Growing up in South Dakota, Josh Garrett-Davis knew he would leave.
But as a young adult, he kept going back--in dreams and reality and
by way of books. With this beautifully written narrative about a
seemingly empty but actually rich and complex place, he has
reclaimed his childhood, his unusual family--and the Great Plains.
Among the subjects and people that bring his Midwestern Plains to
life are the destruction and resurgence of the American bison;
Native American "Ghost Dancers," who attempted to ward off
destruction by supernatural means; the political allegory to be
found in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz;" and current attempts by
ecologists to "rewild" the Plains, complete with cheetahs.
Garrett-Davis infuses the narrative with stories of his family as
well--including his great-great-grandparents' twenty-year sojourn
in Nebraska as homesteaders and his progressive Methodist cousin
Ruth, a missionary in China ousted by Mao's revolution. GHOST
DANCES is a fluid combination of memoir and history and reportage
that reminds us our roots matter.
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