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Prairie Silence
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Author : Melanie Hoffert
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2013-01-08
Prairie Silence written by Melanie Hoffert and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A rural expatriate’s struggle to reconcile family, home, love, and faith with the silence of the prairie land and its people Melanie Hoffert longs for her North Dakota childhood home, with its grain trucks and empty main streets. A land where she imagines standing at the bottom of the ancient lake that preceded the prairie: crop rows become the patterned sand ripples of the lake floor; trees are the large alien plants reaching for the light; and the sky is the water’s vast surface, reflecting the sun. Like most rural kids, she followed the out-migration pattern to a better life. The prairie is a hard place to stay—particularly if you are gay, and your home state is the last to know. For Hoffert, returning home has not been easy. When the farmers ask if she’s found a “fella,” rather than explain that—actually—she dates women, she stops breathing and changes the subject. Meanwhile, as time passes, her hometown continues to lose more buildings to decay, growing to resemble the mouth of an old woman missing teeth. This loss prompts Hoffert to take a break from the city and spend a harvest season at her family’s farm. While home, working alongside her dad in the shop and listening to her mom warn, “Honey, you do not want to be a farmer,” Hoffert meets the people of the prairie. Her stories about returning home and exploring abandoned towns are woven into a coming-of-age tale about falling in love, making peace with faith, and belonging to a place where neighbors are as close as blood but are often unable to share their deepest truths. In this evocative memoir, Hoffert offers a deeply personal and poignant meditation on land and community, taking readers on a journey of self-acceptance and reconciliation.
Prairie Silence
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Author : Melanie Hoffert
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2013-01-08
Prairie Silence written by Melanie Hoffert and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A rural expatriate’s struggle to reconcile family, home, love, and faith with the silence of the prairie land and its people Melanie Hoffert longs for her North Dakota childhood home, with its grain trucks and empty main streets. A land where she imagines standing at the bottom of the ancient lake that preceded the prairie: crop rows become the patterned sand ripples of the lake floor; trees are the large alien plants reaching for the light; and the sky is the water’s vast surface, reflecting the sun. Like most rural kids, she followed the out-migration pattern to a better life. The prairie is a hard place to stay—particularly if you are gay, and your home state is the last to know. For Hoffert, returning home has not been easy. When the farmers ask if she’s found a “fella,” rather than explain that—actually—she dates women, she stops breathing and changes the subject. Meanwhile, as time passes, her hometown continues to lose more buildings to decay, growing to resemble the mouth of an old woman missing teeth. This loss prompts Hoffert to take a break from the city and spend a harvest season at her family’s farm. While home, working alongside her dad in the shop and listening to her mom warn, “Honey, you do not want to be a farmer,” Hoffert meets the people of the prairie. Her stories about returning home and exploring abandoned towns are woven into a coming-of-age tale about falling in love, making peace with faith, and belonging to a place where neighbors are as close as blood but are often unable to share their deepest truths. In this evocative memoir, Hoffert offers a deeply personal and poignant meditation on land and community, taking readers on a journey of self-acceptance and reconciliation.
Bird Nesting In North West Canada
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Author : Walter Raine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Bird Nesting In North West Canada written by Walter Raine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Birds categories.
Hotline Healers
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Author : Gerald Vizenor
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 1997-05-12
Hotline Healers written by Gerald Vizenor and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-05-12 with Fiction categories.
An Almost Browne novel.
End Of A Silence
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Author : Willard D. Gray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-05-01
End Of A Silence written by Willard D. Gray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-01 with Fiction categories.
A story based on real events that occurred during the 19th century in an area seven miles northwest of Olney, Illinois, known as Fox Prairie. The story revolves around the murder of Henry Holtz by Jefferson White in 1872 and the subsequent lynching of White.
Land Policy Review
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Author : United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
Land Policy Review written by United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
End Of A Silence
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Author : Willard D. Gray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-05
End Of A Silence written by Willard D. Gray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05 with Fiction categories.
Fiction based on fact, this is a vivid retelling of some events on the prairie that would scar settlers for generations. A portrait of the harsh yet rewarding life of America's pioneer forefathers. The author, himself a descendant of the main characters, writes with passion and honesty.
Mavericks
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Author : Aritha Van Herk
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Release Date : 2010-01-12
Mavericks written by Aritha Van Herk and has been published by Penguin Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-12 with History categories.
The fifth title in our provincial histories series, Mavericks is an idiosyncratic and episodic history of what is arguably Canada's most unconventional province. From mapmakers to ranchers, Stampede Wrestling to Stockwell Day, acclaimed writer Aritha van Herk brings the drama and combative beauty of this irascible province to stunning life. van Herk's portrait of her home province embraces all its extremes, from deadly and spectacular weather to dinosaur graveyards, and from oil gushers and geysers to barnstorming social reformers and political haymakers. Bronc-riders of boom and bust, Alberta's people are a beguiling mixture of opinionated extremists, hardy pioneers and gentle sinners. Alberta is a province that most Canadians simply don't understand, the province most Canadians love to hate. It is regarded as a land of reckless, redneck and ignorant individualists. But it is also the province where the Famous Five fought the landmark Person's Case, giving Canadian women the same status as men in the eyes of the law, a province that truly believes in free speech. Albertans tolerate in their midst people whose extreme views on any manner of subjects would make them outcasts elsewhere. And Albertans practice the creed of western neighbourliness, giving assiduously to charity and always lending a hand where help is needed. They are a tough, tender bunch, squinting into the wind of determined difference. If you're an Albertan, you'll recognize yourself and your home in this book. If you're not an Albertan, this book will be an education for you. Mavericks will open your eyes to the real Alberta, as she was and is.
Photographic Journal Of America
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Photographic Journal Of America written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Photography categories.
Evangeline And Selected Tales And Poems
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Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2005-01-04
Evangeline And Selected Tales And Poems written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-04 with Fiction categories.
Distinguished poet Horace Gregory has selected thirty-seven of Longfellow's most enduring poems for this edition, the only paperback of Longfellow's poetry in print.