Next Year Country: Dust to Dust in Western Kansas, 1890-1940 - Hardcoverby Craig Miner (Author) West of Highway 81, there lies another Kansas. While it accounts for two thirds of the state's land area, it is sparsely populated and nearly desert dry. Before 1940, it was still distinctly rural a place that some residents called the "Edge of the World." Several generations of the Miner family have lived and farmed in Ness County, providing Craig Miner with a rich and very personal backdrop for this heartfelt and compelling