Ian frazier is the author of great plains, the fishs eye, on the rez, family, and travels in siberia, as well as dating your mom, lamentations of the father, and. National bestseller with his unique blend of intrepidity, tongue in cheek humor, and wide eyed wonder, ian frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000 miles up and down and across the vast and myth inspiring great plains. Dive deep into ian fraziers great plains with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Ian frazier is the author of great plains, the fishs eye, on the rez, family, and travels in siberia, as well as dating your mom, lamentations of the father, and the cursing mommys book of days. Their area parallels the rocky mountains, which make. A travelogue, a work of scholarship, and a western adventure, great plains takes us from the site of sitting bulls cabin, to an abandoned house once terrorized by. In ian frazier s bestselling great plains, he described meeting a man in new york city named le war lance, an oglala sioux indian from oglala, south dakota. May 04, 2001 this book started well, and set out a fair amount of native american history. Great plains by ian frazier book read online scribd. In on the rez, frazier returns to the plains and focuses on a place at their centerthe pine ridge reservation in the prairie and badlands of south dakota, home of the oglala sioux. A travelogue, a work of scholarship, and a western adventure, great plains takes. It awoke in me a curiosity about the battles fought between the u. Great plains by ian frazier the 1250th greatest nonfiction.
Published in 1989, the book is fraziers ode to the open country that sprawls through 10 states from the canadian border south to texas. In chapter 1, frazier orients the reader by providing an overview of the great plains both as one might see parts of them from an airplane and as people have previously tried to conceptualize. Great plains ian frazier download pdf, epub, fb2, mobi, djvu format free. That immense western shortgrass prairie so inspired him that he now sings its praisesand laments its declinein a traveloguehistory steeped in gentle humor and a bonedeep regard. As with his previous travel classics great plains and on the rez, fraziers travels in siberia not only explores the geography of a remote, seemingly barren region, but also illuminates its dark history and resilient spirit. Reporter at large about the great plains, about 2500 miles long and about 600 miles at their widest. Ian frazier books list of books by author ian frazier. Great plains, ian frazier 1989 the deadpan novelists circuitous 25,000mile drive through the heartlandwith stops at the site of the clutter mass murder and sitting bulls cabinis a.
Farrar, straus and giroux, may 4, 2001 travel 328 pages. Army and the many bands of indians populating the west in the 19th century. A good map graces the end paper includes thorough notes and a collection of photos, mostly historical, living. Great plains is a well written collection of essays. Description and travel, history, social life and customs, travel. When an author can successfully incorporate dozens of intriguing historical nuggets into their own personal road trip, im frequently captivated. A travelogue, a work of scholarship, and a western adventure, great plains takes us from the site of sitting bulls cabin, to an abandoned house. Great plains by frazier, ian and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Great plains by ian frazier, 9781862078703, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This book makes you want to go and see this area yourself, for beauty, for history and for the open sky and plains. Great plains by ian frazier 2001, paperback, revised for.
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May 04, 2001 national bestsellerwith his unique blend of intrepidity, tongueincheek humor, and wideeyed wonder, ian frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000 miles up and down and across the vast and mythinspiring great plains. This page contains details about the nonfiction book great plains by ian frazier published in 1989. By 1983, when ian frazier arrived in his chevy van to chronicle the. Great plains by ian frazier abebooks passion for books. A case in point is great plains, humorist ian fraziers account of his wanderings in the 1980s, which manages to combines history, humor and adventure into one charming package. All you have to do is look at the endpapers of great plains to get a sense of what ian frazier is up to in his latest book. Great plains is a bestselling travelogue by ian frazier sharing the history and the heart of the american west.
National bestsellerwith his unique blend of intrepidity, tongueincheek humor, and wideeyed wonder, ian frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000 miles up and down and across the vast and mythinspiring great plains. National bestsellerwith his unique blend of intrepidity, tonguein. A frequent contributor to the new yorker, he lives in montclair, new jersey. A case in point is great plains, humorist ian frazier s account of his wanderings in the 1980s, which manages to combines history, humor and adventure into one charming package. Its not something i have always been interested in. He wrote the 1989 nonfiction history great plains, 2010s nonfiction travelogue travels in siberia, and works as a writer and humorist for the new yorker. Great plains g k hall large print book series 0816149739. A dazzling russian travelogue from the bestselling author of great plains in his astonishing new work, ian frazier, one of our greatest and most entertaining storytellers, trains his perceptive, generous eye on siberia, the storied expanse of asiatic russia whose grim renown is but one explanation among hundreds for the regions fascinating, enduring appeal.
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In 1982, new yorker essayist frazier dating your mom, 1985. Frazier traveled some 25,000 miles across the great plains states that is from the dakotas to texas. Great plains book by ian frazier 8 available editions. All you have to do is look at the endpapers of great plains to get a sense of what ian frazier is up to in. By 1983, when ian frazier arrived in his chevy van to chronicle the great plains, most of the dangers an easterner once faced on americas mythic steppe had abated. This book is the 1250th greatest nonfiction book of all time as determined by.
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