The Solace of Open Spaces - Gretel Ehrlich

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The Solace of Open Spaces, Gretel Ehrlich, 1985, United States, ESSAYS

"...There is much to learn about Wyoming here; Gretel Ehrlich has a mind for details, and the reader comes away fully educated about sheepherding, rodeos, cabin fever, and the value of water...Her words soar and swoop and remind us that writing can always be more than just telling what happened: "The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on it harshly; light would elucidate the most difficult truths; wind would sweep away obtuse padding."

(E.B., p. 260)