Von Rothenberger
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English
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Deeply moved by his mother's memories of a waning era and rapidly disappearing lifestyle, John Ise painstakingly recorded the adventures and adversities of his family and boyhood neighbors—the early homesteaders of Osborne County, Kansas. First published in 1936, his "nonfiction novel" Sod and Stubble has since become a widely read and much loved classic. In the original, Ise changed some identities and time sequences but accurately retained the...
2) Osborne County, Kansas scenic & heritage backways: eleven tours for explorers who dare to do dirt
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V. Rothenberger]
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Eleven self-guided tours of the north central Kansas Osborne County. Itineraries include cemeteries, little-known communities and ghost towns, and locations related to frontier literature, such as works by John Ise and Howard Ruede.
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Covert Creek Press
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English
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Rare and long-forgotten, the gems found in this work have been previously known to only a privileged and lucky few. These informative sketches, essays, and stories were penned by men and women who lived in Northern Kansas during that vibrant settlement period of Great Plains history from the 1870s to the 1920s. The narratives presented here, many in print for the first time in well over a hundred years, allow us to experience in detail the daily life...
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Ad Astra Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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The concept of this work is to list every known formal burial that has occurred within what is now Osborne County, Kansas. Information for each entry comes from myriad of sources. These include cemetery surveys, obituaries, county records of land, probate, and taxes, and census data, as well as published biographical books for the area. A map of cemetery locations, graves of unknown individuals, and lot maps of the Downs and Osborne cemeteries are...
10) Osborne County Kansas Scenic & Heritage Backways: Eleven Tours for Explorers Who Dare to Do Dirt
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[s.n.]
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Wildside Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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This volume -- the first of two -- selects the very best work by Cleo Eldon "Don" Wilcox, who published nearly 100 novels and short stories in the Ziff-Davis pulp magazines (including Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, and Fantastic Adventures). Volume 1 features his most famous story, "The Whispering Gorilla," plus the novel "The Hollow Planet," and the stories "The Dictator of Peace," "Whirlpool in Space," "Mademoiselle Butterfly," and "Secret...
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Wildside Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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This volume -- the second of two -- selects the very best work by Cleo Eldon "Don" Wilcox, who published nearly 100 novels and short stories in the Ziff-Davis pulp magazines (including Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, and Fantastic Adventures). Volume 2 includes 7 more classic science fiction tales, including Wilcox's final story, "Blueflow" (1992). Includes a preface by editor Von Rothenberger and an introduction by Mike Ashley.
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Ad Astra Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Starting a town from scratch and building it into a prosperous community is always an uncertain goal. Bull City, Kansas was at first the quintessential 1870s frontier settlement in the American West - primitive, a bit wild, and certainly rough around the edges. But its earliest residents had a dream of building a better life there for themselves and their families, and after fifteen years the town had changed both its name and its "wild and woolly"...