John Madson Books
Up On The River: An Upper Mississippi Chronicle
By John Madson
Up on the River is John Madson’s loving and often hilarious tribute to the people, animal life, and places of the Upper Mississippi. Madson’s Upper Mississippi is the part “between the saints,” fro...
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Natural Acts
Explores The Mysteries And Patterns Of The Natural World With Perception And Beauty. David Quammen. Nick Lyons Books. Bibliography: P. 209-221.
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Where The Sky Began: Land Of The Tallgrass Prairie
By John Madson, Illustrations By Dycie Madson
Presents a comprehensive profile of the tallgrass prairie.
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Where The Sky Began: Land Of The Tallgrass Prairie
By John Madson, Illustrations By Dycie Madson
Presents a comprehensive profile of the tallgrass prairie.
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Where The Sky Began: Land Of The Tallgrass Prairie
By John Madson
Originally published in 1982, Where the Sky Began, John Madson's landmark publication, introduced readers across the nation to the wonders of the tallgrass prairie, sparking the current interest in...
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Where The Sky Began: Land Of The Tallgrass Prairie
By John Madson
“It was a flowing emerald in spring and summer when the boundless winds ran across it, a tawny ocean under the winds of autumn, and a stark and painful emptiness when the great long winds drove in...
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The Elemental Prairie: Sixty Tallgrass Plants
"Elemental" is the perfect word to describe George Olson's watercolor drawings of the plants of the tallgrass prairie. Delicately precise yet filled with vigor and color, they present the prairie i...
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