Grassland: The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie Paperback - 1997
by Richard Manning
More than forty percent of America was once open prairie, grassland that extended from Missouri to Montana. Taking a critical look at this little understood biome, award-winning journalist Richard Manning urges the reclamation of the land, showing how the grass is not only our last connection to the natural world, but a vital link to our own prehistoric roots, our history, and our culture.
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Framing his book with the story of the remarkable elk, whose mysterious wanderings seem to reclaim his ancestral plains, Manning traces the expansion of America into what was then viewed as the American desert and considers our attempts over the last two hundred years to control unpredictable land through plowing, grazing, and landscaping. He introduces botanists and biologists who are restoring native grasses, literally follows the first herd of buffalo restored to the wild prairie, and even visits Ted Turner's progressive--and controversial--Montana ranch. In an exploration of the grasslands that is both sweeping and intimate, Manning shows us how we can successfully inhabit this and all landscapes.
First line
This story of grass ranges like the prairie's hills, and like the hills, is best taken from the small to the large, from the specific to the general, and from the material to the spirit.
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- Title Grassland: The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie
- Author Richard Manning
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date July 1, 1997
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780140233889 / 0140233881
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.92 x 5.08 x 0.76 in (20.12 x 12.90 x 1.93 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Grassland ecology - United States, Grasslands - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code 574.4
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