One of the best American essays of the century is The Solace of Open Spaces written and told by Gretel Ehrlich Ehrlich wrote this short essay about her time she spent in Wyoming She also tells about some events that has happened while being there The short essay was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1981 and then collected in The Solace of Open Spaces in 1985 Being a short essay the story was written within ten pages Those ten pages are divided into sections for short pauses of Ehrlich