Helpful Score: 2
This book describes the harsh, desolate, and yet sublime landscape that embodies the contradictions of American life as lived in the small towns where history and myth have become insdistinguishable.
"A remarkable new work of nonfiction...deeply spiritual, deeply moving...an endlessly instructive book." -New York Times Book Review
"A remarkable new work of nonfiction...deeply spiritual, deeply moving...an endlessly instructive book." -New York Times Book Review
Helpful Score: 2
From the back:
An evocation of the Great Plains and its influence on the human spirit, Dakota describes the harsh, desolate, yet subline landscape that embodies the contraditions of American life as lived in the small towns where history and myth have become indistinguishable.
What I particularly liked about this book is tha the Plains and this life is seen through the eyes of someone who was NOT raised here, but came by choice.
An evocation of the Great Plains and its influence on the human spirit, Dakota describes the harsh, desolate, yet subline landscape that embodies the contraditions of American life as lived in the small towns where history and myth have become indistinguishable.
What I particularly liked about this book is tha the Plains and this life is seen through the eyes of someone who was NOT raised here, but came by choice.
Helpful Score: 2
A non-romanticized story of a big-city slicker's move to a tiny town and her ensuing struggles with everything from the weather to her spirituality.
Helpful Score: 1
Norris is a fine writer. Dakota captures the harsh desolation of the plains while it also tells us how the plains shaped the American character.
