Next Year Country: Dust to Dust in Western Kansas, 1890-1940

by H. Craig Miner and Craig Miner

Book Overview

West of Highway 81, there lies another Kansas. While it accounts for two-thirds of the state's land area, it is sparsely populated and nearly desert dry. Before 1940, it was still distinctly rural-a place that some residents called the "Edge of the World."

Several generations of the Miner family have lived and farmed in Ness County, providing Craig Miner with a rich and very personal backdrop for this heartfelt and compelling portrait of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700614761
• ISBN13: 9780700614769
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"