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“It is a country to breed mystical people, egocentric people, perhaps poetic people. But not humble ones…Puny you may feel there, and vulnerable, but not unnoticed. This is a land to mark the sparrow’s fall”

Environmental History Canadian History Great Plains

Book:Wolf Willow

Source: Wolf Willow

“We stood by and allowed what happened to the Great Plains a century ago, the destruction of one of the ecological wonders of the world. In modern America, we need to see this with clear eyes, and soberly, so that we understand well that the flyover country of our own time derives much of its forgettability from being a slate wiped almost clean of its original figures.”

Environmental History Great Plains

Book:American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains

Source: American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains

“The prairie skies can always make you see more than what you believe.”

Belief Infinity Unlimited Prairie Skies Great Plains

Book:The Past Never Ends

Source: The Past Never Ends

“The Great Plains were immense enough to inspire the grandest, most foolish of dreams - but they were also vast enough that no one could ever explore every corner.”

Pioneers Settlers Nebraska Great Plains Dakota Territory

Book:The Children's Blizzard

Source: The Children's Blizzard

“It's hard to think of the divide where I grew up as a watershed. The creeks are dry most of the year, rainfall is undependable at best, and folks in one river system are always trying to steal water from another.”

Rain Drought Great Plains Watershed

Book:Threshold

Source: Threshold

“It still scares people driving cars named Expedition and Outlander... Throughout the Great Plains, a visitor passes more nothing than something. Or so it seems.”

Book:The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Source: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

“They came to a living prairie that was a marvelous and alien place, disorienting to newcomers in its vastness.”

Prairie Great Plains Homesteaders

Book:Great Plains Homesteaders

Source: Great Plains Homesteaders