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1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages) |
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A leap into the prairie sea -- I'm going to Helena, Montana : the Kansas cities -- Don't worry, kid, you'll be all right : Lawrence, Topeka, Saint Marys, Wamego -- It's the best you're gonna find here : Manhattan, Randolph, Marysville -- You'll find everything you need there : Beatrice, Nebraska; Wilber -- The Jims : Friend, Hastings, Hansen, Minden -- It's better to try something and apologize later : Kearney, Lexington, Cozad, North Platte -- Mostly, you go to the river and get drunk : North Platte -- You're a damn fool if you spend all your time worrying about what you ain't got : Grand Island and Kimball -- I want to meet people, not shoot them : Gering, Scottsbluff; Torrington, Wyoming -- Life ain't easy, but it ain't always tough : Fort Laramie National Historic Site and Guernsey State Park -- Probably wouldn'ta killed you, but it woulda hurt : Casper -- People seldom seen by the rest of the world : Emigrant Gap, Independence Rock, Lander -- If we wait long enough, white men'll go away : Riverton, Wind River Indian Reservation, Dubois -- Now you know, and that's somethin' : Jackson -- It's not all about you : Teton Village, Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park -- Walk quietly in any direction : Yellowstone National Park -- That'll get you anywhere you want to go : Livingston, Montana; Three Forks, Helena -- You'll get to the other side : the Missouri River |
| Summary |
In May 1995, with nothing but a backpack and a vague sense of disquiet, Patrick Dobson left his home and a steady if deadening job in Kansas City, Missouri. Over the next two and a half months he made his way to Helena, Montana, letting chance encounters guide him to a deeper sense of who he was and where he was going. His chronicle of this journey charts his experiences with the seldom-seen people of the small towns, the far-flung outposts, and the Great Plains that make up "our America." |
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Print version record |
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Dobson, Patrick -- Travel -- Great Plains
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Dobson, Patrick -- Travel -- West (U. S.)
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Walking -- Great Plains
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Automobile travel -- Great Plains
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TRAVEL -- General.
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TRAVEL.
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Automobile travel
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Manners and customs
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Travel
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Walking
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Great Plains -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88006723
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West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146142
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Great Plains -- History, Local
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West (U.S.) -- History, Local
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Great Plains -- Social life and customs
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West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs
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Great Plains
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West United States
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Local history
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803226432 |
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0803226438 |
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0803216165 |
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9780803216167 |
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1282423886 |
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9781282423886 |
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