Great Plains : America's lingering wild / Michael Forsberg ; foreword Ted Kooser ; chapter introductions David Wishart ; essays Dan O'Brien ; field journals Michael Forsberg.
Imprint
Chicago, Ill. : London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
260 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 x 31 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Ted Kooser -- Chasing ghosts / Michael Forsberg -- Me and Mike / Dan O'Brien -- Settling an unsettled land: introduction -- Ocean of grass: The northern plains -- Life among potholes -- Water -- Field journal: Black-footed ferrets -- Wind -- Next year country: The southern plains -- Field journal: Blue creek -- Lion -- The ocean below the grass -- Field journal: Lesser prairie-chickens -- Tallgrass remains: Tallgrass prairies -- Field journal: Illinois creek -- Buffalo in the tallgrass -- Cemetery -- Inheriting the land -- Photographer's notes.
