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Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book uses the story of Isaac Beckley Werner, a homesteader in Stafford County, Kansas, to reveal how the Populist Movement involved and affected Kansas farmers. From 1884 until his death in 1895, Werner kept a diary whose content revolved around the advice of Henry Ward Beecher: recording events around him rather than focusing on himself. Owner of an extensive personal library, an attendee of Populist lectures who contributed columns to 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...
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