My Nebraska - The Good, the Bad, and the Husker

Informationen zum Autor Roger Welsch was a professor of English and anthropology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln until 1988, when he moved to Dannebrog, Nebraska, to write full time. He is the author of more than thirty books, including It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here and Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales, both available in Bison Books editions. Klappentext Originally published: Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, c2006. Zusammenfassung Roger Welsch is a fierce fan of Nebraska - not just the football team! or the state's famous beef! or its endless sky! or its ferocious and ferociously unpredictable weather! but the whole thing. And what he has to say about it makes interesting reading not just for natives but also for outsiders. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Whose Nebraska Are We Talking About? Who Are You Kidding with This My Nebraska Stuff, Welsch?2. What Is Nebraska?3. Weather, Sky, and Season4. Sand, Stone, Soil, and Seasons5. Water and Rivers6. Flora and Fauna, Beasts and Weeds7. People and Folks8. Ag and Econ9. Communities10. History11. Culture and Art12. Ways and Byways13. An Afterword

Product details

• Authors: Roger Welsch, Roger L. Welsch
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2011
• EAN: 9780803236332
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-3633-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic