Home on the Range
Author | : James R. Dickenson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1996-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 0700607587 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780700607587 |
Rating | : 4/5 (587 Downloads) |
Download or read book Home on the Range written by James R. Dickenson and published by . This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home on the Range chronicles the epic drama of the settling and development of the High Plains, as viewed through the saga of journalist James Dickenson's family and the wheat-farming community of McDonald, Kansas. With a reporter's sharp eye for detail and human drama, as well as a lucid understanding of the grand sweep of history, Dickenson paints a highly personal portrait of American rural life and its tenacious struggle to survive. By turns lyrical, nostalgic, and unflinchingly realistic, Dickenson weaves a fascinating narrative in which shootouts, lynchings, human chicanery, and nature's treachery test the community's unswerving faith in hard work, tradition, and themselves.