In Prairie: A Natural History,
Candace Savage celebrates the beauty and diversity of the great
grasslands of North America, a land she describes as “flesh of my
flesh and bone of my bone.” The lavishly illustrated book features
colorful photographs by James R. Page and charming pen-and-ink
drawings by Joan A. Williams. 300 pages, hardcover, $29.95:
Greystone Books, 2004.

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Peering into the life of the prairie

by Staff, High Country News
June 27, 2005

<h1>Peering into the life of the prairie</h1> <p class="byline">by Staff, High Country News <br />June 27, 2005</p> <br /> <!-- RTT removed image (62724) --> <p> In <I>Prairie: A Natural History,</I><br /> Candace Savage celebrates the beauty and diversity of the great<br /> grasslands of North America, a land she describes as "flesh of my<br /> flesh and bone of my bone." The lavishly illustrated book features<br /> colorful photographs by James R. Page and charming pen-and-ink<br /> drawings by Joan A. Williams. 300 pages, hardcover, $29.95:<br /> Greystone Books, 2004. </p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=189024">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Peering into the life of the prairie</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-301/peering-into-the-life-of-the-prairie/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=111392&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-301/peering-into-the-life-of-the-prairie/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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