Larry Hatteberg's Kansas People

From the cover: What do you get when you weave together 85 colorful characters who represent the wide diversity of the people of Kansas? The answer: a tapestry in print in the form of Larry Hatteberg's KANSAS PEOPLE. This exciting book is based on the work of Larry Hatteberg, a national award-winning KAKE-TV photojournalist and news anchor. Larry Hatteberg's KANSAS PEOPLE contains photographic essays portraying the 85 Kansas who are Larry's all-time favorites of the hundreds of Hatteberg's People profiles from the past 15 years. Those profiled are located from border to border throughout Kansas. KANSAS PEOPLE includes the ranchers of the Flint Hills and of the western prairie, Kansans who are carefully preserving centuries-old crafts, collectors of unusual items, woodcarvers, artists, sculptors, musicians, and those who care for nature's creatures -- from caterpillars to snakes to bobcats. Others in a category all their own are Wolf River Bob, old Flick, a Tae-Kwon-Do champion, Eisenhower's photographer, a piano player from the silent movies, the owner of a cafe where a meal is still only $1, a science fiction writer, and a Cowtown ambassador. Hatteberg's People range in age from 13 to 97, and if there is one thing they have in common, it is a passion for life and an intense love for what they are doing. Hatteberg's People may be called characters by some, but more importantly, they are Kansas of character. Larry Hatteberg's KANSAS PEOPLE is a book that will make all Kansas feel good about themselves.