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6) Lotta's opal
Author
Publisher
the Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized telling of some of the history of the author's family in Kansas. Includes genealogical information and photographs.
Author
Publisher
Whispering Hope
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Your heart is the core of your body, mind, and soul. This book is a collection of stories as a girl experiences the joys and pains of growing up in a family of twelve in Kansas. Read how they struggle through the post-depression era as you follow her on her incredible journey into womanhood. You will discover the 'art' of finding chewed bulb-blegum on the road, playing chicken on the tracks of an incoming train, and the compassion displayed by her...
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
An account of the raid on the small Kansas town of Coffeyville in October 1892 by the outlaw Dalton gang, whose members were stopped by the courageous actions of the town's citizens who refused to stand idly by while the criminals looted and pushed people around.
Author
Publisher
Trafford
Pub. Date
�2010
Language
English
Description
A continuation of Esther Imhof''s As I remember it, a memoir of Esther's life from birth through her high school days. This new work leads readers through the trial, tribulation, and joys of Esther's adult life as a farm wife and mother chiefly in the western Kansas counties of Sheridan and Thomas. Two of her children, the authors, share their memories to supplement Esther's.
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English
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He hadn't wanted to like a city girl, much less love one, but Christian Prescott found himself on the horns of a dilemma: his yearning for Lynnette Sterling, his brother's intended bride. But she had corralled his heart and spurred him to a decision that would change his life forever! Lynnette's eyes were finally opened when she met her future brother-in-law. For she knew in a prairie heartbeat that Christian Prescott was the embodiment of the rugged...
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English
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She'd Been The Tomboy Heiress And He, The Hired Hand. Now things were a little different. He was Jake Rawlings, dedicated lawman, and she was Emily Prescott, woman on the run. But all Jake wanted was to get her to trust him enough to run straight into his waiting arms. Emily had never been denied anything by her family, until now. And if the man they were trying to keep her away from was the man she really wanted to marry, how come Jake was looking...
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English
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Penned by the hand of his father, this is an epic story of a thirteen-year-old boy who refused a death sentence of brain cancer. Isaac Walsh was, diagnosed with a malignant softball size, brain tumor and given very little chance to live. Facing an uncertain future, Isaac's parents joined a clinical trial at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Isaac's treatment involved cutting-edge research-based medicine, combined with the...
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Hang on to your land!" Julene Bair took her father's words to heart as a young girl. Even though she left Kansas as soon as she could for adventures in San Francisco and the Mojave Desert, she knew how much hard work and sacrifice her parents and grandparents had put into building her family's large farm. Hanging onto it would be her solemn obligation. When Julene inherited a share of the farm years later, however, honoring that wish no longer seemed...
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Ernest Garcia was born and raised in Garden City, the grandson of Mexican immigrants. After graduating from KU, Garcia served in the Marine Corps and worked in various government positions. He saw combat in Iraq during both wars, worked for Bob Dole and Ronald Reagan, and finished out his career by leading the Kansas Highway Patrol. This biography, written by Garcia's cousin, tells a story that challenges our ideas of what it means to be a Kansan....
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