{"product_id":"magpie-rising-sketches-from-the-great-plains-9780871087461","title":"Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe rolling  billowing  delicate landscape of Nebraska s Sandhills; the tombstone of Billy the Kid stolen so often that it must be caged and shackled in Fort Sumner  New Mexico; an intercontinental ballistic missile trundling down a highway under heavy guard in Weld County  Colorado; cottonwoods and cranes  faded hotels and abandoned trailers painted aqua and purple; the ghosts of Pawnees  Cheyennes  and Kiowas and generations of settlers whose descendants now grouse in a caf in Heimdahl  North Dakota  or roar off to a bikers convention in Sturgis  South Dakota. These are some of the things that catch Merrill Gilfillan s eye and ear in this radiant collection of essays. Written with a poetic economy that often attains grandeur  Magpie Rising is an exhilarating tour of the Great Plains its geography  wildlife  history  mythology  and food  its vast spaces and weirdly synchronous time. This is nature writing at its most evocative and insightful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792437141557,"sku":"ByrdShop_0871087464","price":63.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780871087461.jpg?v=1784749421","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/magpie-rising-sketches-from-the-great-plains-9780871087461","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}