From the book jacket:

'The warm sun bakes the earth, and the

wind blows over the golden fields of wheat

that blanket the vast and silent prairie.

Daybreak comes first

in thin splinters shimmering.

A freight train sounds its lonely call as it

streaks across the endless horizon -

A gray village flecks by and the horses hitched

in front of the post office never blink an eye.

A barnyard and fifteen Holstein cows, dabs of

white on a black wall map,

never blink an eye.

In this profound evocation of the sights and

sounds of the Midwest, Wendell Minor's

perfectly realized and deeply felt images

match Carl Sandburg's timeless observations

about the heart of America.'