Saturday, November 9, 2013
Dakota, or What’s a Heaven For?
Brenda K. Marshall’s novel, Dakota, or What’s a Heaven For?, is set in 19th-century Dakota territory. The idea for the cover illustration was suggested by this evocative passage in the text: “The wagon turned off the road and directly into the prairie, setting out upon a land both solid and fluid, in which swell after swell of grass rhythmically lifted away from horizon and rolled toward another. The tall grass, parted by the horse and pressed down by the wheels, sprang up and closed behind the wagon, erasing its passage as thoroughly as waves forgot the passing of a ship.”
