No comments about Rand McNally Kansas City Easyfinder Map.

1 comments about Student Study Guide & Map Exercise Workbook, for Traditions & Encounters Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1500, 3rd edition.

1. i Guess i would have something to review if I had actually received my book, if i knew that this would be a problem in getting this book I would have never came to amazon and trusted them to buy my book I AM OUTRAGED MY THIS SITUATION I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ITEM FROM SITE.!!!

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No comments about Rand McNally Easy Finder, Kansas / Nebraska: Highways & Interstates (Easyfinder Maps).

No comments about Topeka: An Illustrated History of the Kansas Capital.

3 comments about Hiking Guide to Kansas.

1. I have always loved hiking in Kansas, but there has never been a really good book with the extensive detail that "Hiking Guide to Kansas" gives. The maps Young makes are very accurate, and the trail descriptions by Kate Hauber are excelent. I fully recommend this book to anyone who loves the outdoors in Kansas and wants an outstanding guide book.



2. The Hiking Guide to Kansas is a high-quality guide to hiking trails in Kansas. There is no stone unturned. If you are going to be hiking in Kansas, you better bring this book with you! It is THE hiking guide for Kansas throughout the entire world!



3. Hiking Guide to Kansas is an excellent book. It gives detailed accounts for hiking trails through out the entire state of Kansas. It is well written in an easy to understand format, unlike some guide books where the author(s) seem to be talking down to the reader. I bought this book about five years ago and hiked about a quarter of the trails described. Contents of the book provides: maps, pictures, directions, and even if some of the trails are compatable for horse back riding, pets, or bicyles. The maps and directions are quite easy to follow; if you do not arrive at your desired location you did not pay attention to detail. I took a year off from hiking and started up again this year. I thought I had lost this book, I was actually moping around like a lost puppy, and was about to purchase another when I accidently found it on a book self. Though not as cleverly written as some other hiking guide books seem to claim, this is a very good guide book for hiking the Sunflower State. Bet many people out there do not even think that you can hike in Kansas.

1 comments about Driving Across Kansas: A Guide to I-70.

1. What a delightful book to take with you when you are driving I-70. I used to think going west on I-70 was so boring. Not anymore! This book tells you something about almost every exit. Keep your eyes on the road but let your passenger read passages from this book as you ride along. You will have your own private tour guide!

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5 comments about Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer.

1. I was born and grew up in Kansas, yet there is much of the state I've never seen. I recently began driving the back roads of Kansas to get from my house to my daughter's on the western side of the state. I am learning to appreciate the undervalued beauty of Kansas. This atlas, showing all the roads in Kansas, including county roads and minimum maitenance roads is an excellent resource for finding my way around the state. It's fun to look in the atlas and find the little dirt road that runs by the cemetery or to see the gravel road that edges the pasture owned by a friend. I didn't realize map reading could be this fun!



2. Once again, Delorme atlases won't lead you astray. Living in Kansas City, I often take excursions into Kansas when I want to get out of the city. With this atlas I can head onto almost any back road and not get lost. These maps are great for finding places that the basic road maps can't show. Whether you're birding, hunting, or camping, you'll find this atlas useful. You can get to Lyon County Fishing Lake, Quivera NWR, Morton County or any place in Kansas easily. Highly recommended!



3. They have done a good job on this Gazatter. I has been a few years since it was updated but can get you where you are going. They give Latitude and Longitude in Decimal and Degree,hour & minutes, which is a plus.



4. This is a book that contains a very detailed state map broken up over 60-80 pages. It shows practically every road in the state, even unnumbered dirt roads. It shows railroad tracks, power lines, and even dry stream beds, so you absolutely can't get lost (if you are a halfway decent map reader). I bought this book to use while storm-chasing. It was a must-have. We always knew exactly where we were on the map. It is not the kind map book you would need if you are just zipping through the state on an interstate. It's more for people who will be traveling off the main roads.



5. This was a frustrating atlas because so many road names and roads were inaccurate. Thought I would rather explore Kansas with this atlas than without this atlas.

5 comments about PrairyErth (A Deep Map): An Epic History of the Tallgrass Prairie Country.

1. ...so I figured I'd like PrairyErth, but I gotta agree with the other three-star reviewer. In fact, I confess I quit after a few chapters, so unfortunately I never met the feminist rancher or the last remaining Kaws, and it's a shame. In fact, I didn't meet a single human being, and if I recall correctly, didn't even meet an animal. I listened to L-H M staring at handfuls of soil and blades of grass. While I respect L-H M's writing and get his purpose, it was just plain too much contemplation and too little dialog, not to mention action.
   
   By the way, I'm also a native Kansan, and recall an enjoyable novel set in the Flint Hills called Firebird. Not a great work of literature, but well researched and I learned much more about the Flint Hills therefrom than I did from PrairyErth.



2. This was a wonderful read although it was never easy. It inspires me to do a "deep map" of Otsego county in NYS.



3. Like many I bought this book based on WLHM's book Blue Highways. I have absolutely no interest in the history of Kansas or the midwest for that matter. Regardless, I found in Prairyerth a book with rich detail that saunters along through the recent, and sometimes ancient, history of one Kansas county. While reading Prairyerth, I looked forward to escaping into Chase County each evening; exploring it's buildings, talking with townfolk, and walking the vast prairy with Heat-Moon.
   
   What a great read and book that I'll be adding to my permenant collection.



4. In reading several books by John Janovy Jr. about Keith County, Nebraska, I soon discovered that Nebraska was certainly not a boring state, especially to a biologist. That this should be evident to anyone in the field almost goes without saying, but the dull image of the Midwest grasslands still lives on. Here there are no tall forests, no majestic mountains or spectacular sea beaches and cliffs. Still this country has its charm and often a lot of history and lore if truth be told.
   
   I was convinced to read "PrairyErth" by a botanist who specializes in grasses. This book has been recommended to his class in grass systematics every year as suplementary reading, but so far none of his students has ever taken him up on this recommendation. This is certainly a great pity as William Least Heat-Moon has produced a masterpiece of over 620 pages that would open the eyes of the readers to the real wonder inherent in even such closely circumscribed areas as Chase County, Kansas, which is the main subject of the book.
   
   The author certainly delivers on his minutely detailed examination of almost every aspect of this nearly square county a little over 150 miles of the geographic center of the continental United States. We learn about the grassland, the Native Americans, the development of the railroad, the local colorful characters, the murders, the geology, and in short William Least Heat-Moon gives us the heart and soul of a county that turns out to not only be not like the gray Kansas of the "Wizard of Oz", but a living and fascinating piece of real estate, right down to the roots of the tall grass prairie and the cottonwoods along the creeks.
   
   If you would really learn about our country, I would suggest you start with this book. I can give it no higher recommendation.



5. If you're not from Kansas, or have never stepped through prairie, you might be tempted not to tackle reading the lengthy PrairyErth. That would be too bad. Least Heat-Moon's description of Chase County prairie, it's people and history, and it's importance to America is fine reading. Clearly he has invested in this book years of research and soul. As vital to American fabric as Yosemite or the Grand Canyon, this tough prairie deserves the time it will take to understand it through this book.