In the Country of the Kaw: A Personal Natural History of the American Plains

by James H. Locklear

328 pages, Hardcover

Published May 6, 2024

Reviews

[Lynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book. I would describe it as a combination of ecology, agriculture, and geology of the Kaw Watershed but also as a sort of love letter to the region. Anyone with a natural sciences background will appreciate and already have some understanding of the information presented but there is still room for learning. I can imagine myself standing on some divide peering into the drainage basin and seeing forever and into the past or kayaking down the river which I've done many times. This is a "slow food" experience, not something to rush as you read but to dabble and peruse.

[Rhonda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I live in the country of the Kaw, grew up next to the Smoky Hill River, and I found this a fascinating look at all aspects of the countryside in the drainage basin of the Kaw, geology, fauna, flora, human history, and extremely readable.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[George Frazier · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new voice in the annals of the Kansas River, Locklear has written a riverine botany of the Kaw Valley, a poignant cultural and natural history of the longest true prairie river on earth.