{"product_id":"journal-of-a-prairie-year-9781571313188","title":"Journal of a Prairie Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The essential feature of the prairie is its horizon, which you can neither walk to nor touch.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen there is no summit to reach nor farther shore to attain­­--only a constantly receding point between earth and sky to follow--a journey proceeds as much into one's own mind as it does into the natural world. Sauntering through the tall grasses of the prairie, Paul Gruchow engages in just such a boundless journey, exploring simultaneously the subtle beauty of the Great Plains and the mind's astonishment as such grandeur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharting one cycle of seasons, \u003cem\u003eJournal of a Prairie Year\u003c\/em\u003e reveals countless cycles of thought: the innumerable sounds of winter snow beg us to understand its song; the fecundity of spring questions the accuracy of naming its abundance; the tenacity of prairie roots in a summer drought contrast with the shallow roots of our culture; and the mortality of fall mirrors our steady destruction of a once seemingly infinite expanse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is equal parts phenology and philosophy, a blend of natural and human history from a writer who \"makes empty places full and a reader's imagination soar\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e): calling us to remember a threatened world, and urging us to reach for its unmarred horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420281999634,"sku":"9781571313188","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c327c557-ecc4-48da-98ec-a240eda9840c.jpg?v=1729493099","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/journal-of-a-prairie-year-9781571313188","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}