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GREAT PLAINS
GREAT PLAINS
Subtitle:
America's Lingering Wild
Book Category:
Fiction > General
Author:
Michael Forsberg
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 10:
226257258
ISBN 13:
9780226257259
Price:
USD 45.00
Publication Year:
2009

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University of Chicago Press.

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Book Description

The Great Plains were once among the greatest grasslands on the planet. But as the United States and Canada grew westward, the Plains were plowed up, fenced in, overgrazed, and otherwise degraded. Today, this fragmented landscape is the most endangered and least protected ecosystem in North America. But all is not lost on the prairie. Through lyrical photographs, essays, historical images, and maps, this beautifully illustrated book gets beneath the surface of the Plains, revealing the lingering wild that still survives and whose diverse natural communities, native creatures, migratory traditions, and natural systems together create one vast and extraordinary whole. UK Price: 31 GBP

 
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Book Review and Awards

2009 PROSE Book Award (Biological and Life Sciences category),The 2009 Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize--Internal Bestseller