02416cam a2200313 4500 681422730 TxAuBib 920805s1993||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 92030820 9780395633205 0395633206 9780395710913 PBK. 039571091X PBK. (OCoLC)3195 DLC eng DLC OCLCQ BAKER BTCTA LVB YDXCP OCLCG SXC HALAN TULIB GBVCP OCLCO TxAuBib Norris, Kathleen, 1947- Dakota : a spiritual geography / Kathleen Norris. New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1993. viii, 224 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224). The Beautiful Places -- Weather Report: January 17 -- Deserts -- Weather Report: February 10 -- Dakota: Or, Gambling, Garbage, and the New Ghost Dance -- Patagonia -- A Starfish in Mott -- Weather Report: March 25 -- Gatsby on the Plains -- Weather Report: April 14 -- Closed In -- The Holy Use of Gossip -- Weather Report: May 19 -- Can You Tell The Truth in a Small Town? -- Weather Report: June 30 -- Ghosts: A History -- Evidence of Failure -- Shadows 'n' Owls: A Message from Jim Sullivan -- Cana -- Where I Am -- Star-Time -- Frontier -- How I Came to Drink My Grandmother's Piano -- Status: Or, Should Farmers Read Plato? -- Weather Report: July 3 -- Rain -- Sea Change -- God Is in the Details: Shortgrass -- Seeing -- Weather Report: August 9 -- Getting to Hope -- In the Open -- Blessing -- Weather Report: September 3 -- My Monasticism -- God Is in the Details: Winter Wheat -- Weather Report: October 2 -- Is It You, Again? -- Weather Report: November 2 -- Dust -- Monks at Play -- Blue -- Weather Report: December 4 -- Weather Report: December 7. Norris reveals the contradictions of small town life on the Great Plains, where gracious hospitality blends with provincial wariness, local history is valued by writers, and truth and myth collide. Norris, Kathleen 1947- Homes and haunts Great Plains - AD LIT. North Dakota Civilization 20th century - AD LIT. South Dakota Civilization 20th century - AD LIT. Norris 1947- Homes Great Plains. North Civilization 20th century. South Civilization 20th century.