![]() While he includes much about famous individuals, like Lewis and Clark or Bonnie and Clyde, Frazier devotes many pages to people I’d never heard of, reveling in the historical minutiae he encounters along the way. Telling countless stories of the former and current residents of this historically rich region, he never hesitates to strike up a conversation with strangers or stop the car and poke around an apparently abandoned homestead. He compiled his efforts into this volume which he published in 1989. A case in point is Great Plains, humorist Ian Frazier’s account of his wanderings in the 1980s, which manages to combines history, humor and adventure into one charming package.Īn award winning columnist for The New Yorker for decades, Frazier spent much of the 1980s alone, driving and exploring the quiet flat roads of America’s prairie heartland, from North Dakota to Texas and back again, frequenting dozens of tiny hamlets along the way – some more dead than alive. ![]() When an author can successfully incorporate dozens of intriguing historical nuggets into their own personal road trip, I’m frequently captivated. ![]() ![]() Travel writing is one of my favorite genres, especially when it’s motivated by a passion for history. ![]()
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