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Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky (Great Plains Photography) | 
 enlarge | Author: Joel Sartore
Publisher: Bison Books
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 583466
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.3
ISBN: 0803259700
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.99782
EAN: 9780803259706
ASIN: 0803259700
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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Product Description
Welcome to a journey across Nebraska. Relax, take your time, and enjoy the vistas. From Chadron to Falls City, Carhenge to the Wayne Chicken Show, Burwell to Omaha, and everywhere in between, this book captures all that is Nebraska—the people, places, and events that make this state our home. Joel Sartore drove ten thousand miles in a beat-up Chevy truck to record the essence of Nebraska in the images that grace this book. Every page offers readers a chance to reminisce about their own lives and their special times in this great state. If you don’t find at least a few photographs that make you smile or remember something fondly, then you haven’t been in Nebraska long enough.
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An Incredible Picture Book for Nebraskans December 4, 2006
In a word - gorgeous. The author - Joel Sartore - is a contributing photographer for National Geographic Magazine, so you know that the photography is going to be something special and it is. Sartore travels throughout Nebraska, taking pictures of everything - an endangered beatle, rodeos and the cowboys that compete in them, pheasant hunters and fisherman, and Carhenge.
It's is a book that will those of us who live outside the state homesick for Nebraska. It is a reminder of Nebraska's true spirit - it's people. People who live in a state that's dismissed as uninteresting by most, but who make up for any perceived geographical shortcomings by being interesting themselves
Sartore honors his craft, as he captures those traits in the pictures of Nebraskans throughout this book. There isn't a lot of writing, just enough to describe what's happening with each photograph.
"Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky is a perfect Christmas present for that Husker fan who already has everything colored red. The price is right (less than $15 at Amazon, click the link above).
It's the kind of book you can pass around amongst your family at Christmas time, and I guarantee that they'll spend a few hours pouring over the pages. Well worth the money just to have around, even if you're not going to give it as a present. Leave it on your coffee or end table - someone will pick it up and it will provide hours of quiet entertainment for the holiday season.
Seriously, you don't want to miss this one.
Fabulous for non-Nebraskans too February 6, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Joel's work is extraordinary and will be appreciated by even those who have never set foot in the state of Nebraska. It will definitely make you want to visit, though!
Postcards from Nebraska December 30, 1999
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Joel Sartore has captured the subtle essence of why so many Nebraskans that leave the state eventually come home to roost. Unbeknownst to most residents as they grow up, a strong imprinting slowly takes place. As Joel explains, the unique sense of family, community, place, and weather, all contribute to this phenomenon. Joel's photographs are a collection of these innocent but pervasive features of life in Nebraska. If you have ever struggled to describe Nebraska to a person who has never visited the state, this book is for you. It will crystalize your thoughts.
well rounded pictorial of Nebraska's diversity October 25, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Fabulous, a must buy for transplanted nebraskans and residents alike.
 Wonderful coffee table book for Nebraska state lovers October 19, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The pictures put you right where the action was
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