num_pages: 349
description: Essayist and poet Linda Hasselstrom writes eloquently about the people who inhabit the ranches of the plains.Rancher: 1864-1928 --Birth --Late March blizzard --Spring weather --Carolyn, Miranda, and me --What's black and white and odorous? --Chant for the rain --Finding buffalo berries --Coffee cup cafe --Red glow in the western sky --Lost legend of the groundhog --Rendezvous! --Wild and wooly west --Cowboy and the ride --After the storm --Addicted to work --Cheyenne River Valley at Wasta --Heat wave on the highway --Godmother: for Christopher John on Mother's Day --Confessions of a born-again pagan: we are all in this together ; why should we compartmentalize? ; the order of grass lovers ; profiteers dictate priorities --Toast to the Cowboy Poet's wife from the woman rancher --Why one peaceful woman carries a pistol l --Drought years --Lettuce bouquets for a dry country --Butchering the crippled heifer --Cow versus the animal rights activist --Bridges --Work boots and the sustainable universe --Beef eater
language: English
title: Land Circle: Writings Collected from the Land
titlecomplete: Land Circle: Writings Collected from the Land
genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Nature, Poetry
ratings_count: 37
publisher: Fulcrum Publishing