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Old Jules Country: A Selection from Old Jules and Thirty Years of Writing after the Book was Published
Mari Sandoz
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Description for Old Jules Country: A Selection from Old Jules and Thirty Years of Writing after the Book was Published
Paperback. Presents selections from the author's works. This book features such essays The Lost Sitting Bull and The Homestead in Perspective. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 18. Weight in Grams: 369.
By zealous research, keen observation, and wide-ranging and deeply probing commentary, Mari Sandoz has become one of the most famous and well-respected interpreters of the American West. Old Jules Country is made up of the region that Sandoz has written about most frequently—the High Plains of the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming—the Black Hills, the Bad Lands, the sandhills, and the great rivers: the Missouri, the Platte, and the Yellowstone.
By zealous research, keen observation, and wide-ranging and deeply probing commentary, Mari Sandoz has become one of the most famous and well-respected interpreters of the American West. Old Jules Country is made up of the region that Sandoz has written about most frequently—the High Plains of the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming—the Black Hills, the Bad Lands, the sandhills, and the great rivers: the Missouri, the Platte, and the Yellowstone.
Here are selections from the six volumes of her acclaimed Great Plains Series The Beaver Men, Crazy Horse, Cheyenne Autumn, The Buffalo Hunters, The Cattlemen, and Old Jules and from her ... Read more
This anthology provides a stimulating sampling for readers not yet acquainted with Sandoz's work. For her extensive following, it offers the opportunity for a satisfying reappraisal of her overall achievement.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803291362
SKU
V9780803291362
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Reviews for Old Jules Country: A Selection from Old Jules and Thirty Years of Writing after the Book was Published
"No one else, wielding quill or typewriter, commands such evocative prose about the Plains as does Miss Sandoz." —San Francisco Chronicle "Miss Sandoz knows the West, and whether she is presenting the beauty of the land, the excitement of the hunt, or the tension of an Indian raid, she does it—not sensationally—with authority and vigor."—Library Journal