Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
1991
Abstract
The objectives of this encyclopedia, as explained by the author in the introduction, are "to present the widest possible body of reference material on the Central West" and also "to offer a readable work, one to be dipped into for enjoyment as well as information" (5). There is no disputing the breadth of the coverage, which extends geographically from North Dakota to Texas and from Nebraska to western Colorado and topically from geology to tourism. Nor can it be denied that the entries are interesting. But conceptually the choice of area is open to dispute, and a close reading of a sample of entries reveals that the accuracy of the information may be queried.
Comments
Published in GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY 11:3 (Summer 1991). Copyright © 1991 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.