A Geography of Blood Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape

by Savage, Candace

• ISBN13: 9781553652342
• ISBN10: 1553652347
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-26
• Publisher: Greystone Books

Summary

A bestselling author embarks on a profound and dramatic journey through the eloquent landscape of southwestern Saskatchewan. When Candace Savageand her partner buy a house in the romantic little town of Eastend, she has no idea what awaits her. At first she enjoys exploring the area around their new home, including the boyhood haunts of the celebrated American writer Wallace Stegner, the backroads of the Cypress Hills, the dinosaur skeletons at the T.Rex Discovery Centre, the fossils to be found in the dust-dry hills. She also revels in her encounters with the wild inhabitants of this mysterious land -- two coyotes in a ditch at night, their eyes glinting in the dark; a deer at the window; a cougar pussy-footing it through a gully a few minutes' walk from town. But as Savage explores further, she uncovers a darker reality -- a story of cruelty and survival set in the still-recent past -- and finds that she must reassess the story she grew up with as the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of prairie homesteaders. Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and imbued with Savage's passion for this place, A Geography of Bloodoffers both a shocking new version of plains history and an unforgettable portrait of the windswept, shining country of the Cypress Hills, a holy place that helps us remember.

Author Biography

Candace Savage is the author of numerous internationally acclaimed books on subjects ranging from natural history and science to popular culture. She is the author of the best-selling natural history titles Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies and Jays and Prairie: A Natural History, for which she won two Saskatchewan Book Awards and a Gold Medal from ForeWord Magazine in 2004. She is also a frequent contributor to numerous periodicals, including Canadian Geographic. She lives in Saskatoon, SK.

Table of Contents

Prelude	p. viii
Getting There	p. 1
The Stegner House	p. 18
Digging In	p. 35
Ravenscrag Road	p. 50
Stone Circles	p. 66
Chimney Coulee	p. 80
Modern Times	p. 97
Fort Walsh	p. 114
The Hunger Camp	p. 133
Creation Stories	p. 151
Home Truth	p. 169
Acknowledgments	p. 187
Notes	p. 190
Bibliography	p. 195
Index	p. 205
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