Miles from Nowhere: Tales from America's Contemporary Frontier

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Miles from Nowhere: Tales from America's Contemporary Frontier

"In this splendid book a gifted observer and a terrific idea have come together in a real love match. In 1990, a century after the census bureau's famous observation of the frontier's imminent end, Dayton Duncan set out in an aging GMC Suburban to visit a large sampling of counties outside Alaska that have fewer than two persons per square mileâ€•the bureau's old standard for places still in a frontier condition. There are 132 such counties. All are in the West. . . . The result of his tour is an insightful and entertaining book, troubling and funny and consistently illuminating. . . . Much of the book's charm comes from Duncan's sketches of people who choose to live 'miles from nowhere'â€•ranchers in the Nebraska sandhills, a New Mexican bar owner, a priest and United Parcel Service driver along the Texas-Mexico border, and the descendant of a Seminole Negro army scout in west Texas. In them he finds characteristics associated with the mythic frontier. . . . Great fun to read."â€•Montana Born and raised in a small town in Iowa, Dayton Duncan has been a reporter, humor columnist, editorial writer, chief of staff to a governor, and deputy press secretary for presidential campaigns. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire. His books include Out West: An American Journey, also available in a Bison Books edition.

Country	USA
Author	Dayton Duncan
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: University of Nebraska Press
EAN	9780803266278
Edition	First Bison Books Printing
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0803266278
Label	University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer	University of Nebraska Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	336
PublicationDate	2000-09-01
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
Studio	University of Nebraska Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Miles from Nowhere: Tales from America's Contemporary Frontier

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