Where The Sky Began

“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 from the northwest. It was Beulahland for many; Gehenna for some. It was the tall prairie.”—from the “Prologue” 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 curren