| Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind?the Authorized Edition with a New Preface Contributor(s): Castel, Albert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0700608729 ISBN-13: 9780700608720 Publisher: University Press of Kansas OUR PRICE: $24.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1997 Annotation: So begins Albert Castel's classic history of Kansas during the Civil War. Long recognized as a key study on the war in the trans-Mississippi West, Civil War Kansas describes the political, military, social, and economic events of the state's first four years. Castel contributes to a better understanding of the Civil War in this region through a realistic presentation and analysis of the Kansas-Missouri border conflict, the operations of the Missouri guerrillas under Quantrill, and the Union and Confederate military campaigns in Missouri, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, and Kansas itself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.709 |
| LCCN: 97021546 |
| Series: Modern War Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.55" W x 8.51" (0.79 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Kansas - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The long agony was over: Kansas, as of January 29, 1861, was a state--it had moved to America. In Leavenworth, Lawrence, Topeka, and other towns Kansans celebrated the glorious news of the coming of statehood in a fury of excitement. Cannons boomed, cheering crowds gathered on the street corners, a judge and a militia general stood on their heads, and the saloons were scenes of inebriated revelry. So begins Albert Castel's classic history of Kansas during the Civil War. Long recognized as a key study on the war in the trans-Mississippi West, Civil War Kansas describes the political, military, social, and economic events of the state's first four years. Castel contributes to a better understanding of the Civil War in this region through a realistic presentation and analysis of the Kansas-Missouri border conflict, the operations of the Missouri guerrillas under Quantrill, and the Union and Confederate military campaigns in Missouri, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, and Kansas itself. |