Kansas Tall Tales: Johnny Kaw / Kansas Katie / Twister Twyla, Tenth Anniversary Anthology

Three tall tale heroes come to life in the pages of Kansas Tall Tales, each representing the history and characteristics of Kansas. Who could lop the funnel off a tornado with one mighty whack? Who used Paul Bunyan's nose to dig the Mississippi River and gave him his big blue ox? Who flattened out Kansas and piled up the Rocky Mountains? Who was the Pioneer Spirit of Kansas? Johnny Kaw, that's who? He was a big man in a big land, a hardworking pioneer, and don't you forget it.Look out Johnny Kaw. Move over Paul Bunyan. The new gal in town wasn't too pleased with what those guys did to the prairie. Kansas Katie set out to spruce things up a bit. When Katie found her big yellow cat, Buttercup, hiding in some "weeds," she discovered the way to make Kansas beautiful - sunflowers! "Ain't no other farmer like Kansas Katie!" Who raced the wind and roped dust devils? Who lassoed tornadoes and rode Old Stormy in the Flint Hills Rodeo? Who had twisters do-si-do-ing to the band? Twister Twyla, the Kansas Cowgirl, that's who! Come along for the fun as she rides her twisters in the rodeo career of the century.

Jerri Garretson grew up on the Great Plains of Kansas and has infused her fiction with the local color of the land. She is the author of Johnny Kaw - The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas, Kansas Katie - A Sunflower Tale, Twister Twyla - The Kansas Cowgirl, Imagicat, and The Secret of Whispering Springs, as well as articles and short stories. She now lives in Florida.