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War to the Knife

Author : Thomas Goodrich
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811766993
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book War to the Knife written by Thomas Goodrich and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marching armies, cavalry raids, guerilla warfare, massacres, towns and farms in flames—the American Civil War, 1861-1865? No—Kansas, 1854-1861. Before there was Bull Run or Gettysburg, there was Black Jack and Osawatomie. Long before events at Fort Sumter ignited the War Between the States, men fought and died on the Prairies of Kansas over the incendiary issue of slavery. “War to the knife and knife to the hilt,” cried the Atchison Squatter Sovereign. “ Let the watchword be ‘Extermination, total and complete.’” In 1854 a shooting war developed between proslavery men in Missouri and free-staters in Kansas over control of the territory. The prize was whether it would be a slave or free state when admitted to the Union, a question that could decide the balance of power in Washington. Told in the unforgettable words of the men and women involved, War to the Knife is an absorbing account of a bloody episode soon spread east, events in “Bleeding Kansas” have largely been forgotten. But as historian Thomas Goodrich reveals in this compelling saga, what America’s “first civil war” lacked in numbers it more than made up for in ferocity. War to the Knife is a riveting story of blood, fire, and death. It is also a story with an impressive cast of characters: Robert E Lee, William Tecumseh Sherman, Sara Robinson, Jeb Stuart, Abraham Lincoln, Horace Greeley, Julia Lovejoy, William F. Cody. These and more step forward to tell their tale. And casting his long, dark shadow over al is the strange, haunting figure of John Brown—hailed as a prophet by some, denounced as a madman by others.

Gunsmoke and Saddle Leather

Author : Charles G. Worman
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826335937
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Gunsmoke and Saddle Leather written by Charles G. Worman and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many roles played by guns in the old West with personal accounts by many early settlers and hundreds of photos.

Territorial Kansas

Author : University of Kansas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Territorial Kansas written by University of Kansas and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

To Govern the Devil in Hell

Author : Pearl Ponce
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501758039
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book To Govern the Devil in Hell written by Pearl Ponce and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred and fifty years after Kansas was admitted to the Union, we still find ourselves fascinated by the specter of "Bleeding Kansas" and the violence that preceded the American Civil War by five years. Although ample attention has been devoted to understanding why territorial violence broke out in Kansas in 1856, of equal concern but less illuminated is the question of why government, both local and national, allowed the violence to continue unstanched for so long. This question is fundamentally about governance-its existence, exercise, limits, and continuance-and its study has ramifications for understanding both Kansas events and why the American experiment in government failed in 1861. In addition, the book also sheds light on the nature of democracy, the challenges of implanting it in distant environs, the necessity of cooperation at the various levels of government, and the value of strong leadership. To Govern the Devil in Hell uses the prism of governance to investigate what went wrong in territorial Kansas. From the first elections in late 1854 and early 1855, local government was tarnished with cries of illegitimacy that territorial officials could not ameliorate. Soon after, a shadow government was created which further impeded local management of territorial challenges. Ultimately, this book addresses why Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan failed to act, what hindered Congress from stepping into the void, and why and how the lack of effective governance harmed Kansas and later the United States.

The Kansas Historical Quarterly

Author : Kirke Mechem
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Kansas Historical Quarterly written by Kirke Mechem and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writings on American History

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Writings on American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kansas Territory and the Pike's Peak Gold Rush

Author : Calvin W. Gower
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Kansas Territory and the Pike's Peak Gold Rush written by Calvin W. Gower and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas

Author : New York Public Library. Reference Dept
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 994 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas written by New York Public Library. Reference Dept and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Classified Bibliography of the Periodical Literature of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1811-1957

Author : Oscar Osburn Winther
Publisher : Bloomington, Indiana U. P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book A Classified Bibliography of the Periodical Literature of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1811-1957 written by Oscar Osburn Winther and published by Bloomington, Indiana U. P. This book was released on 1961 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kansas History

Author : Homer E. Socolofsky
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kansas History written by Homer E. Socolofsky and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1992-04-20 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume in the series State Bibliographies, this book provides comprehensive coverage of secondary materials on Kansas history and also includes useful references to major archival and manuscript collections. Although excellent specialized bibliographies have been published, this volume is the most complete compilation of historical and related materials for the state. Its broad and diverse scope ranges from standard political and economic studies to social and environmental histories, to local studies, and to regional studies with special significance to the state. The volume is divided into sections on prehistory; indigenous population; early exploration; territorial period; statehood; Kansas since 1898; agriculture; economic life; transportation; cultural life; education; science and medicine; social history; general histories and reference guides; local and county history; historiography materials; and historic sites. Entries include informative annotations designed to aid the novice and the scholar. The volume is thoroughly indexed by author and subject and includes the only existing index for all the major articles appearing over the past 125 years in the Kansas State Historical Society's major publications.

Writings on American History

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writings on American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Indiana University Social Science Series

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Indiana University Social Science Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Indiana University Publications

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Indiana University Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Essays on the History of Banking

Author : George LaVerne Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essays on the History of Banking written by George LaVerne Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pursuit of Local History

Author : Carol Kammen
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780761991694
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Pursuit of Local History written by Carol Kammen and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 1996 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work readers can discover the role local historians play, find out what the experts see as the values of the local history while exploring their theories, and see how local history has been practised by those who have dedicated their lives to it.

Publications. Social Science Series

Author : Indiana University
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Publications. Social Science Series written by Indiana University and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

John Brown in Memory and Myth

Author : Michael Daigh
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786496177
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book John Brown in Memory and Myth written by Michael Daigh and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Brown's father on the day of his birth, May 9, 1800, wrote "John was born one hundred years after his great grandfather. Nothing else very uncommon." Many years later came the 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre, where his uncommon convictions led him and his band of abolitionists to kill five pro-slavery settlers in Franklin County, Kansas. Three years later, Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and his subsequent trial and execution helped push an already divided nation inexorably toward civil war. This is the story of John Brown, the age he embodied and the myth he became, and how the tragic gravity of his actions transformed America's past and future. Through biographical narrative, his life and legacy are discussed as a study in metaphor and power and the nature of historical memory.