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| Kentucky's Last Great Places | 
| Author: Thomas G. Barnes
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Category: Book
List Price: $32.50
Buy New: $12.87
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 314665
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 216
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 9.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0813122309
Dewey Decimal Number: 508.769
EAN: 9780813122304
ASIN: 0813122309
Publication Date: June 28, 2002
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 Wonderfully subtle pictures October 16, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although perhaps some of the grand Kentucky scenery is missing, there are some wonderful pictures in this book. Barnes best photographs are perhaps in the subtle colors of the prairie, the Pennyrile and Barren. flowers and insects. Some of the snow dusted scenery, such as Rock Bridge in Daniel Boone National Forest is also well done.
Sometimes the writing tries to be too antidotal; for example he writes that he forgot the price that a five pound mussel would fetch in the commercial market; but I would have preferred knowing the price rather than his forgetting of it. The chapter on biodiversity provides an introduction to each of the regions, but a good map of each each of the regions would have helped me relate to the preserves he discusses.
 A great book by a great man March 28, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I might be a little biased as Tom Barnes is my uncle... ok, ok, so I'm really biased, but I have read it all the way through and looked at the pictures on numerous separate occasions, and it never ceases to amaze and inspire me. It makes me wish I lived in Kentucky. :) He truly is a skilled and passionate photographer/writer. Buy this book!
 Disappointing February 14, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book to show friends here in Germany how lovely my home state is, since so few of them even know it exists. I was very disappointed. The photography is okay, but far from inspiring, and does not really capture the "great" places of Kentucky, nor why they can be so lovely. The response from people who have looked at the book at my house is just a shrug -- no "ooohs" or "aaaahs". It really doesn't do Kentucky justice.
Lovely book July 3, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This author's photographic work is gorgeous but this is not only a "picture book". It is a book of nature, ecology and environment and is worth exploring. I love Kentucky and grieve for the assaults and damages it has suffered for so long. It is my hope that if Kentuckians can see their home state as this book shows it, they will be more protective of it. Greed and exploitation have harmed Kentucky as have poverty and ignorance. The state and the nation need to protect Kentucky's natural environment. One complaint about the book: it needs a state map showing the regions the author writes about! There was no way to refer to the regions because there was no map of that sort. (There was a very limited map but not cross-referenced to the regions covered in the book.) This was an annoying omission from the book, but the book still merits high ratings for its beauty and information.
A Beautifully Portrayed Work! December 15, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought the photography and composure of this book was well done. The pictures are beautiful and make you want to explore the unknown places. I live in Kentucky and love to travel. My logo is: Simple Life~~~Simple Books. This falls into that category- simple yet breath-taking. Please get this book. Travel to Kentucky!
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