"It is a book which could have been written only by a Westerner; and it
is a book for every American, Westerner and Easterner, Northerner and
Southerner, to read, mark, ponder, and inwardly digest."--_New York
Times_.
"The book radiates the spirit that makes the West
fascinating."--_Outlook_.
"His chapters are set forth with that same easy facility in letters
which has marked his works in fiction."--_New York World_.
"A notably serious and thoughtful study of the American mind, character,
and tendencies in the Middle West.... It is a book of fascinating
interest and of the greatest possible civic and patriotic value."--_New
York Tribune_.
"Meredith Nicholson has done a great work in this masterly study of the
Middle West. It is a national, nay, more, an international service which
is performed in these illuminating pages, for in interpreting America to
Americans the author is also interpreting America, or a very
considerable section of it, to the world at large."--_San Francisco
Chronicle_.
"It is a study of the Middle West--which is the 'Valley' indicated--a
portrayal of its people, its life, and its activities so vivid as to
have almost the effect of a moving picture."--_Indianapolis Star_.