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Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere: A Memoir

di Poe Ballantine

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Biography & Autobiography. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML: Fans of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil will embrace Poe Ballantine's Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere. For well over twenty years, Poe Ballantine traveled America, taking odd jobs, living in small rooms, and wondering the big whys. At age 46, he finally settled with his Mexican immigrant wife in Chadron, Nebraska, where they had a son who was red-flagged as autistic. Poe published four books about his experiences as a wanderer and his observations of America. But one day in 2006, his neighbor, Steven Haataja, a math professor from the local state college disappeared. Ninety five days later, the professor was found bound to a tree, burned to death in the hills behind the campus where he had taught. No one, law enforcement included, understood the circumstances. Poe had never contemplated writing mystery or true crime, but since he knew all the players, the suspects, the sheriff, the police involved, he and his kindergarten son set out to find out what might have happened. .… (altro)

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Interesting read. Does skip around somewhat but very interesting. Homicide, at least that’s my perception, was never solved. Crime in a 5000 person small town. Pretty interesting ideas in book. (

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Leessa | Sep 3, 2022 |

Ballantine is far and away the most lyrical nonfiction writer I've ever read. Readers looking for a standard true crime book will be disappointed, but readers looking for good writing will be delighted over and over and over again. (

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IVLeafClover | Jun 21, 2022 |

This is a portrait of the small northwestern Nebraska town of Chadron, a true crime mystery, and a memoir. There are so many funny characters and poignant reflections intermingled throughout the book that it is hard to define. The author's neighbor disappears and is missing for months while everyone in the small town develops an explanation for what happened to him. Ballantine describes the town, his own family and life, and the challenges of raising a child who might be autistic. There is not really a "story line" because of the meandering style of writing, but the book is definitely worth reading. (

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terran | Jul 18, 2015 |

Good golly, can this guy write. I'm not much of a blurb person but when a book is blurbed by both Cheryl Strayed and Tom Robbins, you can't get much higher in my book. So, yeah, so glad I did. He's like a crusty Michael Perry with a dash of Zen and humility and stupidity. Some of the best moments of writing address his son and his possible existence on the spectrum- really beautiful. The only reason this is not five stars is that one of the themes of the book is a mystery, a missing math professor who is eventually found murdered, and while the beginning of the book is a mix of the mystery and his family and his wandering ways, the end of the book is focused solely on the murder and the lack of any information about it. It's worth it for the turns of phrase and scenery. (

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Brainannex | Dec 28, 2014 |

I am not sure how I acquired this book and I have never heard of this author before, but I definitely enjoyed reading this book. The story is an autobiography of a short time in the author's life involving his marriage to a Mexican woman who he has brought back to America, his maybe autistic son, a bunch of strange small town characters (the town being Chadron Nebraska), and a disappearance of a man that takes place there. The author definitely has a way with words.
If you enjoy Thomas McGuane books or some of the recent non western books from Larry McMurtry you will likely enjoy this book, if on the other hand you find yourself reading a book and screaming out "Get to the point!" Then this book is definitely not for you. (

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zmagic69 | Nov 23, 2013 |

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Biography & Autobiography. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML:

Fans of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil will embrace Poe Ballantine's Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere.
For well over twenty years, Poe Ballantine traveled America, taking odd jobs, living in small rooms, and wondering the big whys. At age 46, he finally settled with his Mexican immigrant wife in Chadron, Nebraska, where they had a son who was red-flagged as autistic. Poe published four books about his experiences as a wanderer and his observations of America. But one day in 2006, his neighbor, Steven Haataja, a math professor from the local state college disappeared. Ninety five days later, the professor was found bound to a tree, burned to death in the hills behind the campus where he had taught. No one, law enforcement included, understood the circumstances. Poe had never contemplated writing mystery or true crime, but since he knew all the players, the suspects, the sheriff, the police involved, he and his kindergarten son set out to find out what might have happened.

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