Synopses & Reviews
A deeply sympathetic, colorful evocation of life on the American prairies
In Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nationand#151;a title inspired by the lyrics of Woody Guthrieand#151;best-selling author Michael Wallis creates a brilliant tableau of Americaand#8217;s heartland.
Featuring a new introduction by the author, this collection of sixteen essays reflects the finest examples of Wallisand#8217;s writing and harkens back to a time before fast food and malls replaced family-owned diners along Route 66. From tales of the notorious Oklahoma panhandle, where and#147;the only law was the colt and the carbine,and#8221; to the fate of Woody Guthrieand#8217;s mother Nora, who, burdened by depression, set fire to her kids and spent the last years of her life in an asylum, Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation brings to life some of Oklahomaand#8217;s most memorable charactersand#151;the famous and infamous, the ordinary and down-home.
and#147;Enclosed within the covers of this book are some of my favorite spoonfuls of Oklahoma,and#8221; says Wallis. The result is a quintessential American bookand#151;a crazy quilt of stories and a powerful portrait of Okie identity.
Synopsis
The Divine Comedy is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. It is also an allegory, representing under the symbolism of the stages and experiences of the journey, the history of a human soul, painfully struggling from sin through purification to the Beatific Vision.
About the Author
Michael Wallis is the award-winning author of fourteen books, including Route 66: The Mother Road and Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.