| Description |
viii, 224 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224). |
| Summary |
Norris reveals the contradictions of small town life on the Great Plains, where gracious hospitality blends with provincial wariness, local history is valued by writers, and truth and myth collide. |
| Contents |
The Beautiful Places -- Weather Report: January 17 -- Deserts -- Weather Report: February 10 -- Dakota: Or, Gambling, Garbage, and the New Ghost Dance -- Patagonia -- A Starfish in Mott -- Weather Report: March 25 -- Gatsby on the Plains -- Weather Report: April 14 -- Closed In -- The Holy Use of Gossip -- Weather Report: May 19 -- Can You Tell The Truth in a Small Town? -- Weather Report: June 30 -- Ghosts: A History -- Evidence of Failure -- Shadows 'n' Owls: A Message from Jim Sullivan -- Cana -- Where I Am -- Star-Time -- Frontier -- How I Came to Drink My Grandmother's Piano -- Status: Or, Should Farmers Read Plato? -- Weather Report: July 3 -- Rain -- Sea Change -- God Is in the Details: Shortgrass -- Seeing -- Weather Report: August 9 -- Getting to Hope -- In the Open -- Blessing -- Weather Report: September 3 -- My Monasticism -- God Is in the Details: Winter Wheat -- Weather Report: October 2 -- Is It You, Again? -- Weather Report: November 2 -- Dust -- Monks at Play -- Blue -- Weather Report: December 4 -- Weather Report: December 7. |
| Subject |
South Dakota -- Civilization -- 20th century.
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North Dakota -- Civilization -- 20th century.
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Norris, Kathleen, 1947- -- Homes and haunts -- Great Plains.
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| ISBN |
0395633206: $19.95 |
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9780395633205 |
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