Song of Iowa: Iowa Its Beauty Bounty Diversity

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Summary: Good idea,poor graphics,weak writing,PAPERBACK!
Review: A picture book of Iowa scenes and people. Sixty percent of photos are professional and interesting; the rest are amatuerish, out of focus, and pointless, plus awful "cut out" collages-in my opinion. Book does not "read" well, nor does it hold up to normal handling- a PAPERBACK "coffee table" book?? NOT!! A real contradiction in quality- some images suitable for framing, next to fuzzy snapshots! NOT a true picture OR song of Iowa.

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Summary: Makes Iowa look ugly
Review: Iowa's a great state but this book doesn't show it. It's a haphazard collection of some truly great photographs unfortunately mingled with very very amateurish stuff. The writing is horrible. Can we rate this book as a quarter-star instead of one? It's that low.