Dave Hage

1 week ago | wglt.org | Dave Hage |Josephine Marcotty

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it's disappearing even faster. A new book documents the destruction of this natural wonder and introduces some of the people trying to save it. " Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie " is out on Tuesday. Authors Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty met up with Here & Now 's Chris Bentley in Illinois' Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie to talk about it.

1 week ago | lithub.com | Dave Hage |Josephine Marcotty

The Raccoon River makes a lazy entrance into Des Moines, completing its journey from northwest Iowa in a series of graceful switchbacks through an urban park, its olive surface shaded by locust trees and towering cottonwoods. At the edge of downtown it turns north and, on the southern bank, passes a squat concrete culvert: the main intake for the Des Moines Water Works, which supplies drinking water to the city.

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Dave Hage

On this episode of Fully Booked, Sarah Miller joins us to discuss Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s Heart (Random House Studio, May 27), which Kirkus calls “a thorough account of the life of Lorena ‘Hick’ Hickok, an intrepid journalist best known today for her relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt.” Miller is the author of biographies and historical fiction for teen readers, including Hanged! Mary Surratt and the Plot To Assassinate Abraham Lincoln, Violet and...

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Dave Hage

Already praised by writers such as Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert, "Sea of Grass" is about the "ecological marvel" of the North American prairie. Former Star Tribune journalists Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty's book, subtitled "The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie" is a vivid and hopeful portrait of land that has seen many uses and that may still hold answers for the survival of humanity.

Jun 27, 2023 | wfmz.com | Dave Hage