TY  - BOOK
AU  - Olstad,Tyra A.
TI  - Zen of the Plains: Experiencing Wild Western Places
T2  - Southwestern Nature Writing Series
SN  - 9781574415629
AV  - F591 .Z466 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Denton
PB  - University of North Texas Press
KW  - Wilderness areas
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Plains
KW  - Grasslands
KW  - Natural history
KW  - Zen Buddhism
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Maps, Illustrations, and Diagrams; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Flyover Country; Scottsbluff, NE; Chapter 1 --; Shortgrass /Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe; 1.1 Terra Incognita; 1.2 Can't Get Lost; 1.3 Blank; Interim: Highway 36; 1.4 Slow down!; 1.5 Rhythms, Cycles, Spirals; Part I : Sun-sitting; Part II : A Day; Interim : Sense of Place; 1.6 The Quest; Interim: Dream of Place; Chapter 2 --; Mixedgrass; 2.1 Wonderlands; 2.2 National Grasslands; 2.3 Animal Encounters; Interim: Medora to Marmarth (with some dinosaur statues in between); 2.4 Interpretation and Inspiration; Chapter 3 --; Tallgrass; 3.1 Experiment and Experience Or, How I Tried to Like a Prairie; Interim: In Which I Discover an Island and Fall in Love with a Forest; 3.2 Conversations with Konza; Chapter 4 --; Shortgrass /Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe; 4.1 The Return to the Plains; Interim: The Mapmaker's Discipline; 4.2: Winter; Conclusion --; A Brief Meditation on Expectation and Emptiness; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index; 2; b
N2  - Although spare, sweeping landscapes may appear ""empty,"" plains and prairies afford a rich, unique aesthetic experience--one of quiet sunrises and dramatic storms, hidden treasures and abundant wildlife, infinite horizons and omnipresent wind, all worthy of contemplation and celebration
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