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My Kind of Midwest

Author : John A. Jakle
Publisher : Center for American Places
ISBN 13 : 9781930066878
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book My Kind of Midwest written by John A. Jakle and published by Center for American Places. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Will it play in Peoria?" That question--only half-joking--hovers over everything from politics to television, an acknowledgment that the Midwest is perhaps the most emblematic regions of the United States today. Stereotypes both good and bad abound about Midwesterners, but in this incisive yet poignant book, John Jakle reveals a rich and telling portrait of the contemporary Midwest and its people. In engaging prose, Jakle chronicles his childhood and adult life in the Midwest interwoven with a look at the region's geographic and cultural history. My Kind of Midwest reveals that the region is more than just a group of "flyover states," as Jakle tells a engaging narrative that recounts his youthful explorations of the flourishing cities of Detroit and Chicago in the 1940s; the rapid growth and importance of gateway cities such as Omaha, Kansas City, and Cincinnati along the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri rivers; and the integral role of tourism to Midwestern states' economies. An intimate and compelling narrative of one man's connection to the American landscape, My Kind of Midwest will be essential reading for all those with ties to the heartland.

The Birds of Nebraska

Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book The Birds of Nebraska written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Atlas of the Sand Hills

Author : Ann Salomon Bleed
Publisher : Conservation and Survey Division in D Natural Resources Univ
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book An Atlas of the Sand Hills written by Ann Salomon Bleed and published by Conservation and Survey Division in D Natural Resources Univ. This book was released on 1990 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas examines nearly every aspect of the natural history of the Nebraska Sand Hills, including Indian occupation, settlement, current range practices & the "cow-country" lifestyle. These 19,300 square miles comprise the largest dune area in the Western Hemisphere. The grass-stabilized dunes, some as high as 400 feet & as long as 20 miles, were formed by blowing sand during a surprisingly recent time, mostly the last 8,000 years. The climate ranges from subhumid in the east to semiarid in the west. The area is an ecological meeting ground, where species from different vegetative & faunal regions coexist, creating distinctive biological communities. The sandy soils & underlying sands & gravels have allowed for the accumulation of a vast quantity of groundwater, much of which "outcrops" at the surface. This accounts for another unique characteristic: the dry, dune-top prairie ecosystem beside a wetland, lake, or constantly flowing stream. "But this atlas is much more than an explanation of the climate & geology of the Sand Hills. Illustrated with wonderful color photos, fold-out maps, graphs & numerous charts, the book explores the entire ecology of the Sand Hills," said Francis Moul in his review for the DES MOINES REGISTER.

Sandhills Boy

Author : Elmer Kelton
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429909269
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Sandhills Boy written by Elmer Kelton and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One thing is certain," a reviewer in True West Magazine recently said, "as long as there are writers as skillful as Elmer Kelton, Western literature will never die." Few would disagree with the assessment of the man whose peers voted the "Best Western writer of all time" and whose 50 novels form a testament and tribute to the American West. But who is that Texas gentleman with the white Stetson and rimless eyeglasses whose friendly face appears on so many book jackets? Sandhills Boy is Kelton's memoir, a funny and poignant story of "a freckle-faced country boy, green as a gourd, a sheep ready to be sheared," growing up in the wild, dry, sandhills of West Texas. The son of a working cowboy and ranch foreman, Elmer was expected to follow in his father's footsteps but learned at an early age that he had no talents in the cowboy's trade. Buck Kelton called Elmer "Pop," said he was "slow as the seven-year itch," and reluctantly supported his son's decision to become a student at the University of Texas, and, eventually, a journalist and writer. Kelton's life in ranch and oil patch Texas during the Great Depression is told with warm nostalgic humor animated with stories of the cowboys and their wives and kids who gave the time and place its special flavor. He writes with great feeling of his service in WW2 in France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, and the romantic circumstances in which his life changed in the village of Ebensee, Austria. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Gryphons of the Sandhills

Author : Douglas Edgeworth
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781469705095
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Gryphons of the Sandhills written by Douglas Edgeworth and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-01-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a publication of 201 letters written between 1918 and 1945 by members of the Edgeworth family of the Angelus community of Chesterfield County, SC. This is a story of survival and sacrifice of the Edgeworth family but it is not to say that this family had it any worse than any other members of this community or state during this era. The transcript contains detailed profiles of each family member, some of which is gleaned from the compiler's memories but mostly from the letters. The story begins as far back as 1871; however, the story in the Angelus community begins in 1913 when Sallie M. Edgeworth's husband died and she moved with her seven children to a cotton farm on County Road 33 in Chesterfield County, SC. The widow actually has to mortgage her crop of cotton, cotton seed, corn and fodder grown on her land for the amount of $10 at the general store. The family endured many hardships during this era but all pulled together to keep the family in tact.

Daughter of the Sandhills

Author : A. Louise Hill
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480924997
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Daughter of the Sandhills written by A. Louise Hill and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daughter of the Sandhills by A. Louise Hill Daughter of the Sandhills is a collection of poetry depicting pioneer life on a ranch in western Nebraska’s Sandhills. A. Louise Hill and her family lived this life. This collection has preserved a way of life that will soon be forgotten, such as cooking and heating with fuel from cow chips, outdoor toilets, snipe hunting, and one-room schoolhouses. Read Daughter of the Sandhills to appreciate this quaint lifestyle and gain respect for the pioneer life with its tears, hard work, fun, and laughter.

A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region

Author : Bruce A. Sorrie
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807877883
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region written by Bruce A. Sorrie and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 600 wildflowers, flowering shrubs, and vines, this user-friendly field guide is the first to focus on the rare, fragile lands and species of the Sandhills region of the Carolinas and Georgia. Characterized by longleaf pine forests, rolling hills, abundant blackwater streams, several major rivers, and porous sandy soils, the Sandhills region stretches from Fayetteville, North Carolina, southwest to Columbus, Georgia, and represents the farthest advance of the Atlantic Ocean some 2 million years ago. Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region is arranged by habitat, with color tabs to facilitate easy browsing of the nine different natural communities whose plants are described here. Bruce A. Sorrie, a botanist with over 30 years of experience, includes common plants, region-specific endemics, and local rarities, each with its own species description, and over 540 color photos for easy identification. The field guide's opening section includes an introduction to the Sandhills region's geology, soil types, and special relationship to fire ecology; an overview of rare species and present conservation efforts; a glossary and key to flower and leaf structures; and a listing of gardens, preserves, and parklands in the Sandhills region and nearby where wildflowers can be seen and appreciated. Wildflower enthusiasts and professional naturalists alike will find this comprehensive guide extremely useful. Southern Gateways Guide is a registered trademark of the University of North Carolina Press

A Sandhills Ballad

Author : Ladette Randolph
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 080324018X
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book A Sandhills Ballad written by Ladette Randolph and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her life as she knows it ends in heartbreak, Mary Rasmussen, a strong-willed and independent young ranch woman living in the Sandhills of western Nebraska, suddenly feels that everything she has believed in--God, her instincts, the land itself--has failed her. She abandons her cultural and emotional ties, succumbing to circumstances she thinks she is powerless to control. In a rash decision, she marries a conservative, patriarchal preacher who doesn't understand her, the ranching community, or anything beyond his own beliefs. Mary's inner turmoil builds as she comes to appreciate the gravity of her situation and the need to take action.

Three Machines for Planting Pine Seeds in the Sandhills

Author : Robert D. McReynolds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Three Machines for Planting Pine Seeds in the Sandhills written by Robert D. McReynolds and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

By the Sandhills of Yamboorah

Author : Reginald Ottley
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 9780702233500
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (335 download)

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Book Synopsis By the Sandhills of Yamboorah by : Reginald Ottley

Download or read book By the Sandhills of Yamboorah written by Reginald Ottley and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outside, he sniffed the smells that hung in the quiet stillness - the bitter-sweet peppercorns and the tangy saltbush... Even the dust had a scent of far-off places, as if it had drifted miles. It made you think of warm, red earth being blown along by the wind.In this timeless story, a boy struggles to come to terms with the loneliness of the Australian outback and the ruthlessness of living and working on a remote property.With Brolga the cattle dog and her pup Rags as his only companions, the boy begins a journey of self-discovery. It is a journey that will take him outside the confines of the Yamboorah cattle station, and into the vast, unrelenting sandhills beyond."It is the deeply human and moving narratives of writers like Reginald Ottley, bringing to life an 'ordinary' boy who survives physical and emotional isolation and loneliness of spirit, who can point the way to survival and to ultimate wholeness." Maurice Saxby

The Sandhills: An Historic Cemetery

Author : A. G. Foster
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Sandhills: An Historic Cemetery written by A. G. Foster and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sandhills is a nonfiction book about a famous and historic cemetery in Sydney, Australia. Excerpt: "The name Devonshire Street Cemetery could fairly be applied to those sections which faced or extended to that street, but is somewhat of a misnomer when describing the original Burial Ground, which faced Belmore Park. For lack of a better name, I and others refer to it as the "Sandhills Cemetery."

The San Luis Valley

Author :
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816524242
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book The San Luis Valley written by and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a high valley edged by serrated peaks, a remote expanse the size of Connecticut lying, as if forgotten, between two mountain ranges. Here, North AmericaÕs tallest sand dunes blow against glacier-gouged summits, the Rio Grande begins its long journey from snowflake to saltwater, and vast reaches of desert scrub hide verdant pocket wetlands. ColoradoÕs San Luis Valley is not a place for the timid. Sizzling hot in summer, frigid cold in winter, this huge landscape is humbling in its openness, a place defined by the rhythms of natureÑand by the thrust and parry of male courting female in the ritual dance of sandhill cranes. These majestic birds arrive by the thousands twice a year to feed, rest, and socialize in the valleyÕs wetlandsÑinvisible except from the airÑand their cries temper the constant wind. Susan Tweit lives in the high desert of southern Colorado not far from the valleyÕs dunes and wetlands. With the precision of a scientist and the passion of a poet, she guides readers through this land of sand dunes and sandhill cranes, describing its natural features and tracing its human history from buffalo hunters and conquistadors to Hispanic farming communities and UFO observatories. And in stunning images, photographer Glenn Oakley brings his intimate feel for light and landscape to portraying not only the subtle beauty of this high-desert sanctuary but also the grandeur of the cranes in flight. As an intimate look at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and the San Luis Valley, this book reveals a desert place as seductive and sobering as existence itself.

The Nebraska Sandhills

Author : Monica M. Norby
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 149623751X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book The Nebraska Sandhills written by Monica M. Norby and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nearly forty essays about the history, geography, geology, ecology, and conservation of the Nebraska Sandhills, supplemented by numerous remarkable photos of the region"--

A Study of the Vegetation of the Sandhills of Nebraska

Author : Raymond John Pool
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book A Study of the Vegetation of the Sandhills of Nebraska written by Raymond John Pool and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bartlett Richards, Nebraska Sandhills Cattleman

Author : Bartlett Richards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bartlett Richards, Nebraska Sandhills Cattleman written by Bartlett Richards and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ogallala Blue

Author : William Ashworth
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0881507369
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Ogallala Blue written by William Ashworth and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of a crucial, dwindling natural resource: an invisible ocean of fresh water under the High Plains. The Ogallala Aquifer that lies deep beneath the Great Plains from Texas to Colorado contains enough water to fill Lake Erie nine times! Every year five trillion gallons are pumped out for irrigation, and if (or when) the aquifer goes dry, $20 billion worth of food and fiber grown with that irrigation will disappear. William Ashforth tells the fascinating history of the Ogallala from its formation millions of years ago to glimpses of the future when the Great Plains could return to their Sahara Desert-like past.

On Ancient Wings

Author : Michael Forsberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book On Ancient Wings written by Michael Forsberg and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the most ancient of all birds. More than a half-million strong, flying in squadrons, these majestic creatures point northward to their Arctic and sub-Arctic breeding ranges. Theirs is an epic story of endurance through the ages. With 153 stunning color photographs, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cranes in their wild but increasingly compromised habitats today. Over the course of five years, Michael Forsberg documented the tall gray birds in habitats ranging from the Alaskan tundra, to the arid High Plains, from Cuban nature preserves to suburban backyards. With an eye for beauty and an uncommon persistence, the author documents the cranes' challenges to adapt and survive in a rapidly changing natural world. Forsberg argues that humankind, for its own sake, should secure the cranes' place in the future. On Ancient Wings intertwines the lives of cranes, people, and their common places to tell an ancient story at a time when sandhill cranes and their wetland and grassland habitats face daunting prospects.