In poetry and picture, Florence and Weldon Schloneger draw you into the ethos of the Kansas Flint Hills. Sonnets sing the story of the Kaánze people who were part of the land, Europeans who passed through it on their way west, and settlers who stopped and called it home. Free verse poems praise the hardy ecosystem of the tallgrass prairie. Each page offers a brushstroke of a more detailed history and complex geography. It is meant to pique your interest to explore further.