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West of Wichita: Settling the High Plains of Kansas Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Miner, Craig (Author)
ISBN: 0700603646     ISBN-13: 9780700603640
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
OUR PRICE:   $24.74  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 1986
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
Dewey: 978.1
LCCN: 85026013
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 7.06" W x 9.04" (1.09 lbs) 312 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Plains
- Geographic Orientation - Kansas
 
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Publisher Description:
This volume, which presents a slice-of-life on the Plains during its early settlement, adds rich detail to our understanding of the struggle for survival in a harsh landscape that tested the hardiest pioneer. Miner concentrates not only on the major economic events of the period--railroad building, Indian raids, the grasshopper invasion of 1874, the blizzard of 1886--but also on the more personal experiences equally important: building sod houses, choosing crops, filing of claims, fighting varmints, and dealing with the deaths of children on the prairie.