| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.1

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Book Review

Next Year Country: Dust to Dust in Western Kansas, 1890–1940. By Craig Miner. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. xx + 371 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.)

Western sections of most states are often distinct areas from their eastern regions, and western Kansas is no exception. A desert-like area that is thinly populated, western Kansas, defined as the land area west of Highway 81 (approximately at the 96th meridian), encompasses two-thirds of Kansas and 60 of the state's 105 counties. The rugged and optimistic pioneers who settled and helped develop western Kansas are the focus of this study by Craig Miner, professor of history at Wichita State University. Next Year Country continues this important story of the settlement of western Kansas, this time looking at the years from 1890 to 1940, that Miner began in a previous book entitled, West of Wichita (Lawrence, KS, 1986). As with several of his other publications, Miner relies heavily on newspaper accounts and provides readers with numerous direct quotations from these primary sources. In addition, the author has a personal connection to the region and offers interesting details on his relatives, who were among those who farmed and lived in Ness County.

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