A treat for fort history buffs, and a great tool for field trips with family and students with similar interests. As for me? My interest comes from family history quests embarked upon for more information about my own lines and legends, stories to dig into to figure out what is fact and what is more likely a tall tale.

This book provides facts and reported contacts and happenings at a specific set of forts in the American Midwest, along with good representation of the peoples who had lived in those areas before Lewis & Clark changed the neighborhood. Great maps, illustrations and photographs accompany the sections on each locale, and the endpapers are very helpful if you have your heart set on only one particular fort - you won't have to unwind the whole book to get to that information.

I'm sending 3.5 stars up the flagpole. . .rounding to 4 - bonus to the authors for providing information on a subject that hasn't been given much attention.

*A sincere thank you to Jay H. Buckley and Jeffrey D. Nokes, University of Nebraska Press, and NetGalley for an ARC to read and independently review.* #GreatPlainsForts #NetGalley

I had a hard time with this book. I found it to be rather dry and academic. Not what I was looking for.