The Ogallala Road: A Story of Love, Family, and the Fight to Keep the Great Plains from Running Dry

Author: Julene Bair
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Category: Biography: General, Memoirs, Management Of Land & Natural Resources
Book Format: Paperback

A moving story of love and loss, denial and reckoning, and the emergence of a new kind of hope.” —Ruth Ozeki



When Julene Bair inherits part of a large farm on the High Plains of Kansas, she intends to honor her father's commandment, Hang on to your land!” But she learns some troubling facts about the ecological harm done by farms like hers, which depend on water pumped from the rapidly depleting Ogallala Aquifer. A single mother balancing multiple allegiances, she meets Ward, a rancher who she hopes will become her partner in seeking a path to save her legacy.



The Ogallala Road eloquently interweaves pressing issues of environmental degradation with a deeply personal story of love and family. Bair's moving memoir, capturing her unfolding love affair and search for a new way to farm, powerfully updates the literature of the American West.

JULENE BAIR also wrote One Degree West: Reflections of a Plainsdaughter. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, her awards include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Longmont, Colorado.

About Julene Bair
JULENE BAIR also wrote One Degree West: Reflections of a Plainsdaughter. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, her awards include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Longmont, Colorado.

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SKU BK-9780143127079
Barcode # 9780143127079
Brand Penguin Putnam Inc
Artist / Author Julene Bair
Shipping Weight 0.2300kg
Shipping Width 0.138m
Shipping Height 0.019m
Shipping Length 0.210m
Assembled Length 21.000m
Assembled Height 1.900m
Assembled Width 13.800m
Type Paperback

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