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PrairyErth

Author : William Least Heat-Moon
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547527470
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book PrairyErth written by William Least Heat-Moon and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestseller by the author of Blue Highways is “a majestic survey of land and time and people in a single county of the Kansas plains” (Hungry Mind Review). William Least Heat-Moon travels by car and on foot into the core of our continent, focusing on the landscape and history of Chase County—a sparsely populated tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of central Kansas—exploring its land, plants, animals, and people until this small place feels as large as the universe. Called a “modern-day Walden” by the Chicago Sun-Times, PrairyErth is a journey through a place, through time, and into the human mind from the acclaimed author of Here, There, Elsewhere: Stories from the Road. “A sense of the American grain that will give [PrairyErth] a permanent place in the literature of our country.” —Paul Theroux, The New York Times

History of the State of Kansas

Author : William G. Cutler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780722248751
Total Pages : 1616 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book History of the State of Kansas written by William G. Cutler and published by . This book was released on with total page 1616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Addie of the Flint Hills

Author : Adaline Sorace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781602801233
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Addie of the Flint Hills written by Adaline Sorace and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On Fire

Author : Larry Schwarm
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822332086
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book On Fire written by Larry Schwarm and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inaugural Winner The Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography A startling, mesmerizing series of photographs of prairie fires, On Fire transports us from moments of almost apocalyptic splendor to the stillness of near abstraction. For over a decade Kansas-based photographer Larry Schwarm has been making extraordinary color photographs of the dramatic prairie fires that sweep across the vast grasslands of his native state each spring. Based on this stunning and extensive body of work, Schwarm was chosen from over 500 submissions as the inaugural winner of the CDS/Honickman Foundation First Book Prize in Photography. With publication of On Fire, Duke University Press, in association with the Center for Documentary Studies and The Honickman Foundation, launches this major biennial book prize for American photographers. Fire is an essential element of the ecosystem. Every spring, the expanses of tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of east-central Kansas undergo controlled burning. For photographer Larry Schwarm, documenting these fires has become a passion. He captures the essence of the fires and their distinct personalities--ranging from calm and lyrical to angry and raging. His photos allow us to see the redemptive power of fire and to remove ourselves from its tragic elements. Through Schwarm's lens, the horizon takes on new meaning as we view the sublime, mystical, and sensual character of the burning landscape. Schwarm connects the enormous power and devastation of fire to what can only be identified as another kind of creation--the creation of beauty. Published by Duke University Press in association with Lyndhurst Books of the Center for Documentary Studies To view images from the book, please visit http://cds.aas.duke.edu/books/fire.html The Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography is open to American photographers who use their cameras for creative exploration, whether it be of places, people, or communities; of the natural or social world; of beauty at large or the lack of it; of objective or subjective realities. Information and guidelines about the prize are available at http://cds.aas.duke.edu/grants

Pioneer Women

Author : Joanna Stratton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476753598
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Women written by Joanna Stratton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a rediscovered collection of autobiographical accounts written by hundreds of Kansas pioneer women in the early twentieth century, Joanna Stratton has created a collection hailed by Newsweek as “uncommonly interesting” and “a remarkable distillation of primary sources.” Never before has there been such a detailed record of women’s courage, such a living portrait of the women who civilized the American frontier. Here are their stories: wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders, and circuit riders. Their personal recollections of prairie fires, locust plagues, cowboy shootouts, Indian raids, and blizzards on the plains vividly reveal the drama, danger and excitement of the pioneer experience. These were women of relentless determination, whose tenacity helped them to conquer loneliness and privation. Their work was the work of survival, it demanded as much from them as from their men—and at last that partnership has been recognized. “These voices are haunting” (The New York Times Book Review), and they reveal the special heroism and industriousness of pioneer women as never before.

8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook

Author : Marci Penner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976540816
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book 8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook written by Marci Penner and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 216 finalists in the 8 Wonders of Kansas contests are featured in this full-color, spiral-bound guidebook.

Firebird

Author : Janice Graham
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
ISBN 13 : 9780316647519
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Firebird written by Janice Graham and published by Little Brown GBR. This book was released on 1998 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethan Brown is a gentleman rancher - a lawyer who is as comfortable amongst his books as he is at ease in the company of cowboys. Engaged to the daughter of the wealthiest landowner in the county, he is within reach of the life he has worked so hard to achieve. Annette Zeldin enters Ethan's life when she returns from Europe to settle her mother's estate. A concert violinist, she feels every inch the outsider and clings to her young daughter, her lifeline. The time Annette spends with Ethan in his office offers her moments of comfort and communion, and before long, both must acknowledge the passion growing between them. Annette and Ethan begin a clandestine affair that promises (or threatens) to change their lives - but it is soon to be torn apart by tragedy...

The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fé Railroad

Author : Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021222091
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fé Railroad written by Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel through history on one of America's most iconic railways! This comprehensive guide tells the story of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, from its establishment in the 1800s to its impact on westward expansion and modern transportation. Filled with captivating photographs and fascinating anecdotes, this book is a must-read for train enthusiasts and history buffs alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

No Saints in Kansas

Author : Amy Brashear
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616956844
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book No Saints in Kansas written by Amy Brashear and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young adult, fictional reimagining of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and the brutal murders that inspired it. Gripping and fast-paced, this meticulously researched historical fiction will reinvigorate a new generation to Capote. November is usually quiet in Holcomb, Kansas, but in 1959, the town is shattered by the quadruple murder of the Clutter family. Suspicion falls on Nancy Clutter’s boyfriend, Bobby Rupp, the last one to see them alive. New Yorker Carly Fleming, new to the small Midwestern town, is an outsider. She tutored Nancy, and (in private, at least) they were close. Carly and Bobby were the only ones who saw that Nancy was always performing, and that she was cracking under the pressure of being Holcomb’s golden girl. This secret connected Carly and Bobby. Now that Bobby is an outsider, too, they’re bound closer than ever. Determined to clear Bobby’s name, Carly dives into the murder investigation and ends up in trouble with the local authorities. But that’s nothing compared to the wrath she faces from Holcomb once the real perpetrators are caught. When her father is appointed to defend the killers of the Clutter family, the entire town labels the Flemings as traitors. Now Carly must fight for what she knows is right.

Elevations

Author : Max McCoy
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700626026
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Elevations written by Max McCoy and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The upper Arkansas River courses through the heart of America from its headwaters near the Continental Divide above Leadville, Colorado, to Arkansas City, just above the Kansas-Oklahoma border. Max McCoy embarked on a trip of 742 miles in search of the river’s unique story. Part adventure and part reflection, steeped in the natural and cultural history of the Arkansas Valley, Elevations is McCoy’s account of that journey. Going by kayak when he can—by Jeep, on foot, or by other means when he has to—McCoy takes us with him, navigating the Arkansas River as it reveals its nature and tests his own. Along the way, and when he isn’t battling the current for his overturned kayak; braving a frigid Christmas Eve along the river; or joining the search for a drowning victim, he steps out to explore the world beyond the river’s banks. Here for instance is Camp Amache, where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II. Here is Ludlow, where thirteen women and children died in a standoff between striking coal miners and the militia in 1914. Farther along we find Sand Creek, site of a massacre by US soldiers in 1864, and, uncomfortably close, Garden City, where white supremacists were charged with planning a terror attack on Somali refugees in 2016. Whether traveling back in time, pausing in the present, or looking forward, Elevations captures the Arkansas River in its thrilling moments and placid stretches, in its natural splendor and degradation at human hands. The book shows us the river as a flowing repository of human history and, in the telling of this gifted writer, as a life-changing experience.

From the Heart

Author :
Publisher : Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon
ISBN 13 : 9780990353348
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book From the Heart written by and published by Jordan Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Lanker saw more than most of us do. He saw opportunities in the moment, and he grabbed a camera, "the tool that was as quick and reflective as his brain," writes sports columnist and editor Blaine Newnham. Newnham recommended Lanker's hire as picture director at the Eugene Register-Guard in 1974, just one year after Lanker had won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography at age 24, for his photographs in the Topeka Capital-Journal of a couple bringing forth their second baby during natural childbirth. "I want to show people things they can't see, normally," Lanker said. That quote from Brian Lanker, along with many others, can be found among the captions in these pages, all of which were researched and written by Mike Tharp, a war correspondent and award-winning journalist, with whom Lanker teamed up at the Topeka Capital-Journal and became lifelong friends. From the Heart combines Tharp's captions with a striking selection of Lanker's photographs and a collection of essays written by Lanker's colleagues and friends, who for the most part were one and the same. These essays--thoughtful, poignant, funny, and respectful--tell the story of Lanker's bolting career start at the Topeka Capital-Journal, his ceaseless creativity, his driving work ethic, and his giving heart. In her prologue, writer and poet Maya Angelou writes, "There was a generosity about Lanker, which allowed him to give himself to everyone as he was needed." Brian Lanker was a photojournalist with the eye of an artist. Some of his photographs are timeless, and others are wholly of their time. From the Heart is a tribute to his singular vision, and a moving portrait of both man and artist.

No Place Like Home

Author : C.J. Janovy
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700628347
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book No Place Like Home written by C.J. Janovy and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far from the coastal centers of culture and politics, Kansas stands at the very center of American stereotypes about red states. In the American imagination, it is a place LGBT people leave. No Place Like Home is about why they stay. The book tells the epic story of how a few disorganized and politically naïve Kansans, realizing they were unfairly under attack, rolled up their sleeves, went looking for fights, and ended up making friends in one of the country’s most hostile states. The LGBT civil rights movement’s history in California and in big cities such as New York and Washington, DC, has been well documented. But what is it like for LGBT activists in a place like Kansas, where they face much stiffer headwinds? How do they win hearts and minds in the shadow of the Westboro Baptist Church (“Christian” motto: “God Hates Fags”)? Traveling the state in search of answers—from city to suburb to farm—journalist C. J. Janovy encounters LGBT activists who have fought, in ways big and small, for the acceptance and respect of their neighbors, their communities, and their government. Her book tells the story of these twenty-first-century citizen activists—the issues that unite them, the actions they take, and the personal and larger consequences of their efforts, however successful they might be. With its close-up view of the lives and work behind LGBT activism in Kansas, No Place Like Home fills a prairie-sized gap in the narrative of civil rights in America. The book also looks forward, as an inspiring guide for progressives concerned about the future of any vilified minority in an increasingly polarized nation.

One of Ours

Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One of Ours written by Willa Cather and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1922 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claude has an intuitive faith in something splendid and feels at odds with his contemporaries. The war offers him the opportunity to forget his farm and his marriage of compromise; he enlists and discovers that he has lacked. But while war demands altruism, its essence is destructive

History of Atchison County, Kansas

Author : Sheffield Ingalls
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book History of Atchison County, Kansas written by Sheffield Ingalls and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kansas City

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762752149
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Kansas City written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hillbilly Elegy

Author : J. D. Vance
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062300563
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Hillbilly Elegy written by J. D. Vance and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal "Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.

Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers

Author : Douglas M. Ladd
Publisher : Falcon Guides
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers written by Douglas M. Ladd and published by Falcon Guides. This book was released on 1995 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A useful tool for both the novice and the expert, this guide identifies over 250 flowers and grasses.