PrairyErth: (a Deep Map)Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999 - 624 pages NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. By the author of Blue Highways, PrairyErth is "a majestic survey of land and time and people in a single county of the Kansas plains" (Hungry Mind Review). William Least Heat-Moon travels by car and on foot into the core of our continent, focusing on the landscape and history of Chase County--a sparsely populated tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of central Kansas--exploring its land, plants, animals, and people until this small place feels as large as the universe. Called a "modern-day Walden" by the Chicago Sun-Times, PrairyErth is a journey through place, through time, and into the human mind from the acclaimed author of Here, There, Elsewhere: Stories from the Road. "A sense of the American grain that will give [PrairyErth] a permanent place in the literature of our country."--Paul Theroux, New York Times |
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... Cottonwood Falls 49 II . Gladstone From the Commonplace Book 59 In the Quadrangle 66 Between Pommel and Cantle 71 About the Red Buffalo 76 Atop the Mound 81 On the Town : Courthouse 85 III . Thrall - Northwest From the Commonplace Book ...
... Cottonwood Falls 49 II . Gladstone From the Commonplace Book 59 In the Quadrangle 66 Between Pommel and Cantle 71 About the Red Buffalo 76 Atop the Mound 81 On the Town : Courthouse 85 III . Thrall - Northwest From the Commonplace Book ...
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... Cottonwood Chapter 326 Across Osage Hill 334 On the Town : Versus Harry B. ( III ) 346 IX . Homestead From the Commonplace Book 353 In the Quadrangle 363 Beyond the Teeth of the Dragon 371 Amidst the Drummers Desirous 381 Regarding ...
... Cottonwood Chapter 326 Across Osage Hill 334 On the Town : Versus Harry B. ( III ) 346 IX . Homestead From the Commonplace Book 353 In the Quadrangle 363 Beyond the Teeth of the Dragon 371 Amidst the Drummers Desirous 381 Regarding ...
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... City 177 ( 13 ) Cottonwood Elmdale Falls Saffordville Gladstone Homestead Matfield Green 177 ( 13 ) CHASE COUNTY , KANSAS SCALE : 3/16 inch = 1 mile KANSAS TURNPI I - 35 LHM Indian Creek Lake Kahola Peyton Buckeye US 50 Creek OLD.
... City 177 ( 13 ) Cottonwood Elmdale Falls Saffordville Gladstone Homestead Matfield Green 177 ( 13 ) CHASE COUNTY , KANSAS SCALE : 3/16 inch = 1 mile KANSAS TURNPI I - 35 LHM Indian Creek Lake Kahola Peyton Buckeye US 50 Creek OLD.
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... Cottonwood River ( thumb ) , the Cottonwood ( index finger ) , Middle Creek ( ring ) , Diamond Creek ( little finger ) . Many more streams and brooks are here , but these four control the country , and where they have gone and are going ...
... Cottonwood River ( thumb ) , the Cottonwood ( index finger ) , Middle Creek ( ring ) , Diamond Creek ( little finger ) . Many more streams and brooks are here , but these four control the country , and where they have gone and are going ...
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... Cottonwood Falls , the county seat , and Strong City . Only in these , once linked by a horse trolley , can you buy gasoline and groceries . When citizens want a new car or the latest novel or a pair of spectacles , they must drive to ...
... Cottonwood Falls , the county seat , and Strong City . Only in these , once linked by a horse trolley , can you buy gasoline and groceries . When citizens want a new car or the latest novel or a pair of spectacles , they must drive to ...
Contents
IV | 19 |
V | 21 |
VI | 27 |
VII | 31 |
VIII | 40 |
IX | 46 |
X | 49 |
XI | 57 |
XLIX | 272 |
L | 279 |
LI | 288 |
LII | 295 |
LIII | 301 |
LIV | 303 |
LV | 309 |
LVI | 317 |
XII | 59 |
XIII | 66 |
XIV | 71 |
XV | 76 |
XVI | 81 |
XVII | 85 |
XVIII | 91 |
XIX | 93 |
XX | 100 |
XXI | 106 |
XXII | 113 |
XXIII | 118 |
XXIV | 123 |
XXV | 131 |
XXVI | 133 |
XXVII | 142 |
XXVIII | 147 |
XXIX | 156 |
XXX | 162 |
XXXI | 167 |
XXXII | 173 |
XXXIII | 175 |
XXXIV | 181 |
XXXV | 187 |
XXXVI | 194 |
XXXVII | 202 |
XXXVIII | 207 |
XXXIX | 213 |
XL | 215 |
XLI | 222 |
XLII | 230 |
XLIII | 237 |
XLIV | 244 |
XLV | 253 |
XLVI | 257 |
XLVII | 259 |
XLVIII | 265 |
LVII | 326 |
LVIII | 334 |
LIX | 346 |
LX | 351 |
LXI | 353 |
LXII | 363 |
LXIII | 371 |
LXIV | 381 |
LXV | 386 |
LXVI | 400 |
LXVII | 413 |
LXVIII | 415 |
LXIX | 421 |
LXX | 430 |
LXXI | 439 |
LXXII | 446 |
LXXIII | 465 |
LXXIV | 475 |
LXXV | 477 |
LXXVI | 484 |
LXXVII | 493 |
LXXVIII | 505 |
LXXIX | 513 |
LXXX | 531 |
LXXXI | 537 |
LXXXII | 539 |
LXXXIII | 547 |
LXXXIV | 561 |
LXXXV | 583 |
LXXXVI | 592 |
LXXXVII | 597 |
LXXXVIII | 601 |
LXXXIX | 603 |
XC | 608 |
XCI | 623 |
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