More True Tales of Old-time Kansas

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University Press of Kansas, 1987 - 280 страници
'Swift-moving tales, always readable, often captivating. Dary is ever the master of narrative. This is a contribution to the literary heritage of the state.' -Thomas Isern, coauthor of Plainsfolk
 

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Indian Trails and Isaac McCoy
9
Hays and Council Grove
17
When Horace Greeley Followed Kansas Trails
24
Lizzie Johnson Williams the First Cow Woman
33
Outlaws Treasure in Cowley County
39
The Treasure Legend That Wasnt
49
The Missing Indianola Treasure
55
Abram B Burnetts Treasure
61
John Baxter and the Town That Was Named
142
Theodore R Daviss First Journey across Kansas
154
TORNADOES FLOODS GRASSHOPPERS
163
Before the Dams Were Built
173
When Grasshoppers Ruled the Day
179
Some Kansas Blizzards
185
Prairie Fires
192
PEOPLE PLACES AND THINGS
201

The Mysterious Iron Box in Sedgwick County
69
THE LAWLESS AND THE LAWMEN
71
Dutch Henry Horse Thief
80
The Rescue of John Doy
90
Daughertys Kansas Journey
100
THE FAMOUS AND THE OBSCURE
113
The Jordan Massacre
123
John OLoughlin Trader and Town Builder
129
The Kansas River in History
207
Theodore Weichselbaum Trader and Beer Maker
218
The Lost Kansas Cattle Town
225
Tellers and Portrayers of Tall Tales about Kansas
233
Some Kansas Fish Stories
242
When Every Town Had a Band
251
Index
270
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David Dary is a writer, journalist, and social historian. Dary worked for newspapers in Kansas and Texas early on in his career and eventually moved on to work for both CBS and NBC news. He then took the position of professor at the William Allan White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. The themes of Dary's books center on many aspects of life in the western United States. Dary has written Red Blood and Black Ink: Journalism in the Old West, Entrepreneurs of the Old West, and Seeking Pleasure in the Old West, which received a Western Writers of America Spur Award. He has also received a Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangler Award and the Westerner's International Award for his book Cowboy Culture.

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ЗаглавиеMore True Tales of Old-time Kansas
Kansas and the Region Series
АвторDavid Dary
Изданиеилюстрирано
ИздателUniversity Press of Kansas, 1987
Оригиналът е отМичиганският университет
Цифровизирана на9 ян. 2007
ISBN070060331X, 9780700603312
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