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Author Olstad, Tyra.

Title Zen of the Plains : Experiencing Wild Western Places.

Publication Info. Denton : University of North Texas Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (286 pages).
Series Southwestern Nature Writing Series
Southwestern nature writing series.
Note Print version record.
Contents Maps, Illustrations, and Diagrams; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Flyover Country; Scottsbluff, NE; Chapter 1 -- Shortgrass /Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe; 1.1 Terra Incognita; 1.2 Can't Get Lost; 1.3 Blank; Interim: Highway 36; 1.4 Slow down!; 1.5 Rhythms, Cycles, Spirals; Part I : Sun-sitting; Part II : A Day; Interim : Sense of Place; 1.6 The Quest; Interim: Dream of Place; Chapter 2 -- Mixedgrass; 2.1 Wonderlands; 2.2 National Grasslands; 2.3 Animal Encounters; Interim: Medora to Marmarth (with some dinosaur statues in between); 2.4 Interpretation and Inspiration; Chapter 3 -- Tallgrass.
3.1 Experiment and Experience Or, How I Tried to Like a Prairie; Interim: In Which I Discover an Island and Fall in Love with a Forest; 3.2 Conversations with Konza; Chapter 4 -- Shortgrass /Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe; 4.1 The Return to the Plains; Interim: The Mapmaker's Discipline; 4.2: Winter; Conclusion -- A Brief Meditation on Expectation and Emptiness; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Although spare, sweeping landscapes may appear ""empty, "" plains and prairies afford a rich, unique aesthetic experience--one of quiet sunrises and dramatic storms, hidden treasures and abundant wildlife, infinite horizons and omnipresent wind, all worthy of contemplation and celebration.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.) -- Philosophy.
Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Plains -- West (U.S.) -- Philosophy.
Plains -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Grasslands -- West (U.S.) -- Philosophy.
Grasslands -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Natural history -- West (U.S.)
Zen Buddhism.
West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
NATURE -- Essays.
NATURE -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
ISBN 9781574415629 (electronic bk.)
157441562X (electronic bk.)
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