Author: Ladette Randolph
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Keywords: ballad, sandhills
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2009-04-16
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0826346855
ISBN-13: 9780826346858

After her life as she knows it is ended by heartbreak, Mary Rasmussen, a strong-willed and independent young ranch woman living in the Sandhills of western Nebraska, suddenly feels that all she has believed in--God, her instincts, the land itself--has failed her, and she abandons her cultural and emotional ties, succumbing to circumstances she thinks she is powerless to control. In a rash decision, she marries a conservative, patriarchal preacher who doesn’t understand Mary, the ranching community, or anything beyond his own beliefs. "This is good, old-fashioned storytelling at its best

Author: Stephen R. Jones
Publisher: Bison Books
Keywords: journal, sandhills, prairie, last
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0803276303
ISBN-13: 9780803276307

The Nebraska Sandhills are the largest remaining relic of the majestic prairies that once extended from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains. This vast but fragile expanse comes to life in The Last Prairie, a collection of twenty essays by Stephen R. Jones ranging from fascinating descriptions of dancing prairie-chickens, courting fireflies, and the annual migratory flight of a half-million sandhill cranes to equally vivid accounts of trailblazing homesteaders, range wars, and devastating storms. The Last Prairie is both a paean and an elegy for a place where you can walk for miles throug

Author: Charlotte Orr Gantz
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: forest, south, carolina, north, life, sandhills, discovering
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 2005-04-13
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0595351042
ISBN-13: 9780595351046

“Some people who go into the woods expect to see animals fighting or catching prey, females nursing their young…The truth is, our woods are quiet places, but take a little time and patience, and you will discover an absorbing world, full of myriad small happenings.” In Adventures in the Woods, Charlotte Gantz takes youngsters by the hand and leads them on an adventure through the Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve and the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, among others—favorite destinations for thousands of students and families. Exploring the fascinating life of the f