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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"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...
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English
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Nearing 60, William D. Street (1851–1911) sat down to write his memoir of frontier life. Street's early years on the plains of western Kansas were both ordinary and extraordinary; ordinary in what they reveal about the everyday life of so many who went out to the western frontier, extraordinary in their breadth and depth of historical event and impact. His tales of life as a teamster, cavalryman, town developer, trapper, buffalo hunter, military...
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Language
English
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"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.
Over the trails: Milt Bryan's adventure on the Santa Fe Trail; The massacre on Walnut Creek; A ride for life; The crazy...
Author
Publisher
Rowe Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Stories about people, places, and happenings in Kansas and the Old West. They include personal interpretations of historical events, sites, and personalities, both well-known and obscure. There are also simple narratives which zero in on particular aspects of the cuture and heritage of Kansans and Westerners. All the tales selected for the collection were written solely because something about them caught the author's fancy.
Author
Publisher
TwoDot, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Why did Kansas's earliest settlers leave their homes and forge new lives on its prairies? Why did they stay? Despite the challenges of loneliness, drought, and political turmoil Kansas pioneers faced, many found and wrote about joy and beauty in their adopted communities. Letters and diaries describe the times that gave them reason to sing, dance, and celebrate--moments when their burdens were lighter. This beautifully illustrated volume brings...
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Publisher
AuthorHouse
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In 1857 Augusta, indeed the originator of this book through her three bound journals, which I inherited, met Sara Robinson, the plucky abolitionist wife of the first elected Governor of Kansas Territory. She had written a book, while in a P.O.W. camp with her husband. It so impressed Augusta that after Eldorado was founded and she settled down there, she began planning a book about their pre Civil War adventures traveling to the Kansas Territory....
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