An early prairie conservationist provides charming and poignant portrayals from an Ithaca, New York childhood and Kansas City adulthood, to a rich life in the heart of the Kansas tallgrass prairie.
Elegant photography and whimsical watercolors grace writings as diverse and deep-rooted as prairie grasses. Stories and poems speak to war-time conservation ethics and camaraderie, high jinks with pals, family dynamics of love and loss, adventure, and inspirations drawn from nature. An action-packed history of the author’s years directing the Save the Tallgrass Prairie movement provides an inside view of idyllic prairie walks with famous journalists and artists, hot debates, and trade-offs with cattle ranchers, and shenanigans at the Antelope Bar. This book is an appreciation of life, personal responsibility and hope.