LeRoy G. Pratt (1910–2007)
Auteur van Discovering historic Iowa
Werken van LeRoy G. Pratt
Discovering Historic Iowa 1972 1 exemplaar
From cabin to capital 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1910-03-26
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2007-06-24
- Geslacht
- male
- Geboorteplaats
- Burlington, Iowa, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Leden
Besprekingen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 6
- Leden
- 37
- Populariteit
- #390,572
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 1
The book's basic problems could have been solved structurally; a great deal of the dates and figures could and should have been presented tabularly. These tables are appended after the text, but that's no help at all, except perhaps for the researcher; general readers still have to wade through all this. A table which included the dates and, if available, the costs, of all the courthouses as well as the dates of various calamities (usually fires, lightning strikes, or burglaries) would have eased reading. The author spends considerable time on county seat contests, and rightfully so, but these would also read more easily with a table to anchor the reader's progress. It's undoubtedly difficult to procure photographs of the older courthouses, but coverage is spotty here, and more of them would have added a lot.
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