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Publisher
Amicus Illustrated
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 22 x 24 cm
Description
"A child goes on an adventure to the tall grass prairie of the Kansas Flint Hills, encountering bad weather and harsh climates, as well as encountering the animals and plants that live in this biome. Includes world map of prairies and glossary"--
Publisher
Distributed by Goldhil Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (ca. 1140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Almanzo Wilder comes to Walnut Grove with his siser Eliza-Jane, the new schoolteacher. The Ingalls decide to adopt Albert. Nels Oleson is reunited with his estranged sister. A faith healer convinces the citizens of Walnut Grove to trust him. Caroline's father discovers a talent as a storyteller while grieving after the loss of his wife. Laura and Mary are held captive by escaped convicts until Charles disarms the criminals. Albert and a friend accidentally...
6) Elsie's bird
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Description
Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston.
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Description
Keystone Prairie Dogs: This is the last in a series of three eBooks, which uses social commentary and photographic parodies-to raise awareness of a highly valuable and misunderstood species in the hopes of broadening the conversation through humor combined with education.
The Keystone Prairie Dog images represent spoofs on a broad range of subjects, including the colonizing Mars, which has been an increasingly hot topic, as NASA steps up the pace...
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This book explains how you can profitably raise grain and livestock while regenerating your Prairie Soil back to Natural Health and Productivity.
Chapter 1: Prairie History
Locations, Origins, Settlement.
Chapter 2: Prairie Ecology
Rules of Nature, Developing a Farm Plan.
Chapter 3: Plants for a Prairie Farm
Rotate Mixtures of Companion Grains and Forages.
Chapter 4: Animals for a Prairie Farm
Grassland Use for Soil Renewal and Climate Control.
Chapter...
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Description
The stories in Coming Home are as surprising as the landscape of Saskatchewan itself and as varied as its weather. Through the author's reminiscences, we experience prairie life as it was more than sixty years ago, and as it is today. A rich cast of characters appears - neighbours, drunks, misfits - all with a place in the story. These are the tales of a father who lived hard, failed often, and was loved much, of a mother who was an artist at heart...
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Description
Originally published in 1902, this early work on Hunting trips on the Prairie and mountains is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. This is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Its chapters include; A trip after mountain sheep and Still hunting Elk on the mountains.
Author
Description
The first book written on the natural history of life on the Nullabor Plain, was written by station-master A.G. Bolam and first published in 1923. The author recollects his times with Aboriginal trackers and workers in and around Ooldeah, as the great railway progressed from South Australia across to Western Australia, and in doing so looks at animal and bird life and the unique geographical feature of the Plain. Bolam studied the Ooldeah tribe and...
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Description
"Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects and brook trout that ate them, frogs that chirruped and birds watching for bugs and fish. This is a true story about a man named Mike who went looking forthat creek long after it was buried under fields of corn. It is the story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and with it a whole world of nature. In the words of award-winning author Jacqueline...
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North Dakota is regarded as flyover country, but extraordinary narratives play out on this improbable Great Plains landscape. North Dakota is the home of one of the world's largest nuclear missile fields, one of the first mosques in America, a zany collection of roadside attractions, resurgent Native American communities, one of the nation's most productive oil fields, and the magnificent Little Missouri River badlands.
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