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Finally a book that I didn't mind reading, Dakota Circle, unlike the first two books, was actually entertaining! It wasn't just filled with a bunch of historical facts, but instead included stories to show why things are they way they are on the plains, and more specifically, North Dakota. Although I did not grow up in North Dakota, and therefore am not as familiar with the battle to have the worlds largest, I did grow up in a farming plains community where I could easily relate to many of social interactions that Dr. Isern discussed. Not only was this book more interesting, but much easier to read simply because you could relate to it. When reading the stories in the book, I could imagine what it was like for Dr. Isern to interview many of the different people across North Dakota; my grandpa is likely much like many of the people that he interviewed. Every holiday and family get together my grandpa likes to tell stories about growing up and what things used to be like when he was a child, and especially how things have changed in farming. Its fun to listen to my grandpa though because its not all facts about how things used to be, he also has many stories about mischief, like hiding people's horses in town, people doing dumb things, and tragedy, like the multiple farming accidents my grandpa has dealt with in his life.