The Four Seasons of Kansas (Revised Edition) Daniel D. Dancer, William Least Heat-Moon University Press of Kansas, 2001 If photography is the art of writing with light, then photographer Dan Dancer has written the story of Kansas. In this beautiful volume, he has assembled a portrait of the state in its many different lights - a sunflower field at dawn, a rural Main Street in the eerie, greenish light of a summer storm, a nighttime prairie fire, and a dusty stretch of prairie in the hot light of midday. In 105 ...             Raising Holy Hell : A Novel12 reviews Bruce Olds Unknown, 2002 Nothing less than terrific + Historical fiction at its unconventional best + A very important book + get this book and read it + Cloudtopper             The Public Life Of Captain John Brown: With An Autobiography Of His Childhood And Youth James Redpath Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007             Revolutionary Heart: The Life of Clarina Nichols And the Pioneering Crusade for Women's Rights6 reviews Diane Eickhoff Quindaro Press, 2006 a model for us all + Appreciate What We Have + Diane makes history come alive + Provocative + Highly recommended, especially for library and women's studies collections             The Center of Everything : A Novel91 reviews Laura Moriarty, 2004 I loved this book + Great read. + great first book. + Reflecting on the 80's + A fabulous read             What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America377 reviews Thomas Frank Holt Paperbacks, 2005 Another native supporter + Spot on Analysis + Middle America Revealed I just want to say that this book is completely on target and right about the political mindset of Kansas citizens in addition to almost every other right-winged American. I should know -- I used to live in Kansas. Luckily, I spent most of my life growing up in NY because after realizing many of ...             Farming in Nature's Image: An Ecological Approach to Agriculture Judy Soule, Jon Piper Island Press, 1991 "Nature's Image" provides, for the first time, a detailed look into the pioneering work of The Land Institute, the leading educational and research organization for sustainable agriculture.The authors draw on case studies, hands-on experience, and research results to explain the applications of a new system of agriculture based on one unifying concept: that farms should mimic the ecosystems in ...             Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-18654 reviews Jay Monaghan Bison Books, 1984 Never Let Me Down + A wonderful account + Top Three All-Time Best A very well written book on the history of the Civil war west of the Mississippi. Monaghan covers many of the battles I had tried in vain to locate details on. Covered are the battles of: Carthage, Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, and Westport. I especially found interesting the ...             Wildwood Boys: A Novel10 reviews James Carlos Blake Harper Perennial, 2001 THE WILDWOOD BOYS + Bloody Bill Anderson and the Civil War + Bloody Bill + A Tough Story of Tough Men Excellently Told             Kansas: its interior and exterior life. Including a full view of its settlement, political history, social ... Michigan Historical Reprint Series Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 2005 This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program.             Bleeding Kansas37 reviews Sara Paretsky Putnam Adult, 2008 Near Miss Sara Paretsky is, of course, best known for her V.I. Warshawski detective series, a series that has long chronicled the life of one of the best known female detectives in the world of fiction. Her readers, me among them, carry a little "character comfort" into each of the new books in that series ...             The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Edition 001)187 reviews Timothy Egan Mariner Books, 2006 A healthy reminder of how easy we have it. + Non-fiction that Reads Like a Novel + I had no clue + Dust to Bust + Of Greed and Ignorance             Love Song to the Plains3 reviews Mari Sandoz University of Nebraska Press, 1966 Lyical account of the mystique of the Great Plains + A final review of the stories that mattered to her This is an extremely beautiful account of the history of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Mari Sandoz is a shamefully obscure writer whose writing is so efficiently pure that it seems timeless. A must for anyone interested in the West, and in the nature of humanity, always looking to expand.             In Cold Blood430 reviews Truman Capote Modern Library, 2002 Anarachy in the heartland : an American story + Brutal Event in Journalistic Focus + The first true crime book is still the best + In Cold Blood in a new edition + A Commentary on our 21st Century Culture             Gabriel's Story: A Novel19 reviews David Anthony Durham Anchor, 2002 THE DANGEROUS WEST + Western fiction I've always wanted to see + Wonderfully descriptive, but annoying style + Worhty of 5 stars or more + Finally. Talent!             Miscellanies Ralph Waldo Emerson Adamant Media Corporation, 2001 This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1902 edition by George Routledge and Sons, London.             Ride With the Devil17 reviews James Schamus, Daniel Woodrell, 1999 Huck Finn in Hell + Raw telling of not-so-famous Civil War events + Great Civil War Novel + A Great Book             Henry David Thoreau : Collected Essays and Poems (Library of America)3 reviews Henry David Thoreau Library of America, 2001 A treasure. + ...could be worth it + An American Original Henry David Thoreau, born in Concord, Massachusetts, on July 12, 1817, was one of the co-founders and most influential representatives of the philosophical school known as "Transcendentalism." (Others include fellow Concord residents Ralph Waldo Emerson and Bronson Alcott, reformist teacher and ...             Tales from the Jayhawks Hardwood: Second Edition1 review Mark Stallard Sports Publishing, 2005 Go Big Blue!! - History of KU Jayhawk Men's Basketball If you've ever watched the University of Kansas Jayhawks play basketball you'll want this book. It's filled with memories of recent players and those who started the program under Phog Allen, Dick Harp, Ted Owens, Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Bill Self. Some reminiscences included are of James ...             Prairie: A Natural History5 reviews Candace Savage Greystone Books, 2006 A Reverant Book On A Little Known Region + wonderfully written and informative + Home on the Range... + Very pleased + Prairie: NOT the Great American Desert