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6. Three Men of the Middle Border (Part Two): American Homelessness
Aaron Sachs
Description: Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition
Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition
They cut us off from our game. They ordered us to farm, and this without knowing the character of our reservation. The soil of this country is very hard and dry and the climate severe. . . . For the most part the crops burn up under the fierce sun and the still more savage wind. In winter it is a terrible place to live unless one is sheltered by the cottonwood and...
Author
Aaron Sachs
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2013 by Aaron Sachs
Related print edition pages: pp.252-299
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23876
Chapter subject tags:Cemeteries--United States--History--19th centuryCleveland, H. W. S. (Horace William Shaler), 1814-1900Indians of North America--Funeral customs and ritesUrban landscape architectureGeorge, Henry, 1839-1897Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940Landscape design

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6. Three Men of the Middle Border (Part Two): American Homelessness