Oh, Give Me a Home

the long version

"Ann Ronald's Oh, Give Me a Home muses on the words of the beloved ballad, exploring what it means to be a westerner today and speculating on how our present actions are shaping the West for future generations. Through Ronald's eyes, we see the western world, not through rose-colored glasses, but through a prism of peaks and canyons and big sky - landscapes that continue to promise freedom, optimism, and infinite possibilities." "Oh, Give Me a Home also crosses into a new American West - a land of Indian gaming and cloud seeding, wildlife management and urban forest fires, theme parks and pay-per-view scenery. Ranging from the depths of Hells Canyon to the heights of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains, from the breadth of the Colorado River to the trickle of a Sierra Nevada stream, from the hustle of San Antonio to the bustle of San Francisco and Seattle, this book ponders changes in the western environment under the barrage of persistent, sometimes harsh development."--Jacket.