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Dr. Isern's book: Dakota Circle, is a tale of life on the plains. He explains by what life is like living on the plains. In the beginning of the book he tells the reader what most people think when they are on the plains. Most of the students thought of words like, "flat" or "large" to describe the layout of the land. They don't use any words that describe the people of the land or what the land means to them. The students that he asked were mostly from North Dakota and Minnesota so they live in the heart of the plains. Dr. Isern also describes the culture of the plains region. He talks about Lawrence Welk being from rural Strasburg, North Dakota. He was in the town when they were dedicating the homestead where grew up. The parking was backed up for over two miles and people came from miles around to see this sight. Welk was a German-Russian and so is most of the town of Strasburg. This is a big ethnicity on the North American plains. The best part of living on the plains is that you know when you are switching between different towns with different ethnicity's.
I think that Dr. Isern did a great job of writing this book. He brings together the different aspects of the plains and that is a lot work. He did a lot of research to find the different aspects of the plains that I did not know. He has lived in the area for his entire life and knows the plains inside and out.