A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1 – The Old Ozarks Blevins Paperback

A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1 Volume 1The Old Ozarks\nAuthor(s): Brooks Blevins\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252085499, 978-0252085499\nSynopsis\nWinner of the Missouri History Book Award, from the State Historical Society of Missouri\n Winner of the Arkansiana Award, from the Arkansas Library Association\n\n Geologic forces raised the Ozarks. Myth enshrouds these hills. Human beings shaped them and were shaped by them. The Ozarks reflect the epic tableau of the American peoplethe native Osage and would-be colonial conquerors, the determined settlers and on-the-make speculators, the endless labors of hardscrabble farmers and capitalism of visionary entrepreneurs. The Old Ozarks is the first volume of a monumental three-part history of the region and its inhabitants. Brooks Blevins begins in deep prehistory, charting how these highlands of granite, dolomite, and limestone came to exi.