Name: Ghost Dances: Proving up on the Great Plains (en Inglés)
SKU: 9113327
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Author: Josh Garrett-Davis

portada Ghost Dances: Proving up on the Great Plains (en Inglés)

Ghost Dances: Proving up on the Great Plains (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Little, Brown and Company

Autor

Josh Garrett-Davis

Año

2012

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

336

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN

0316199842

ISBN13

9780316199841

N° edición

Categorías

Memorias

Ghost Dances: Proving up on the Great Plains (en Inglés)

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Growing up in South Dakota, Josh Garrett-Davis 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 that bring his Midwestern Plains to life are 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.