Customer Review: This book reads more like a few index cards collected at the KU library than it does a real state history. Instead of any detail of the OK Corral shootout in Dodge City (or any other history of Kansas west of Salina) we get three mentions of the KU basketball team. In another example, the author... more info
Customer Review: Easy is the word that describes this book. The mile markers, bridges, towns, and other landmarks makes this text THE guide for the investigator from out of state. The museums described were excellent sources of information with plenty of friendly people to guide you toward additional landmarks. The... more info
Customer Review: I have long been facinated by extinct marine reptiles and have been waiting for a book like this since I was a child. The wait was worth it. This book is facinating and well written, as the subject deserves. Part travel book, part history of science and part prehistory of the center of North America... more info
Customer Review: Any serious student of Jazz needs to know about the Kansas City sound. The book reiterated what I already knew which is that KC was a major contribitor to bebop and to r&b due to the styles that came togteher from that part of the country. Generations of musicians were influenced by the Basie... more info
Customer Review: I found this book to be insightful and very well researched. As a historian, I enjoyed the detail, and the photographs -- particularly the team pictures from each year -- added to the product.
Customer Review: Most women in modern times have a vague idea that things are "better" now than before - and that a few spots on the globe still present issues for humans who are born female. Sometimes it really helps to look back at a biography and realize how MUCH better things are now than before. Revolutionary... more info
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