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The war in Kansas : a rough trip to the border, among new homes and a strange people
- Title
- The war in Kansas : a rough trip to the border, among new homes and a strange people / by G. Douglas Brewerton.
- Author
- Brewerton, George Douglas, 1820-1901
- Publication
- New York : Derby & Jackson, 1856.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 1136.211 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books NjP
- Description
- 400 pages, 7 leaves of plates : portrait; 19 cm
- Uniform Title
- Online access with subscription: JISC Historical Texts (British Library 19th Century Collection)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "W. H. Tinson, stereotyper. George Russell & Co. Printers."--t.p. verso.
- Frontispiece of the author illustrated by Rabuske, engraved by Richardson-Cox. Other illustrations by Jacob A. Dallas, engraved on wood by N. Orr-Co.
- Publisher's catalogue, [8] p. at end.
- Indexed In (note)
- Sabin
- Hamilton, S. American book illustrators (1968 ed.)
- Contents
- Off to the war -- Incidents by the way -- A hard one for the author -- Old man rhymer and a Boonsville hotel -- From "our correspondent" en route -- Our Virginian friend on slavery -- Lexington -- Treats of things religious and secular -- Our author enters Kansas -- The Shawnee manual labor school -- Red-skins and Indian yarns -- New-hunting in Westport -- We journey to Lecompton -- House on the prairie -- The executive office at Shawnee mission -- The pro-slavery side of the Kansas war -- Governor Shannon's history of the Wakarusa war -- Contains a digression by the governor -- The governor continues his narrative -- Governor's narrative continued--the treaty -- Christmas in Kansas -- Life at the mission -- Coleman's narrative -- For Lawrence direct -- New Year's Eve by a log-cabin hearth -- Our New Year's call -- The ball -- The heroines of the war -- The free-state side of the question -- The free-state commander-in-chief -- The heroes of the war -- His honor Judge Portly -- A visit to the widow barber -- A snowy night in a settler's cabin -- Free-state facts -- The sebastopol of the west -- Lawrence in a military point of view -- Free-state odds and ends -- Last lines.
- OCLC
- ocm02457528
- 2457528
- SCSB-268231
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library