| Description |
xiii, 279 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
A leap into the prairie sea -- "I'm going to Helena, Montana" : the Kansas cities -- "Don't worry, kid, you'll be all right" : Lawrence, Topeka, Saint Marys, Wamego -- "It's the best you're gonna find here" : Manhattan, Randolph, Marysville -- "You'll find everything you need there" : Beatrice, Nebraska; Wilber -- The Jims : Friend, Hastings, Hansen, Minden -- "It's better to try something and apologize later" : Kearney, Lexington, Cozad, North Platte -- "Mostly, you go to the river and get drunk" : North Platte -- "You're a damn fool if you spend all your time worrying about what you ain't got" : Grand Island and Kimball -- "I want to meet people, not shoot them" : Gering, Scottsbluff; Torrington, Wyoming -- "Life ain't easy, but it ain't always tough" : Fort Laramie National Historic Site and Guernsey State Park -- "Probably wouldn'ta killed you, but it woulda hurt" : Casper -- "People seldom seen by the rest of the world" : Emigrant Gap, Independence Rock, Lander -- "If we wait long enough, white men'll go away" : Riverton, Wind River Indian Reservation, Dubois -- "Now you know, and that's somethin'" : Jackson -- "It's not all about you" : Teton Village, Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park -- "Walk quietly in any direction" : Yellowstone National Park -- "That'll get you anywhere you want to go" : Livingston, Montana; Three Forks, Helena -- "You'll get to the other side" : the Missouri River. |
| Subject |
Great Plains -- Description and travel.
|
|
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
|
|
Dobson, Patrick -- Travel -- Great Plains.
|
|
Dobson, Patrick -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
|
|
Walking -- Great Plains.
|
|
Automobile travel -- Great Plains.
|
|
Great Plains -- History, Local.
|
|
West (U.S.) -- History, Local.
|
|
Great Plains -- Social life and customs.
|
|
West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs.
|
| ISBN |
9780803216167 cloth alkaline paper |
|
0803216165 cloth alkaline paper |
| Sudoc No. |
U5002 T337 -2009 nbdocs |
|
