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This book was interesting & troubling. Published in 1989, it has some cringe-worthy assertions & some racist generalizations. The author alternates stories of his own travels with the sort of old yarns by whites that he disparages in his notes. I suspect he‘s trying to be clever & deadpan, but often I‘m just put off. Still, it has its merits and it prompted me to seek more works on this fascinating part of America & its rather ugly history.

Reading in the work cafeteria isn't terribly relaxing but at least I'm doing some traveling in my mind with this book. I've done a cross country drive twice and the plains are one of my favorite parts, just so damned big and empty.