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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Garrett-Davis, Josh.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Garrett-Davis, Josh.       by title:      Ghost dances : provi...       by call number:      978 G239g     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 978 G239g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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