The Cast Iron Forest

“A thoughtful, thorough, and updated account of this bio-region” from the author of From Sail to Steam: Four Centuries of Texas Maritime History, 1500-1900 ( Great Plains Research ).   Winner, Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award, Texas Institute of Letters, 2001   A complex mosaic of post oak and blackjack oak forests interspersed with prairies, the Cross Timbers cover large portions of southeastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and north central Texas. Home to indigenous peoples ov