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Grassland

The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie

By Richard Manning

By Richard Manning

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Jul 01, 1997 | ISBN 9780140233889

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About Grassland

More than forty percent of our country 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 this land, showing how the grass is not only our last connection to the natural world, but also a vital link to our own prehistoric roots, our history, and our culture.

Framing his book with the story of the remarkable elk, whose mysterious wanderings seem to reclaim his ancestral plains, Manning traces the expansion of America into what was then viewed as the American desert and considers our attempts over the last two hundred years to control unpredictable land through plowing, grazing, and landscaping. He introduces botanists and biologists who are restoring native grasses, literally follows the first herd of buffalo restored to the wild prairie, and even visits Ted Turner‘s progressive–and controversial–Montana ranch. In an exploration of the grasslands that is both sweeping and intimate, Manning shows us how we can successfully inhabit this and all landscapes.

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Richard Manning is the author of Grassland, A Good House, and Last Stand, a finalist for the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award. He worked as a reporter for fifteen years, including four years at the Missoulian. A recipient of… More about Richard Manning

Product Details

Category: Science | Domestic Politics

Paperback | $17.00
Published by Penguin Books
Jul 01, 1997 | 320 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140233889

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Table Of Contents

Grassland1. The Promise of Grass

2. Forsaking the Sweet Grass Hills

3. What the Wind Carries

4. A Lasting Peace

5. Gridlock

6. the End of Grass

7. Annihilation

8. Aliens

9. Roadside Attractions

10. A Place’s Assertion

11. Seeds

12. Agenda, Anti-Agenda

13. Enclosure

Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index

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