Walk in the grass, listen to the sound of the prairie, and love the land; for we are part of it. (unknown)
A site for those who love the prairies and its people
“The steadfast love of the Lᴏʀᴅ never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22–23)
Blogs and photos by Avis R. Anderson
Recommended reading:
(1) Leadership in turbulent times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2018, Simon & Schuster) Pulitzer Prize
(2) The Splendid and the Vile
by Eric Larson (2020 Random House)
(Churchill, his family, Germany and the blitz)
(3) The Unwinding
by George Packer (2013, Farrar, Straus & Giroux))
Also by Packer, Our Man: life of American diplomat Richard Holbrook Both narratives
on last 50 years of American history. Well written, interesting and informative.)
(4) **The Warmth of other suns:
the epic story of America's great migration
by Isabel Wilkerson. (wonderfully informative)
(5) "The Heart of Everything that is" :
the untold story of Red Cloud, an American legend (Simon and Schuster, 2014)
by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
(6) Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande / Henry Holt & Company, 2014
(7) Dakota by Kathleen Norris, 1993
(A spiritual geography of the prairies.)
A site for those who love the prairies and its people
“The steadfast love of the Lᴏʀᴅ never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22–23)
Blogs and photos by Avis R. Anderson
Recommended reading:
(1) Leadership in turbulent times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin (2018, Simon & Schuster) Pulitzer Prize
(2) The Splendid and the Vile
by Eric Larson (2020 Random House)
(Churchill, his family, Germany and the blitz)
(3) The Unwinding
by George Packer (2013, Farrar, Straus & Giroux))
Also by Packer, Our Man: life of American diplomat Richard Holbrook Both narratives
on last 50 years of American history. Well written, interesting and informative.)
(4) **The Warmth of other suns:
the epic story of America's great migration
by Isabel Wilkerson. (wonderfully informative)
(5) "The Heart of Everything that is" :
the untold story of Red Cloud, an American legend (Simon and Schuster, 2014)
by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
(6) Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande / Henry Holt & Company, 2014
(7) Dakota by Kathleen Norris, 1993
(A spiritual geography of the prairies.)
