The Ozarks

Time-Life American Wilderness Series

by Richard Rhodes

Vivid photographs and text pay tribute to the scenic landscapes and wildlife of the Ozarks

Genres: Nonfiction, Nature

184 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1000

About the author

Richard Lee Rhodes is an American journalist, historian, and author of both fiction and non-fiction (which he prefers to call "verity"), including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986), and most recently, Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race (2007). He has been awarded grants from the Ford Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation among others.

He is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. He also frequently gives lectures and talks on a broad range of subjects to various audiences, including testifying before the U.S. Senate on nuclear energy.

Reviews

[Jasmine Shadows · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am sorry to say this, but this book was very much a disappointment to me. The pictures were wonderful. However, the text did not contain the information that I had anticipated it would. I will simply say that it did not handle the details that would have supplied the information that I needed.

[David Bellangue · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very fine book indeed that I think gives a wonderful portrayal of the Ozark Region. Great for arm chair exploring.

[Kamil]

Dla laików może być interesująca. Tym, którzy wiedzą coś o Zagładzie wyda się raczej rozczarowująca, nijak jej bowiem do dzieł Hilberga czy Browninga. Nadto autor zdaje się przykładać zbyt dużą wagę to teorii przemocy Lonniego Athensa. Poświęca też zbyt dużo miejsca opisom niemieckich okrucieństw, które to opisy zdają się służyć jedynie szokowaniu czytelnika, nie zaś ilustrowaniu tezy.

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Ozarks is another book in the Time-Life "The American Wilderness" series which I have in my home library.
I have always enjoyed the pictures, and I finally have taken the time to read all the text which is well-written.
I recommend to all armchair travelers.

[Matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

light on science, and the exploration aspect was almost nonexistent at least compared to the TL books on alaska and the Caribbean.

[David Fandel]

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