teachocolateandbooks's review against another edition
4.0
When I studied Oklahoma history in high school I learned nothing. Not a damn thing. I picked up this book because I had attended one of Jeff Provine's Norman Ghost Tours and found the history really interesting. Plus, my favourite bookstore had the book on a display right next to the register. I picked up the book the day before Halloween and read it in just a couple of hours. The history alone is enough to read the book. For instance, I knew about the tunnels underground downtown that connects several of the buildings, but I did not know that Chinese immigrants created underground tunnels and lived in them. They had chickens in the tunnels. Sadly the tunnels are gone, but knowing they were there is fun. If I had an issue with the book is with the psych sections. I could have done without those chapters and really would have loved more history.
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