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1) Sod and stubble: the story of a Kansas homestead

Author

Ise, John

Series

A Bison book

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle, Reference

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An account of the lives of the author's parents.

2) Early days in Kansas

Author

Isely, Bliss

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

3) Pioneer women: voices from the Kansas frontier

Author

Stratton, Joanna L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

4) A certain rich man

Author

White, William Allen

Language

English

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Traces the social awareness of a capitalist who plays a key role in the development of Kansas. For other editions, see Author Catalog.

5) Sod-house days; letters from a Kansas homesteader, 1877-78

Author

Ruede, Howard

Series

Columbia University studies in the history of American agriculture volume 4

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

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A collection of letters by nineteenth-century homesteader Howard Ruede in which he chronicles his first year in Kansas while writing back to his family in Pennsylvania, covering topics such as poverty, unsanitary conditions, and starvation.

6) When Kansas was young

Author

McNeal, T. A

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

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Witty, Spontaneous Narrations of the Early West.

7) The heritage of Kansas: selected commentaries on past times

Author

Rich, Everett

Publisher

University of Kansas Press

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

8) West of Wichita: settling the high plains of Kansas, 1865-1890

Author

Miner, H. Craig

Publisher

University Press of Kansas

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

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"Regional history at its best ... Many of the traditional tales of early hardships- grasshopper plagues, Indian attacks, the stress of loneliness and isolation, drought, blizzards, prairie fires, and the unaccostomed hazards of nature- are retold with vigor and a sense of immediacy. These gritty tales of pioneer persistence and stubbornness are used to illustrate the region's cyclical history of hope and despair ... Not the least is Miner's talents...

9) The Kaw; the heart of a nation

Author

Streeter, Floyd Benjamin

Series

Rivers of America

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

10) The cattle towns

Author

Dykstra, Robert R

Series

Atheneum paperbacks ; 166

Language

English

11) Butter in the well: a Scandinavian woman's tale of life on the prairie

Author

Hubalek, Linda K

Series

Butter in the well volume 1

Pub. Date

c1992

Language

English

Description

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This is a fictionalized account of Kajsa Svensson Runeberg's first 20 years on her Kansas farm.--Pref.

12) Queen of cowtowns: Dodge City: "the wickedest little city in America," 1872-1886

Author

Vestal, Stanley

Series

A Bison book volume 551

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

13) The desert's hidden wealth; the life story of a man of the American people

Author

Wells, William Morris, 1857

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

14) Kansas blue

Author

Harson, Dylan

Language

English

15) Pioneer days in Kansas: A homesteader's narrative of early settlement and farm development on the high plains country of Northwest Kansas

Author

Cameron, Roderick

Language

English

16) Voices from the valley

Author

Lilly, Judy Magnuson

Publisher

[s.n.]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

17) Daltons!: the raid on Coffeyville, Kansas

Author

Smith, Robert B

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Pub. Date

c1996

Language

English

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An account of the raid on the small Kansas town of Coffeyville in October 1892 by the outlaw Dalton gang, whose members were stopped by the courageous actions of the town's citizens who refused to stand idly by while the criminals looted and pushed people around.