Russell Cobb

I have to admit, before I read this book, I knew very little about Oklahoma. Sure, I knew about the musical Oklahoma, the oil, the college football teams and a few other things but I sure learned a lot about the state from reading this book. This is an interesting, eye-opening read about the state's contradictions and lesser-known history. And it comes from someone who should know, a Tulsa native.

I'd highly recommend this to anyone interested in Oklahoma or anyone who likes to get the real show more story about a subject which they thought they knew.

(I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via Net Galley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.) show less

rec'd by Janice in page-turners book club at local library in white Yukon...
Excellent. Enthralling. I admit, I've only been paying attention to OK history & culture since about the time this book was getting edited for publication, but almost everything he says rings true. I'm willing to admit that a couple of things need to be fact-checked, and of course there's the bias Cobb admits to. But the history is sound; this is *not* a silly trivia sort of book that one might think of when one sees show more the title 'weird' in the title.

Much of the thesis is summed up in the first dozen or two pages. Please read at least the sample avl. at Amazon. And please seriously consider reading the rest, if you care at all about understanding the history of the heartland of America. OK 'contains multitudes' and is both microcosm of and outsider to the USA.

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Oral Roberts University
*The Gathering Place* - a 'commons' city park in Tulsa

And for my Canadian friends, "The Black One Thousand." show less

Dude, right?!?