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Despite the challenges of loneliness, drought, and political turmoil Kansas pioneers faced, many found and wrote about joy and beauty in their adopted communities. This book brings together reflections of 50 individuals of different ages, backgrounds, and outlooks who helped shape the identity of the Sunflower State.
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Residents of Kansas love their prairies, river bottoms, and buffalo wallows. And in spite of the difficulties of breaking sod (even building homes from the strips), planting in drought years, and neighbors miles away, these hardy pioneers stayed and wrote beautiful small love letters to their adopted country. This volume collects together some of the best reflections on the Sunflower State from fifty people of different ages, backgrounds, and outlooks who shaped its identity.
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