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About this book
This
New York Times bestseller by the author of
Blue Highways is "a majestic survey of land and time and people in a single county of the Kansas plains" (
Hungry Mind Review).
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William Least Heat-Moon travels by car and on foot into the core of our continent, focusing on the landscape and history of Chase Countyâa sparsely populated tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of central Kansasâexploring its land, plants, animals, and people until this small place feels as large as the universe.
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Called a "modern-day Walden" by the Chicago Sun-Times, PrairyErth is a journey through a place, through time, and into the human mind from the acclaimed author of Here, There, Elsewhere: Stories from the Road.
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"A sense of the American grain that will give [ PrairyErth] a permanent place in the literature of our country." âPaul Theroux, The New York Times
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William Least Heat-Moon travels by car and on foot into the core of our continent, focusing on the landscape and history of Chase Countyâa sparsely populated tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of central Kansasâexploring its land, plants, animals, and people until this small place feels as large as the universe.
Â
Called a "modern-day Walden" by the Chicago Sun-Times, PrairyErth is a journey through a place, through time, and into the human mind from the acclaimed author of Here, There, Elsewhere: Stories from the Road.
Â
"A sense of the American grain that will give [ PrairyErth] a permanent place in the literature of our country." âPaul Theroux, The New York Times
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CROSSINGS
- From the Commonplace Book: Crossings
- On Roniger Hill
- SAFFORDVILLE
- From the Commonplace Book: Saffordville
- In the Quadrangle: Saffordville
- Upon the First Terrace
- Under Old Nellâs Skirt
- Along the Ghost Highway
- On the Town: Cottonwood Falls
- GLADSTONE
- From the Commonplace Book: Gladstone
- In the Quadrangle: Gladstone
- Between Pommel and Cantle
- About the Red Buffalo
- Atop the Mound
- On the Town: Courthouse
- THRALL-NORTHWEST
- From the Commonplace Book: ThrallâNorthwest
- In the Quadrangle: Thrall-Northwest
- Of Recharging the System
- Down in the Hollow
- By Way of Spelling Kansas
- On the Town: The Emma Chase
- FOX CREEK
- From the Commonplace Book: Fox Creek
- In the Quadrangle: Fox Creek
- After the Sixteen-Sixty-Six Beast
- Above the Crystalline Basement
- Outside the Z Bar
- On the Town: Gabrielâs Inventory
- BAZAAR
- From the Commonplace Book: Bazaar
- In the Quadrangle: Bazaar
- In Ecstasy
- Beneath a Thirty-Six-Square Grid
- Within Her Pages
- On the Town: A Night at Darlaâs
- MATFIELD GREEN
- From the Commonplace Book: Matfield Green
- In the Quadrangle: Matfield Green
- En las Casitas
- Ex Radice
- Via the Short Line to China
- On the Town: Versus Harry B. (I)
- HYMER
- From the Commonplace Book: Hymer
- In the Quadrangle: Hymer
- Underneath the Overburden
- With the Grain of the Grid
- Around Half Past
- On the Town: Versus Harry B. (II)
- ELMDALE
- From the Commonplace Book: Elmdale
- In the Quadrangle: Elmdale
- Up Dead-End Dirt Roads
- In Kit Form: The Cottonwood Chapter
- Across Osage Hill
- On the Town: Versus Harry B. (III)
- HOMESTEAD
- From the Commonplace Book: Homestead
- In the Quadrangle: Homestead
- Beyond the Teeth of the Dragon
- Amidst the Drummers Desirous
- Regarding Fokker Niner-Niner-Easy
- On the Town: From the Life and Opinions of Sam Wood, with Commentary (I)
- ELK
- From the Commonplace Book: Elk
- In the Quadrangle: Elk
- Among the Hic Jacets
- Out of the Totem Hawk Lexicon
- At the Diamond of the Plain
- On the Town: From the Life and Opinions of Sam Wood, with Commentary (II)
- CEDAR POINT
- From the Commonplace Book: Cedar Point
- In the Quadrangle: Cedar Point
- To Consult the Genius of the Place in All
- Concerning the Glitter Weaver
- According to the Leader
- On the Town: From the Life and Opinions of Sam Wood, with Commentary (III)
- WONSEVU
- From the Commonplace Book: Wonsevu
- In the Quadrangle: Wonsevu
- Toward a Kaw Hornbook
- Beside Coming Morning
- Below the Turf
- Until Black Hole XTK Yields Its Light
- CIRCLINGS
- From the Commonplace Book: Circlings
- Over the Kaw Track
- In Thanks
- About the Author