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A Short Guide to The High Plains
by Tom Clark Introduction by Ed Dorn Cover illustration by Tom Clark ISBN 0-932274-17-X 5½" x 8½" First edition 1981 Out of Print From the Introduction
The miniature essays which make up A Short Guide to the High Plains do the traditional service the lingering traveller in The West has done over the decades. The best of western literature has always been acute observation, whether from geologists or poets. There have been more geologists than poets, as difficult to swallow as that may seem in the present statistic. But the worth of these statements is far beyond observation. When it gets down to the haunting necessities of the mind, All I want to do is to go back to Pueblo and let the wind blow right through me in the parking lot by the Trailways Depot Beyond any explanation. A masterpiece of uncontrollable want. — Edward Dorn, Boulder, 1 October 1980 |