CASTING THE BUFFALO COMMONS: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF PRINT MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE BUFFALO COMMONS PROPOSAL FOR THE GREAT PLAINS

Authors

Mary L. Umberger, Metropolitan Community College in Omaha

Date of this Version

May 2002

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 2 (Spring 2002). Published by the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Copyright © 2000 Center for Great Plains Studies. Used by permission.

Abstract

T hey filed into the auditorium and found seats, waiting politely for what they expected to be a preposterous talk. The featured speaker rose and began his prepared speech. The audience took note of his attire, his educated vocabulary, his "eastern" ways. Their scrutiny became vocal as he proposed his dream for the Great Plains.