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Ghost dances : proving up on the Great Plains

Garrett-Davis, Josh

Overview

Growing up in South Dakota, Josh Garrett-Davis always knew he would leave. But as a young adult, he kept going back-in dreams and reality and by way of books. With this beautifully written narrative about a seemingly empty but actually rich and complex place, he has reclaimed his childhood, his unusual family-and the Great Plains. Among the subjects and people who bring his Plains to life are the destruction and resurgence of the American bison; his great-great-grandparents' twenty-year sojourn in Nebraska as homesteaders; Native American \"Ghost Dancers,\" who attempted to ward off destruction by supernatural means before the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee; the political allegory to be found in The Wizard of Oz; and current attempts by ecologists to \"rewild\" the Plains. Ghost Dances is a fluid combination of memoir and history and reportage that reminds us that our roots matter-and might even be inspiring and fascinating.

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Subject: Great Plains History. / Great Plains Social life and customs. / Great Plains Environmental conditions.
• ISBN: 9780316199841, 0316199842

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F591.G26 2012	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE