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Home on the Range: A Century on the High Plains - Hardcover

Dickenson, James R.

 
9780689121944: Home on the Range: A Century on the High Plains
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0689121946 ISBN 13: 9780689121944
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1995

Synopsis

Examining the last hundred years on the High Plains through the prism of his own hometown, the author records the epic drama of settling and developing the old West and looks at the uncertain future of rural communities. 15,000 first printing.

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Review

"Every once in a while an authentic jewel of a book comes along that makes me want to shout to the world: Read this! You'll love it! I hereby so shout that about Home on the Range. It is a beautifully written story of a people and a place that is really about us all. It is a jewel that should be treasured and shared."--Jim Lehrer, The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour "This is not history from the bottom up, but from the inside out--life on the High Plains experienced viscerally, then reflected on shrewdly; a rare combination of emotion and analysis. He gives us a whole way of life simultaneously being lived and being lost."--Garry Wills, author of Lincoln at Gettysburg

-Every once in a while an authentic jewel of a book comes along that makes me want to shout to the world: Read this! You'll love it! I hereby so shout that about Home on the Range. It is a beautifully written story of a people and a place that is really about us all. It is a jewel that should be treasured and shared.---Jim Lehrer, The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour -This is not history from the bottom up, but from the inside out--life on the High Plains experienced viscerally, then reflected on shrewdly; a rare combination of emotion and analysis. He gives us a whole way of life simultaneously being lived and being lost.---Garry Wills, author of Lincoln at Gettysburg

From the Back Cover

'This book is a mixture of fond memories and factual nuggets that prove Kansas is an appealing, rather remarkable place by any standard. It is of course a microcosm of American, the bittersweet story of a journey to the stars and its many detours and visits to the ditch.'--Kansas City Star

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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0689121946
ISBN 13 
9780689121944
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304