PrairyErth
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| Author | William Least Heat-Moon | 
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| Language | English | 
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company | 
| Publication date | 1991 | 
| Pages | 624 | 
| ISBN | 0395486025 | 
| OCLC | 994020773 | 
PrairyErth: (a Deep Map) is a 1991 book about Chase County, Kansas by American author William Least Heat-Moon. The author termed it a deep map, popularizing that term for an intensive look at a particular place that included discussion of geography, history, and ecology. The book featured in the bestsellers list of both Publishers Weekly and The New York Times.