Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky

By Joel Sartore

Book Overview

Welcome to a journey across Nebraska. Relax, take your time, and enjoy the vistas. From Chadron to Falls City, Carhenge to the Wayne Chicken Show, Burwell to Omaha, and everywhere in between, this book captures all that is Nebraska--the people, places, and events that make this state our home. Joel Sartore drove ten thousand miles in a beat-up Chevy truck to record the essence of Nebraska in the images that grace this book. Every page offers readers a chance to reminisce about their own lives and their special times in this great state. If you don't find at least a few photographs that make you smile or remember something fondly, then you haven't been in Nebraska long enough.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803259700
• ISBN13: 9780803259706
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

A Book That Really Shows What Nebraska Is All About

I moved away from Nebraska about 3 years ago to pursue opportunities elsewhere, and shortly after moving I purchased this book. Joel Sartore is a photographer for National Geographic and very active in local enviromental issues so I knew beforehand this would be an excellent testament to my home...and he did not dissapoint. Coming from a rural place I did not miss the photos of the Old Settler's Picnic and June Jubilee...both major festivals in the Saline/Filmore county area. In one of the pics there was even a girl that was in my high school class, front and center! However, Joel didn't cover just my area of the state but the entire state. His photos evoke the culture and natural beauty of the state that go way beyond proving to folks from the coasts that we are more than just rednecks living on a flat plain.

Fabulous for non-Nebraskans too

Joel's work is extraordinary and will be appreciated by even those who have never set foot in the state of Nebraska. It will definitely make you want to visit, though!

Postcards from Nebraska

Joel Sartore has captured the subtle essence of why so many Nebraskans that leave the state eventually come home to roost. Unbeknownst to most residents as they grow up, a strong imprinting slowly takes place. As Joel explains, the unique sense of family, community, place, and weather, all contribute to this phenomenon. Joel's photographs are a collection of these innocent but pervasive features of life in Nebraska. If you have ever struggled to describe Nebraska to a person who has never visited the state, this book is for you. It will crystalize your thoughts.

well rounded pictorial of Nebraska's diversity

Fabulous, a must buy for transplanted nebraskans and residents alike.