{"product_id":"9780316199858","title":"Ghost Dances: Proving Up on the Great Plains","description":"Growing up in South Dakota, Josh Garrett-Davis knew he would leave. But as a young adult, he kept going back--in dreams and reality and by way of books. With this beautifully written narrative about a seemingly empty but actually rich and complex place, he has reclaimed his childhood, his unusual family--and the Great Plains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the subjects and people that bring his Midwestern Plains to life are the destruction and resurgence of the American bison; Native American \"Ghost Dancers,\" who attempted to ward off destruction by supernatural means; the political allegory to be found in \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz;\u003c\/i\u003e and current attempts by ecologists to \"rewild\" the Plains, complete with cheetahs. Garrett-Davis infuses the narrative with stories of his family as well--including his great-great-grandparents' twenty-year sojourn in Nebraska as homesteaders and his progressive Methodist cousin Ruth, a missionary in China ousted by Mao's revolution. GHOST DANCES is a fluid combination of memoir and history and reportage that reminds us our roots matter.","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121380081904,"sku":"9780316199858","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780316199858_p0.jpg?v=1763679471","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780316199858","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}