A Gazetteer of Kansas
Author : Henry Gannett
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Page : 278 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Kansas
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Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher :
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Kansas
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Author : John Crerar Library
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 26,27 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
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Author : John Hayward
Publisher :
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 21,99 MB
Release : 1853
Category : United States
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Author : Pettingill & Co
Publisher :
Page : 1500 pages
File Size : 17,58 MB
Release : 1899
Category : American newspapers
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Author : Frank F. Murray
Publisher :
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 37,43 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Petroleum
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 41,71 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Subject catalogs
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Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Livestock
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Author : Bob Gress
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 2008-03-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0700615652
Kansas is a bird-watcher's paradise, with its key location at the hub of the hemisphere's migration corridors and exceptional habitat diversity; 470 avian species have been documented within its borders. From spectacularly beautiful birds like Painted Buntings to elegant migrants like Hudsonian Godwits, birders can find abundant rewards every time they take to the field. The Guide to Kansas Birds and Birding Hot Spots focuses on 295 species that are most likely to be encountered in the state. It helps occasional day-trippers or backyard observers identify and learn about birds that regularly occur in Kansas, with stunning color photos that enable those new to the hobby to identify their discoveries, plus tips on where to search for these species with the greatest likelihood of success. Gress and Janzen have produced an exceptionally well-organized guide that divides birds into 18 groups based on similarity in appearance, habitat, or behavior, following taxonomic order only partially to make identification easier for the beginner. The entry for each bird gives its size, identifying features (including sexual and seasonal distinctions), and where and when it can be found. And each account includes a brilliant color photo of an adult of the species, with additional views of selected birds to illustrate male, female, or juvenile plumages. The authors point out the best birding locations in the state-more than two dozen hot spots of which they have intimate knowledge-that reflect utterly different bird communities thriving only a few hours apart. They also provide a checklist for all state birds, a calendar of Kansas bird activity, and recommendations for binoculars and other field guides.
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Page : 512 pages
File Size : 36,56 MB
Release : 1915
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Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Picador
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 35,79 MB
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1429900326
One of "our most insightful social observers"* cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker of class privilege, became the creed of millions of ordinary Americans With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on what he calls the "thirty-year backlash"—the populist revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment. The high point of that backlash is the Republican Party's success in building the most unnatural of alliances: between blue-collar Midwesterners and Wall Street business interests, workers and bosses, populists and right-wingers. In asking "what 's the matter with Kansas?"—how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union—Frank, a native Kansan and onetime Republican, seeks to answer some broader American riddles: Why do so many of us vote against our economic interests? Where's the outrage at corporate manipulators? And whatever happened to middle-American progressivism? The questions are urgent as well as provocative. Frank answers them by examining pop conservatism—the bestsellers, the radio talk shows, the vicious political combat—and showing how our long culture wars have left us with an electorate far more concerned with their leaders' "values" and down-home qualities than with their stands on hard questions of policy. A brilliant analysis—and funny to boot—What's the Matter with Kansas? presents a critical assessment of who we are, while telling a remarkable story of how a group of frat boys, lawyers, and CEOs came to convince a nation that they spoke on behalf of the People. *Los Angeles Times