Ghostwest

by Ronald, Ann

• ISBN13: 9780806136943
• ISBN10: 0806136944
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-30
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

"Our sense of place today is permeated by ghosts from the past. In GhostWest, Ann Ronald takes the reader to actual historical sites where something once happened. Using the metaphor of hauntings, she reflects on how western history, literature and lore continue to shape our visceral impressions of these sites." "GhostWest covers sites in seventeen western states, including the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana, Willa Cather's Nebraska prairies and the Murrah Building bombing site in Oklahoma. Through these settings and their phantoms, the author mulls questions about why we find such ambience and artifacts so compelling."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Ann Ronald is Foundation Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Table of Contents

Introduction : shadowed places	p. 3
Montana : battle stations	p. 11
Kansas : buffalo grounds	p. 27
Texas : cowboy country	p. 33
Wyoming : a rendezvous	p. 53
Colorado : savage basins	p. 59
Oregon : sand and sea	p. 81
North Dakota : train time	p. 87
Nevada : buried bones	p. 109
California : sand castles	p. 113
Arizona : the old pueblo	p. 131
Nebraska : catherland	p. 135
New Mexico : land of enchantment	p. 153
South Dakota : sculptured stone	p. 159
Oklahoma : shades of the past	p. 171
Utah : Glen Canyon reservoir	p. 177
Idaho : lava land	p. 197
Washington : ancient forests	p. 203
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