Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
On the Hill
Virginia Adams · 1983
44/100
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A lovingly assembled photographic scrapbook of the University of Kansas's first 125 years, but its appeal starts and stops at the Lawrence campus gates. Charming if you're a KU alum digging through an archive box, not something Penny can point a general reader toward, and it's been out of print for decades.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety95
Substance / usefulness40
Craft & writing55
Originality45
Evidence & accuracy60
Hype vs delivers60
Age-fit75
Human-eye read30
Penny’s verdict44
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