Rediscovering the Great Plains : journeys by dog, canoe, & horse / by Norman Henderson ; drawings by Robert Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson, Norman, 1960-

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation.

Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.)--Description and travel.

Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.).

Transportation--Qu'Appelle River Valley (Sask. and Man.).

Great Plains--Description and travel.

Great Plains.

Transportation--Great Plains.

Physical Description:

xv, 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Other Title:

Journeys by dog, canoe, & horse

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Night Vision

Of the Moonlit Plains by Train 5

Chapter 2 Dog

Of the Dogs of the Old Plains and of Building a Travois 13

Chapter 3 "Mush!"

Of Plains Journeys through Heat, Snow, and Mosquitoes with a Remarkable Husky 29

Chapter 4 Canoe

Of the Extraordinary River Voyages of Plains Navigators 63

Chapter 5 "En Avant!"

Of Coyotes, Cattle, and Wire, and of the Many Wonders of the Prairie River 83

Chapter 6 Horse

Of the "Great Gift" of the Spanish and of What-Might-Have-Been 127

Chapter 7 "Gee Up!"

Of a Final Journey in the Great Valley and of Adventures with a Philosophical Horse 145

Chapter 8 Day Flight

Of Home and the View from Above 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.

ISBN:

080186688X

OCLC:

45172194