The pages of this book come alive with the beauty and grandeur of this land of changing seasons—the badlands, sweep of prairie, northern forests, lakes, wide Missouri, wildlife, the drama of winter, vitality of springtime, pace of August and melting warmth of golden Indian Summer days. The ironies of human experience in this land have not been evaded. Dramatic themes that begin in history and spill over into issues of today—a crisis on Indian reservations,...