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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2001. The Medicine Line was the name the Indians gave to the border between Canada and Montana - one hundred miles of the most desolate terrain in America.
Full Description
The Medicine Line: Life and Death on the North AmericanBorderland, is a complex and oftentimes dramatic mix of narrative storytelling and history in which ironies are explored, patterns of deed and response are uncovered, examined and evaluated...Beth Ladow is a compelling stylist who writes with warmth and insight, and she has given us a smart book, which will help us understand one another, and a good read. We need more books like this one. -- William Kittredge, Author of THE NATURE OF GENOROSITY(knopf,2000)
Contents
Preface: The Invisible Border Prologue: Through the Looking Glass 1. Drawing the Line 2. The Melting Pot of Hell 3. When the Line Had Medicine 4.The Mountie, the Maiden, and the General 5. If You Build It, Will They Come? 6. Which Side Are You On? 7. A living or a Way of Life? 8.What Are We Fighting For? 9. The Cosmopolitan Throng 10. Nature's Incivilities 11.We Can Play Baseball on the Other Side Epilogue: Wallace Stegner and the North American West Appendix Acknowledgements Notes and Sources Index