Chapter 12: THE GREAT PLAINS AND PRAIRIES

     This chapter deal with Great Plains area. Its format is very similar to previous chapter which describe the climate, agriculture and resources. There are many books write about Great Plains. Since I already mentioned climate, agriculture and other related stuff, I will talk about some literature like a famous quote " There's no there there" by Gertrude Stein.
    
     Many Oaklanders have been frustrated by the misuse of this famous quote about Oakland: "There's no there there,"writer Gertrude Stein declared upon learning as an adult that her childhood Oakland home had been torn down. Contrary to popular belief, the comment was not meant to disparage the city, but rather to express a sentiment similar to "you can't go home again." Modern-day Oakland has turned the quote on its head, with a statue downtown simply titled "There." Additionally, in 2005 a sculpture called HERETHERE was installed by the City of Berkeley on the Berkeley-Oakland border at Martin Luther King Jr. Way. The sculpture consists of eight-foot-tall letters spelling "HERE" and "THERE" in front of the BART tracks as they descend from their elevated section in Oakland to the subway through Berkeley.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California#.22There.27s_no_there_there.22

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein