Description: Driving across Kansas will help travelers notice, understand, and appreciate the beauty of productive soils, bountiful harvests, and natural grasslands. This book shares inspiring stories of the courageous and resourceful people who settled here and who still work and thrive in Kansas.
Brief description: Ted T. Cable is a professor of Park Management and Conservation at Kansas State University and a fellow of the National Association for Interpretation. A designer of several nature parks and preserves, he has published widely on natural resource management and environmental interpretation. He is the coauthor of Driving Across Missouri (Kansas).
Wayne Maley is the retired director of special projects for the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the author of A Companion's Guide for Travelling I-80: Iowa Really Isn't Boring.Review Quotes:
"Interstate 70 is the 'main street of Kansas.' This mile-by-mile guide describes the history, plants and animals, landscape, and agriculture along I-70, from the High Plains of western Kansas to the Missouri River, and everything in between."--Rex Buchanan, coauthor of Roadside Kansas: A Traveler's Guide to Its Geology and Landmarks
"Effectively combines practical information with history and geography in a manner that will appeal to anyone who drives I-70. A highly readable narrative companion for journeys across Kansas."--Virgil W. Dean, editor of Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains