The Prairie
Author | : James Fenimore Cooper |
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Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1827 |
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Author | : James Fenimore Cooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1827 |
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Author | : Philip Juras |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2021-05 |
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ISBN | : 9780578864587 |
The fifty-four paintings in this volume celebrate the natural beauty of the rare tallgrass prairie environments of Illinois and the remarkable legacy of conservation that sustains them. Artist and author Philip Juras's evocative canvases are based on extensive research, travel, and time in the field with prairie conservation experts. As a result, his luminous paintings, and his descriptions of them, are rich in ecological and historical detail. An accompanying essay by acclaimed conservationist Stephen Packard tells the story of how the tallgrass prairie ecosystem was, and is, being saved from extinction in Illinois by a series of remarkable individuals and initiatives-efforts that have inspired conservation practices well beyond the state's borders.Picturing the Prairie invites us to get to know these restored landscapes, both within these pages and in the corresponding 2021 exhibition at the Chicago Botanic Garden. In them we can experience the magnificence of this archetypal American grassland, both in its present nature, and as it was in the past.
Author | : Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2016-03-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0062094882 |
The third book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series—now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices. The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for the big skies of the Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their house. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. Just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous conflict. The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.
Author | : Jessie Veeder |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-12 |
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A country girl celebrates the Prairie and why she calls it home in this beautifully illustrated children's book about a child's connection to the land.
Author | : Curtis Harnack |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
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"Focuses on a remarkable episode in the settling of the American Midwest, the formation in the 1880s of a colony of upper-class British immigrants who viewed Iowa pioneering as a way of perpetuating the Victorian gentleman's code. This social history examines the premises upon which the colony was built, follows its rise and fall, and portrays some of the lives of the resident gentlemen and ladies."--Book jacket.
Author | : John M. Eason |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2017-03-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 022641034X |
Now more than ever, we need to understand the social, political, and economic shifts that have driven the United States to triple its prison construction in just over three decades. John Eason goes a very considerable distance here in fulfilling this need, not by detailing the aftereffects of building huge numbers of prisons, but by vividly showing the process by which a community seeks to get a prison built in their area. What prompted him to embark on this inquiry was the insistent question of why the rapid expansion of prisons in America, why now, and why so many. He quickly learned that the prison boom is best understood from the perspective of the rural, southern towns where they tend to be placed (North Carolina has twice as many prisons as New Jersey, though both states have the same number of prisoners). And so he sets up shop, as it were, in Forrest City, Arkansas, where he moved with his family to begin the splendid fieldwork that led to this book. A major part of his story deals with the emergence of the rural ghetto, abetted by white flight, de-industrialization, the emergence of public housing, and higher proportions of blacks and Latinos. How did Forrest City become a site for its prison? Eason takes us behind the decision-making scenes, tracking the impact of stigma (a prison in my backyard-not a likely desideratum), economic development, poverty, and race, while showing power-sharing among opposed groups of elite whites vs. black race leaders. Eason situates the prison within the dynamic shifts rural economies are undergoing, and shows how racially diverse communities can achieve the siting and building of prisons in their rural ghetto. The result is a full understanding of the ways in which a prison economy takes shape and operates."
Author | : James Fenimore Cooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 1854 |
Genre | : Bumppo, Natty (Fictitious character) |
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Author | : Cathleen Davitt Bell |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2011-05-24 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1599906775 |
Why Should I Recycle Garbage? (PB)
Author | : Roger Lea Macbride |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0061148105 |
Its 1894 and Rose Wilder and her parents are settling into life in Missouri. Soon the school year will start, and Rose wonders if she will like her new classmates and teacher as much as she did in her old town?
Author | : Melissa Gilbert |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2022-05-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1982177209 |
The New York Times bestselling author and star of Little House on the Prairie returns with a hilarious and heartfelt memoir chronicling her journey from Hollywood to a ramshackle house in the Catskills during the COVID-19 pandemic. Known for her childhood role as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the classic NBC show Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert has spent nearly her entire life in Hollywood. From Dancing with the Stars to a turn in politics, she was always on the lookout for her next project. She just had no idea that her latest one would be completely life changing. When her husband introduces her to the wilds of rural Michigan, Melissa begins to fall back in love with nature. And when work takes them to New York, they find a rustic cottage in the Catskill Mountains to call home. But “rustic” is a generous description for the state of the house, requiring a lot of blood, sweat, and tears for the newlyweds to make habitable. When the pandemic descends on the world, it further nudges Melissa out of the spotlight and into the woods. She trades Botox treatments for DIY projects, power lunching for gardening and raising chickens, and soon her life is rediscovered anew in her own little house in the Catskills.