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Summary: Interesting - but loaded with inaccuracies
Review: I find "Kansas Off the Beaten Path" (5th edition) to be an interesting guide to Kansas sights and attractions, but it seems to be loaded with inaccuracies. Page 4 - "The term Huron is not really the name of a Native American Tribe..." Wrong - there is a Huron tribe. Page 7 - "The Great Mall of the Great Plains - Kansas City" This is in Olathe - not Kansas City. Page 38 - "Wealthy old Marblecrest Street has a panoramic view of the Marmaton River valley..." Marblecrest is neither wealthy nor old, and very little of it overlooks the river valley. Page 38 - "The Good Ol' Days...is a celebration of life from the 1840s through today...." It is the recreation of an 1899 Street Fair. Page 39 - "The Bourbon County Fair takes place the fourth week in July..." If you come then, you will miss it. Page 41 - "Hollister Wildlife Area, 8 miles southwest of Fort Scott on Highway 69...." It's several miles off Highway 69. Page 42 - "...Darnaby's Berry Farm and Country House...." It has been closed for several years. Page 51 - The account of the Civil War battle: "...a total massacre of the Fort Scott troops." This is incorrect. Page 130 - The account of Squaw's Den Battleground: "Their escape took them through eastern Kansas...." their route was in western Kansas. This could be a really good guide to out-of-the-way attractions in Kansas, but I could not trust its accuracy. If there are as many mistakes in the rest of the book as in the portion with which I am familiar, I question its value. A book in its 5th edition should have those inaccuracies corrected. The authors need to recheck some of their information.
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Summary: Interesting - but loaded with inaccuracies
Review: I find "Kansas Off the Beaten Path" (5th edition) to be an interesting guide to Kansas sights and attractions, but it seems to be loaded with inaccuracies. Page 4 - "The term Huron is not really the name of a Native American Tribe..." Wrong - there is a Huron tribe. Page 7 - "The Great Mall of the Great Plains - Kansas City" This is in Olathe - not Kansas City. Page 38 - "Wealthy old Marblecrest Street has a panoramic view of the Marmaton River valley..." Marblecrest is neither wealthy nor old, and very little of it overlooks the river valley. Page 38 - "The Good Ol' Days...is a celebration of life from the 1840s through today...." It is the recreation of an 1899 Street Fair. Page 39 - "The Bourbon County Fair takes place the fourth week in July..." If you come then, you will miss it. Page 41 - "Hollister Wildlife Area, 8 miles southwest of Fort Scott on Highway 69...." It's several miles off Highway 69. Page 42 - "...Darnaby's Berry Farm and Country House...." It has been closed for several years. Page 51 - The account of the Civil War battle: "...a total massacre of the Fort Scott troops." This is incorrect. Page 130 - The account of Squaw's Den Battleground: "Their escape took them through eastern Kansas...." their route was in western Kansas. This could be a really good guide to out-of-the-way attractions in Kansas, but I could not trust its accuracy. If there are as many mistakes in the rest of the book as in the portion with which I am familiar, I question its value. A book in its 5th edition should have those inaccuracies corrected. The authors need to recheck some of their information.
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Summary: Kansas - Off the Beaten Path
Review: The book is interesting, but seems to have a number of inaccuracies. i.e., the location of the Branding Iron Restaurant (p. 45), the military bridge, "...one of only two remaining structures..."(p. 43)[the bridge was dismantled many years ago (maybe 20 years); "Wealthy old Marblecrest Street .." (p. 42), [I guess this is Marblecrest Drive; I would not call Marblecrest Drive wealthy or old]; the Battle of Mine Creek, "...fought near Trading Post..."(p. 42) [Mine Creek Battlefield is several miles from Trading Post; it is about two miles from Pleasanton.] I find the book interesting, but with these inaccuracies in the areas with which I am familiar would cause me to be afraid to trust the book for areas in which I am not familiar.
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