| In Place: Stories of Landscape & Identity from the American West Contributor(s): Bogart, Barbara Allen (Author), Ettinger, Mary P. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0931271274 ISBN-13: 9780931271274 Publisher: High Plains Press OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1994 Annotation: What is this Mysterious link between the land and the people of the American West? Barbara Allen Bogart traveled the West searching for the stories people tell about the places in which they live. She interviewed grizzled old-timers and wide-eyed newcomers. In Place records the stories she found, written in the voices of the storytellers themselves. Sit down with them and hear tales of the West -- first-hand accounts of blizzards and bears, arid deserts and roaring floods, brides who stayed and those who didn't, tragic deaths and remarkable survival. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 978 |
| LCCN: 94034241 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.05" W x 9.03" (0.49 lbs) 127 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is this mysterious link between the land and the people of the American West? Barbara Allen Bogart traveled the West searching for the stories people tell about the places in which they live. She interviewed grizzled old-timers and wide-eyed newcomers. She dug through dusty boxes in archives looking for stories lost with time. In Place records the stories she found, written in the voices of the storytellers themselves. Sit down with them and hear tales of the Westfirst-hand accounts of blizzards and bears, arid deserts and roaring floods, brides who stayed and those who didn't, tragic deaths and remarkable survival. Hear the story of the American West told by people who have experienced it. |
