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More than forty percent of America was once open prairie, grassland that extended from Missouri to Montana. Taking a critical look at this little understood biome, award-winning journalist Richard Manning urges the reclamation of the land, showing how the grass is not only our last connection... read more
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- Thomas Jefferson: Add a description of this character.
- John Wesley Powell
- Arlo
- Martin
- Caroline
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Pauline
- Frank
- Hanson
- Whitman
- Bud
- Sher
- Meyer
- Smiley
- Butz
- Cather
- Wuerthner
- Mrs. Mcdermott
- Abel
- Wallace Stegner
- Mari
- Lewis
- Clark
- Lown
- Antonia
- Stetson
- Darlene
- Fonda
- Drobney
Setting & Locations edit
- Montana
- Texas
- Missouri River
- Nebraska
- Europe
- Iowa
- Mississippi
- Wyoming
- North America
- United States
- California
- Washington
- Kansas
- Canada
- Colorado
- New Mexico
- Idaho
- South Dakota
- China
- Alberta
- Rockies
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Utah
- New York
- Africa
- Nevada
- Siberia
- Kentucky
- Sioux
- North Dakota
- Beringia
- Midwest
- Badlands
- Russia
- Great Basin
- Virginia
- Asia
- Rocky Mountains
- Buffalo
- Southwest
- Ohio
- Deadwood
- Illinois
- New World
- Oklahoma
- London
First Sentence edit
This story of grass ranges like the prairie's hills, and like the hills, is best taken from the small to the large, from the specific to the general, and from the material to the spirit.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Manning (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 577.440973
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Biological Sciences › Ecology
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Earth Sciences › Environmental Science
- Books › Professional & Technical › Law › Administrative Law › Land Use
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Environment › Ecology
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Ecology
- Books › Science › Earth Sciences › Environmental Science
- Books › Law › Administrative Law › Land Use
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Conservation
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Reference
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