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Author
Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 528 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of the American West is one of the epics of mankind. This exhilarating account is at once a complete, anecdotal history and a compendium of western lore. It shows what life on the frontier was really like, and portrays the brave, unpredictable and sometimes violent men and women who explored, fought over and finally tamed a continent. Jon E. Lewis vividly depicts the pioneers, the onrush of the cattle barons, the coming of the lawmen and...
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Language
English
Description
A historical atlas depicts the growth and changes of Kansas, in terms of the land, its character and use, transportation routes, shifting of demographic centers, changes in political divisions, agriculture and the economy, and education.
Author
Publisher
Pelican Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Even before the official start of the Civil War in 1861, Kansas saw violent fighting between pro- and antislavery factions, bushwhackers and Jayhawkers respectively, during the territory's bid for statehood. After war was declared, 'Bleeding Kansas' became the battleground of local militias and guerrilla fighters. In 'Civil War in Kansas, ' historian Roy Bird examines the personalities involved in this violent era, including William Clarke Quantrill,...
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1968]
Edition
[1st ed.].
Physical Desc
xxv, 389 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
An authentic eyewitness account, by the half-Cheyenne son of William Bent of Bent's Fort, of events on the Great Plains, 1826-1875.
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
1984
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rollicking, adventurous, touching. Whether the reader invests only a few minutes at a time or finishes the book at one sitting, he is in for a lot of fun."--American West'Fascinating tales set down succinctly and excitingly. There are stories of lost treasure and sudden riches, of outlaws and sheriffs, of massacres and heroics.
20) Early Kansas
Author
Publisher
Pioneer Press
Pub. Date
©1997
Physical Desc
124 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
Formats
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