Reviews for Rogue Valley

The average rating for Rogue Valley based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-12-15 00:00:00 Robin Hood This particular book is a two-in-one type of book for although it explores the most similar aspects of a very little known Kansas both in land and people it is also a memorial for one of the people who has catapulted those warm beliefs the most through her own magazines. As a result the reader isn't just getting to know a very little known state but at the same time enjoying the beautiful and well-described thoughts of a woman in memorial for one of her greatest loves in life. As a picture book the book has such wonderful choices that have been used previously in the "Kansas" magazine, which I don't remember seeing. It gives the reader with a chance to explore so much more of the state - to see the similarities that so many who live her know about but also at the same time to see the differences. And at the same time the photographs continue to show just how much Kansas is underrated for although so much things seem commonplace and uninteresting there is definitely a true beauty that only those who take the time to study that beauty will ever find. The pictures take the reader all over the state and brings them to explore the little known land with all its flora and geography. There is warmth found in the people pictures, life and bypassing challenges that weave their way in with the history that is only implied at with the bodies of windmills silhouetted and wildflowers woven around abandoned buildings. At the same time interspersed freely are paragraphs that describe the Kansas world as seen by Andrea. Although the book is a memorial to her it is her words that capture the reader, describes so much of what you can and cannot see as well as gently directs your thoughts to study deeper the photographs. Although I have never met nor seen her it makes me wish that I could have met this surprising woman. All in all sizewise the book is humongous and awkward to carry so it is more or less better off as a coffee table-type of book. And with the picture of the bison and the moon on its cover it will surely catch the eye of any who see it while inviting the reader into its pages to explore simple Kansas.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-25 00:00:00 Kenneth Rose an amusing read but some what out of date now with more modern references.