This really is a "must-have" book for anyone interested in the details of what Plains Indians wore. It contains hundreds of wonderful full colour plates of Ledger Drawings by Plains Indians of Plains Indians. The production values of the book are also very high indeed, so that it is not only a marvellous reference work, it is also beautiful to look at and to hold. The standard of scholarship of the accompanying text is also excellent. As an author and artist, I found it truly inspirational. The only possible criticism is that more of the Ledger Drawings themselves were not reproduced, because the references to them are tantalising.

A fine novel, a masterpiece of concision, considering the breadth of the story. What saddens me is that there are no other Morris novels in print. This one is no better or worse than any of his other wonderful novels, but evidently rates publication because it has the word "female" in the title. His best novel, The Field of Vision, also won the National Book award.

Not much needs to be said----Its the Bible of plains archaeology

My book is tattered because I've used it so much. I like it because it covers all the common species of the southern plains. In addition, it gives plant range and habitat information to aid in identification. Plus the pictures are top notch.

EACH CHAPTER IS IT'S OWN STORY CLEVERLY LEADING YOU TO THE NEXT TO SEE WHERE IT LEADS AND WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THE CHARACTERS. IT WAS VERY HARD TO PUT DOWN AND NOT HARD TO GET BACK TO AS YOU LOOKED FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT BRONC AND WISPAH. VERY WELL WRITTEN BY AN EXCELLENT AUTHOR WHO OBVIOUSLY DID A GOOD DEAL OF RESEARCH ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES.. I SHALL RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND I AM CONFIDENT THEY WILL ALL ENJOY IT AS I DID... GREAT WRITING. DAVID G. FULLER

Wilkerson's Scribe of the Great Plains tells the wonderful story of Mari Sandoz, writer of the definitive work on Crazy Horse. It is a work enriched with detail of Sandoz' life as a child growing up on the plains of Nebraska. Although a part of the Great Heartlander series of books written for schoolchildren, the book maintains interest for readers of all ages. It is written with excellent detail of prairie life and genuinely captures the day-to-day life of a young person living in the west.

Review in BBC Wildlife, January 2000, page 78 by BRIAN JACKMAN (writer) On the run The great migration of wildebeest zebras and gazelles across the high plains of East Africa's Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is the biggest wildlife show on Earth. Big subjects deserve a broad canvas, and this book is as big as they come - a coffee-table blockbuster whose wide-screen format is ideal for showing the huge Serengeti landscapes and awesome portraits of predators and prey. It is dominated by Carlo Mari's stunning photographs, and the fact that he has chosen to work entirely in black and white - reproduced here by using duotones on wonderfully thick ivory paper - only adds to the power of each printed image. The soft, grainy texture gives the action shots a quality akin to Renaissance paintings, except that instead of flights of angels we see zebras flying through clouds of dustand wildebeest crashing through torrents of spray as they race for their lives across the Mara River. But pictures alone cannot explain the mysteries of the great migration. That needs the words of experts - and the strength of this book is that the experts also happen to be the finest of wordsmiths. The cover carries a glowing message from Peter Matthiessen. The foreword is by Richard D Estes, whose own books on African mammals are essential reading for every safari enthusiast, and the main text is by Harvey Croze, distinguished- author of Pyramids of Life. With Croze as guide, the reader is taken on a 500km round trip from the wildebeest's ancestral calving grounds in the southern Serengeti to their dry-season refuge in the Masai Mara - a circuit as old as Africa itself. Along the way, everything is explained in lucid and informative style, with the occasional dash of dry humour for good measure. All the key players are featured, from those species which make up what Croze calls the "guild of predators" down to the fine print of the Serengeti grasses and the parasites which probably kill more wildebeest than all the predators put together. The result is nothing less than a masterpiece, a celebration of the natural world in all its diversity. If you can't actually go to Africa to see the great migration in the flesh, this book really is the next best thing.

Roger paints with words Norman Rockwell's America. We can look at his beloved Nebraska through the eyes of those who faced the extreme conditions of plains life. The wry and often outrageous stories, poetry and songs bring us back to a simpler but not easier day. Roger reminds us that the American spirit is strong and resilient as well as creative. Thank you Roger for taking the time to be pleasant.

We took several guide books with us when we took the Great American Vacation last year, but this was the one we returned to again and again. The sections on each park were big enough to give you plenty of ideas for things to do during a 3-4 day visit, but not so big as to be overwhelming. It has a nice introductory section for each park, a list of hikes of various difficulties, good maps and beautiful pictures. You won't need a separate guide for each park if you have this book.