An edition of Not just any land (2004)

Not just any land

a personal and literary journey into the American grasslands

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An edition of Not just any land (2004)

Not just any land

a personal and literary journey into the American grasslands

"Though he'd lived in Iowa all his life, the allure of the prairie had somehow eluded John Price - until, after a catastrophic flood, a brief glimpse of native wildlife suddenly brought his surroundings home to him. 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."

"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. It also leads him through the region's literature and into conversations with contemporary nature writers - Linda Hasselstrom, Dan O'Brien William Least Heat-Moon, and Mary Swander - who have devoted themselves to living in, writing about, and restoring the grasslands. Among these authors Price observes how a commitment to the land can spring from diverse sources, for instance, the generational weight of a family ranch, the rites of wildlife preservation, the "deep maps" of ancestral, memory, and the imperatives of a body inflicted with environmental illness.

The resulting narrative is an innovative blend of memoir, nature writing, and literary criticism that bears witness to the essential bonds between spirit, art, and earth."--Jacket.

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English
Pages
225

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Not just any land: a personal and literary journey into the American grasslands
2004, University of Nebraska Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-225) and index.

Published in
Lincoln
Genre
Interviews.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
810.9/978
Library of Congress
PS274 .P75 2004, PS274.P75 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 225 p. ;
Number of pages
225

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3677343M
Internet Archive
notjustanylandpe00pric
ISBN 10
0803237073
LCCN
2003016610
OCLC/WorldCat
52757457
Library Thing
1616491
Goodreads
2271260

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