Research Catalog

Title

Take the next exit : new views of the Iowa landscape / edited by Robert F. Sayre.

Publication

Ames : Iowa State University Press, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Sayre, Robert F.

Description

viii, 345 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 22 cm.

Subject

• Landscapes > Iowa
• Prairies > Iowa
• Cities and towns > Iowa > Guidebooks
• Iowa > Guidebooks

Genre/Form

Guidebooks

Note

• Sequel to: Take this exit.
• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction: Seeing and Reading Iowa / Robert F. Sayre -- Pt. I. Place of Customs -- 2. Iowa Cafes / Jon Spayde -- 3. From Porch to Patio and Back / Richard H. Thomas -- 4. Fairs, Parades, and Other Spectacles / Hanno Hardt -- 5. Infinite Outfield / Douglas Bauer -- Pt. II. Places of History -- 6. Lost Towns / John Deason -- 7. Soul of the Heartland: Rural Cemeteries in Iowa / Nina Metzner -- 8. "Going to Church" / Patricia Eckhardt -- Pt. III. Nature's Places -- 9. Iowa's Countryside / Carl Kurtz -- 10. Snow Geese, Eagles, Swans, and Pelicans -- A Wild Bird's-eye View of Iowa / James J. Dinsmore -- 11. Iowa's Lost Lakes / Robert F. Sayre -- 12. Iowa's High Points / Jean Cutler Prior -- Pt. IV. Tourism, Commerce, and the Landscape -- 13. Drive-Thru History: Theme Towns in Iowa / Mira Engler -- 14. Hardware Stores: Iowa's Tool Boxes / Robert F. Sayre -- 15. Outstanding in the Fields: Alternative Agriculture in the Iowa Landscape / Laura B. Sayre.

ISBN

0813820308 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^00040995^

OCLC

• 44313331
• SCSB-11769315

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library