This book performs with great thoroughness all the usual functions of a guidebook. But it is much more than a mere inventory of buildings, paintings, sculpture, routes and views, supplemented by appendices packed with practical information. The authors - from their long experience and deep knowledge of the country - are exceptionally well-equipped to draw together into a coherent whole all the threads of history, art, culture and recent developments. They steer you in most rewarding directions, enlivening the hallowed hush of museum or sacristy with an original interpretation of some great...
This book performs with great thoroughness all the usual functions of a guidebook. But it is much more than a mere inventory of buildings, paintings, ...
Based on a true account, young Samuel Ellis, age 10, has recently moved to the Dakotas with his family in the late 1800's. There he befriends a wounded whooping crane and nurses it back to health and the two form an unusual bond and begin a wonderful friendship. Together they have many adventures; some dangerous, some humorous. And through this extraordinary relationship of a boy and bird, we learn a great deal about creatures of the wild and the delicate balance between extinction and existence.
Based on a true account, young Samuel Ellis, age 10, has recently moved to the Dakotas with his family in the late 1800's. There he befriends a wounde...
