Where the Heart Resides: Timeless Wisdom of the American Prairie
Author: Daisy Hickman
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ISBN: 0688168841
Publisher: Eagle Brook (October, 1999)
Sales Rank: 912,008
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Prairie Heart
Where the Heart Resides was sent by a daughter who lives in Sydney, Australia, proving that the prairie message has no national or continental boundaries. Daisy Hickman's book speaks to all of us who have experience with living "out there," and is a wonderful antidote for a homesick prairie heart. Her South Dakota is also mine--the same county, the same people, the same river; a place I have always taken for granted because it's Home. No longer: how fortunate we are, those of us who were born to the prairie!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Where The Heart Resides, Timeless Wisdom of the American Pra
I purchased this book in South Dakota last October just a few minutes before I crawled onto a bus for a long trip back to New Mexico. In its pages, I found the perfect travel companion. I would read a little, then look out the window to see its subject. Over and over again this was repeated until the sun went down and I could see only the pages. This book turned an expected marathon into a combination pilgrimage/meditation.
While the mode of transportation was not quite "covered wagon", the book showed me that I can still experience something valuable out there that is untouched by technology and modern life. The book is aptly titled. The lessons described do not compete with our current lifestyle, only compliment and enhance it.
The best part is that I can open its pages today and be back there.
Rating: 4 out of 5
One Who Loves the Prairie
Long before I read Daisy Hickman's book I had a deep and abiding appreciation of the prairie so I was able to enjoy her book all the more because of my experiences. She writes with great sincerity and passion about the land she loves as if she longs to return. If I am right in this assumption, then she will probably decide that the Dakota prairie is not only where her heart resides, but the only place to live. As I read Where the Heart Resides, I saw images of plain, hard-working people going about their days and nights without any sense of the legacy they were leaving behind. I heard voices of the past relate their wisdom for generations yet to come. And that's the mark of a good book. This book speaks about the timeless wisdom of the prairie while presenting a mysterious gift to those yet to come.
I heartily recommend this book to anyone who wants to bring into their heart and mind an understanding of the American prairie. As Daisy points out, it is not an easy place, but the challenges it presents, when met, can raise the individual to new heights. Just as I feel peace of mind when I walk through the hills and woodlands of the Dakota prairie, I find the same sense of fulfillment and satisfaction in reading Where the Heart Resides.
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