{"product_id":"echoes-from-the-prairies-and-the-hills","title":"Echoes from the Prairies and the Hills","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBlue cloth 12mo, 36pp. Color vignette mounted to cover; Very Good+ with light scuffing to the mounted illustration, light rubbing to tips and a band of sunning to the upper rear board. Inscribed by the author to C. B. Wagner, Esq. Alphonso Moser Gher (1856-1913) was a teacher and newspaper writer associated with the \u003cem\u003eCarlisle Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eVolunteer\u003c\/em\u003e (and its continuation, the \u003cem\u003eHerald\u003c\/em\u003e). He served on the School Board from 1894 until his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe\u003cem\u003e Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, arguably biased given Gher's association, described 'Echoes' as, \"thirteen delightful poems of western romance and eastern realism, effectively and impressively portrayed and evidencing a keen appreciation by the author of the themes embraced in the collection.\" (\u003cem\u003eCarlisle Evening Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, 12\/24\/10, p7).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGher had published other historically-informed works, including \u003cem\u003eThe Missing Empire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Old Trail and The New\u003c\/em\u003e, and took particular interest in the Carlisle Indian School. Several of the poems have footnotes explaining their historical context, sometimes based on a single event (like the reunion of Governors Brady and Burke organized by Gen. Pratt at the Carlisle Indian School graduation in 1897), and his general conceptions of how history worked out, as in \"The Heroine of the Plains,\" which has the footnote, \"The lonely, monotonous life of the plains, coupled with homesickness, caused many pioneer women to lose their reason. This was one of the saddest features of pioneer life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gher, Alphonso Moser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46417191567510,"sku":"Q2386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-73_d86fdaa2-b82e-4e33-a338-37776ab9584c.jpg?v=1781284124","url":"https:\/\/alsobooksbooks.com\/products\/echoes-from-the-prairies-and-the-hills","provider":"Haec City \/ Also Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}