It covers a wide range of subjects, from A to Z, but all closely knitted with folk interest. The Ozark region of this work comprises an area of about 80,000 square miles in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. It includes the Ozarks proper, the Ouachitas, the Kiamichi, and bordering hills and flatlands. With this backdrop I feature the people with their history, folklore, folkways, legends, customs, nomenclature, traditions, logic, philosophy, natural environment, personalities, and modern accomplishments. Many of the items in this work have autobiographical slant because of my close association with the Ozarks for a period of almost forty years.
Emphasis is placed upon human interest.
I have given special attention to documentation and have included a bibliography which will be helpful to students. Each volume is properly indexed. These volumes will be enlarged and others added as needed. September 10, 1957.