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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
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Language
English
Description
"A few years ago, as I listened one night to my mother telling incidents of her life pioneering in the semi-arid region of Western Kansas, it occurred to me that the picture of that early time was worth drawing and preserving for the future, and that, if this were ever to be done, it must be done soon, before all of the old settlers were gone. This book is the result-an effort to picture that life truly and realistically. It is the story of an energetic...
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.
17) Early Kansas
Author
Publisher
Pioneer Press
Pub. Date
©1997
Physical Desc
124 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
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A lively, anecdotal history of life in the American West during the nineteenth century Frontier life, Dee Brown writes, "was hard, unpleasant most of the time," and " lacking in almost all amenities or creature comforts." And yet, tall tales were the genre of the day, and humor, both light and dark, was abundant. In this historical account, Brown examines the aspects of the frontier spirit that would come to assume so central a position in American...
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