There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.

You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.

out in the middle of nowhere.

I would hate to see the idea of freedom disappear, and I wonder if maybe it will.

When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.

I believe that when Crazy Horse was killed, something more than a man's life was snuffed out.