- Environmental conditions.
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Garrett-Davis, Josh.
Garrett-Davis, Josh.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Great Plains.
American bison -- History.
Ghost dance -- History.
Great Plains -- History.
Great Plains -- Social life and customs.
Great Plains -- Environmental conditions.
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Ghost dances : proving up on the Great Plains /
Josh
Garrett-Davis.
by
Garrett-Davis,
Josh
.
Little, Brown, 2012.
Call #:
978 G239g
Subjects
Garrett-Davis,
Josh
.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Great Plains.
American bison -- History.
Ghost dance -- History.
Great Plains -- History.
Great Plains -- Social life and customs.
Great Plains -- Environmental conditions.
ISBN:
9780316199841 (hc.)
0316199842 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
vii, 327 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-315) and index.
Summary:
A beautifully written narrative about a seemingly empty but actually rich and complex place. The author reclaims his childhood, his unusual family--and the Great Plains. The destruction and resurgence of the American bison; Native American "Ghost Dancers," who attempted to ward off destruction by supernatural means; the political allegory to be found in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; and current attempts by ecologists to "rewild" the Plains, complete with cheetahs. Garrett-Davis infuses the narrative with stories of his family as well--including his great-great-grandparents' twenty-year sojourn in Nebraska as homesteaders and his progressive Methodist cousin Ruth, a missionary in China ousted by Mao's revolution. GHOST DANCES is a fluid combination of memoir and history and reportage that reminds us our roots matter.
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