The Red House On The Niobrara

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The Red House On The Niobrara

This is a lavishly illustrated narrative that takes you right to the heart of the Great Plains landscape. Fascinated by the writing of Mari Sandoz (1896-1966), British writer Alan Wilkinson had visited her home state a dozen times over twenty years. He read a great deal about the early days on the Nebraska frontier, but wanted to know more. What would it be like to live on the western Great Plains for a season? Could he still get a sense of what those pioneers went through, a century ago?

When a ranching couple offered him the use of an hundred-year-old hunting lodge, built by settlers on the banks of the Niobrara river, he shook hands on the deal before they could change their minds.

The week after he moved in he was hit by an April blizzard. A month later his road was washed away by a thunderstorm. Determined to act out a part of the pioneer experience, he planted a garden. The first was wiped out by hailstones, the second by grasshoppers. He spent the spring and summer hiking the hills, exploring the riverside and digging into the history of the Danish immigrants who graduated from a dug-out to a sodhouse, then built the little red house that was now his home. He socialised with local ranchers, hit the bars and the rodeo, rode the range with Department of Agriculture surveyors, worked on the spring round-up and cut hay. In between he re-considered the life and work of his heroine, Mari Sandoz, re-visiting what remains of her home and camping out at her gravesite.

This is a thoughtful work, a lyrical appreciation of place that remains firmly rooted in the authorâ€™s elemental relationship with a unique landscape, one peopled with a cast of genuine western characters, living and dead.

Country	USA
Author	Alan Wilkinson
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780953262915
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Injury-Time Publications
Manufacturer	Injury-Time Publications
NumberOfPages	306
PublicationDate	2012-04-15
Publisher	Injury-Time Publications
ReleaseDate	2012-04-15
Studio	Injury-Time Publications

The Red House On The Niobrara

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