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Books : Travel : United States : States : Nebraska
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In this sequel to the best-selling If I Never Get Back, Sam Fowler manages to break into the past once again—but this time it’s 1875. Gripped by an economic depression, America is a darker place. Again Sam falls in with ballplayers, but spins off on his own seeking the whereabouts of Caitlin, the woman he loves. His knight-like, hazardous quest forces him to ride the rails with tramps, deal with starving miners and the desperate Molly Maguires, work in a Saratoga casino, and venture into the Nebraska prairies. In the end, Sam will have to head into the Black Hills accompanied by Cait, a former slave, and a Sioux guide to face the ultimate reckoning of his life. Like its predecessor, Two in the Field combines authentic research (including accurate details of early baseball), a narrative filled with twists and turns, and memorable characters in a white-knuckle ride through a dramatic period of American history.
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Ted Kooser describes with exquisite detail and humor the place he calls home in the rolling hills of southeastern Nebraska—an area known as the Bohemian Alps. Nothing is too big or too small for his attention. Memories of his grandmother’s cooking are juxtaposed with reflections about the old-fashioned outhouse on his property. When casting his eye on social progress, Kooser reminds us that the closing of local schools, thoughtless county weed control, and irresponsible housing development destroy more than just the view.In the end, what makes life meaningful for Kooser are the ways in which his neighbors care for one another and how an afternoon walking with an old dog, or baking a pie, or decorating the house for Christmas can summon memories of his Iowa childhood. This writer is a seer in the truest sense of the word, discovering the extraordinary within the ordinary, the deep beneath the shallow, the abiding wisdom in the pithy Bohemian proverbs that are woven into his essays.
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For those ready to visit the more unusual places in the Cornhusker State, this guide features eclectic offerings such as Toadstool Geologic Park, Lovers Leap Vineyards, and the ghost town of Meadville.
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First published in 1939 and never before available in a paperback edition, this remarkable compendium of Nebraskiana includes chapters on the state's history, natural setting, flora and fauna, Indians, government, agriculture and industry, ethnic groups, folklore, architecture, art, and literature. Far more than a tour guide, it is replete with all manner of colorful and unusual sidelights on Nebraska places and people, the kind of information not readily accessible outside of archives.Tom Allan, veteran roving reporter for the Omaha World Herald, has written a new introduction which bridged the years between 1939 and 1979 an reveals some of his own off-the-beaten-path discoveries.
Rewarding reading for the armchair traveler and an indispensable companion for the tourist, Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State will delight and inform all those interested in Nebraska and the Great Plains region.
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This overview of Nebraska history follows roadways to the well-known and lesser-known points of interest from early French and Spanish explorers to modern agriculture and the ongoing plight of Native Americans.
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Where-to guide to 68 viewing sites of the best locations to watch wildlife including mammals and birds in their natural environment. Offical field guide of the Watchable Wildlife Series.
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For Lisa Knopp, homesickness is a literal sickness. During a lengthy sojourn away from the Nebraska prairie, she fell ill, and only when she decided to return home did she recover. Homesickness is the triggering event for this collection of essays concerned with nothing less than what it means to feel at home. Knopp writes masterfully about ecology, place, and the values and beliefs that sustain the individual within an impersonal world. She is passionate about her subject whether it be an endangered beetle in the salt marshes near Lincoln, Nebraska, a forgotten Nebraska inventor, a museum muralist, a paleontologist, or Arbor Day as the misguided attempt of Eastern settlers to “correct” a perceived deficiency in the Great Plains landscape. Here is a writer who has read widely and judiciously and for whom everything resonates within the intricately structured definition of home.
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This book takes the hassle out of travel by recommending only the best places to eat, stay, and visit - with prices to fit any budget. With more selective listings, itineraries to help organize driving routes, and a rigorous rating system, Travel-Smart guidebooks help readers build a trip quickly - and easily - around their own needs.The guide includes road maps, a mileage chart, scenic routes already plotted out, and lots of helpful tips and sidebars. There are even estimates of how long it takes to visit particular sites. Chapters cover Ames, Madison County, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Sioux City, Oglala, Grand Island, North Platte, Lincoln, and much more.
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Readers can see where Kool-Aid was invented, lose their inhibitions by entering the cluck-off competition at the Wayne Chicken Show, bicycle portions of the Cowboy Trail, or experience the intense magic of the world's largest concentration of Sandhill cranes each spring--all in Nebraska.
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Experience the intense magic of the world's largest concentration of Sandhill cranes each spring, see where Kool-Aid was invented, enter the cluck-off competition at the Wayne Chicken Show, and stroll through the world's largest indoor rain forest.
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An easy-to-use map that includes detailed metro-area maps of Lincoln, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Bellevue, Fremont, and Nebraska City, and a great regional map of east central Nebraska. Thoroughly indexed.Six-panel accordion-style fold for easy open/close. Printed on card stock and UV coated for durability.
Used copies of this map might have an older publication date. New copies purchased directly from Amazon will have the most recent publication date.
Professor Pathfinder's is a trademark of Hedberg Maps Inc.
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A collection of stories from Tom Allan, Omaha World-Herald Nebraska Byways Columnist
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Tourbook of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota. That is valid through March 2008.
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