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PublisherUniversity Press of Kansas

ISBN-10070061723X

ISBN-139780700617234

eBay Product ID (ePID)26038757065

Product Key Features

Number of Pages422 Pages

Publication NameJohn Brown to Bob Dole : Movers and Shakers in Kansas History

LanguageEnglish

SubjectUnited States / State & Local / General, General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Historical

Publication Year2013

TypeTextbook

AuthorVirgil W. Dean

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight20.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews"Highly readable, powerful biographical essays on some of the most important characters in Kansas history by some of the finest historians writing about the state today."-- Paul K. Stuewe , editor of Kansas Revisited: Historical Images and Perspectives, "A fine collection. Dean has assembled an all-star lineup and the [subjects] chosen for inclusion make up a broad range of interesting and significant characters who reflect a sense of the diversity of Kansas culture and the sweep of the state's history. . . . The chapters are uniformly well written and will whet readers' appetites for reading more deeply in Kansas biography."-- Annals of Iowa "An engaging foray into Kansas history and a model anthology in style and format that adds significantly to the historiography of Kansas and the Great Plains."-- South Dakota History "Miniature biographies of the prominent and near-prominent who have impacted Kansas history. . . . Executed flawlessly."-- Kansas History "A readable, useful, concise commentary on, about, and for Kansans."-- Western Historical Quarterly

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal920/.0781

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction: Kansas History, Kansas Biography, Virgil Dean Part One: Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War, 1854-1865 1. John Brown of Osawatomie, Jonathan Earle 2. James H. Lane: Radical Conservative, Conservative Radical, Nicole Etcheson 3. William H. Russell: Proslavery Partisan and Western Entrepreneur, Rita G. Napier 4. Clarina Irene Howard Nichols: "A Large-Hearted, Brave, Faithful Woman," Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel Part Two: Settlement and Development, 1865-1890 5. Joseph G. McCoy and the Creation of the Mythic American West, Jim Hoy 6. Theodore C. Henry: Frontier Booster and Nostalgic Old Settler, Thomas D. Isern 7. Frederick H. Harvey and the Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Food Service, H. Roger Grant 8. Bernhard Warkentin and the Making of the Wheat State, Norman E. Saul Part Three: The Age of Reform, 1880-1925 9. Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke: A Gilded Age Icon, Bruce R. Kahler 10. Mary Elizabeth Lease: Advocate for Political Reform, Rebecca Edwards 11. Charles M. Sheldon: Pastor, Author, and Passionate Social Reformer, Timothy Miller 12. William Allen White: The Voice of Middle America, Sally F. Griffith 13. Samuel J. Crumbine: Individualizing the Standard for Twentieth-Century Public Health, K. Allen Greiner Kate Richards O'Hare: A Life of Dissent, Sally M. Miller Part Four: Reaction, Depression, and War, 1920-1945 15. Emanuel and Marcet Haldeman-Julius: An Innovative Partnership in Publishing, M.H. Hoeflich 16. Alfred M. Landon: Budget Balancer, Peter Fearon 17. Walter A. Huxman: Leading by Example, Virgil W. Dean 18. Gerald B. Winrod: From Fundamentalist Preacher to "Jayhawk Hitler," Leo P. Ribuffo 19. John Steuart Curry: A Portrait of the Artist as a Kansas, Marjorie Sann and William M. Tsutsui 20. R.H. Garvey: "Operations Are Interesting," Craig Miner Part Five: Kansans and Kansas since World War II, 1945-2004 21. Esther Brown: In Pursuit of Human Rights and Social Justice, Milton S. Katz 22. Dwight D. Eisenhower: His Legacy in World Affairs, William B. Pickett 23. Gordon Parks and the Unending Quest for Self-fulfillment, John Edgard Tidwell 24. Vern Miller: Kansas' Supercop, Brian Moline 25. Wes Jackson: Kansas Ecostar, James E. Sherow 26. Robert J. Dole: Driven to Perform, Destined to Motivate, Burdett Loomis Notes The Contributors Index

SynopsisFrom radical abolitionist John Brown to presidential candidate Bob Dole to visionary environmentalist Wes Jackson, Kansas history is bursting with fascinating stories of individuals who made a difference to the nation and whose lives reveal much about our collective past. Prominent Kansas historian Virgil Dean has gathered a distinguished team of writers--Thomas Isern, Craig Miner, and others-who have crafted incisive portraits of 27 notable men and women, covering 150 years of Kansas and American history. Here are agitators who moved their fellow citizens to action over political, social, and economic problems: not only John Brown, but also proslavery agitator William H. Russell; Mary Elizabeth Lease, lecturer for the Farmers' Alliance and Populist Party; Gerald B. Winrod, a.k.a. the Jayhawk Hitler; and Esther Brown, who challenged segregation in public schools. Here, too, are motivators, like women's rights activist Clarina I. H. Nichols; William Allen White, the Sage of Emporia; and favorite sons Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bob Dole. Then there are the innovators, from trailblazers like Joseph G. McCoy, who changed the face of the cattle industry, and wheat king Theodore C. Henry to Wes Jackson, a pioneer in the sustainable agriculture movement, and the multitalented Gordon Parks, photographer, filmmaker, and author of The Learning Tree. Reformers and preachers, publishers and artists, these fascinating personalities are brought vividly back to life by Dean and his fellow authors. They offer a fresh and engaging look at many of the important themes of Kansas history--especially the state's identification with some of the great radical movements, including abolitionism, populism, and civil rights--and ultimately recapture the true spirit of Kansas and its meaning for the rest of the nation., Presents portraits of twenty-seven notable men and women, including radical abolitionist John Brown; wheat king Theodore C Henry; women's rights activist Clarina Nichols; William Allen White, the Sage of Emporia; President Dwight D Eisenhower; Esther Brown, who challenged segregation in public schools; political icon Bob Dole; and, Gordon Parks., From radical abolitionist John Brown to presidential candidate Bob Dole to visionary environmentalist Wes Jackson, Kansas history is bursting with fascinating stories of individuals who made a difference to the nation and whose lives reveal much about our collective past. Prominent Kansas historian Virgil Dean has gathered a distinguished team of writers--Thomas Isern, Craig Miner, and others--who have crafted incisive portraits of 27 notable men and women, covering 150 years of Kansas and American history. Here are agitators who moved their fellow citizens to action over political, social, and economic problems: not only John Brown, but also proslavery agitator William H. Russell; Mary Elizabeth Lease, lecturer for the Farmers' Alliance and Populist Party; Gerald B. Winrod, a.k.a. the "Jayhawk Hitler"; and Esther Brown, who challenged segregation in public schools. Here, too, are motivators, like women's rights activist Clarina I. H. Nichols; William Allen White, the "Sage of Emporia"; and favorite sons Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bob Dole. Then there are the innovators, from trailblazers like Joseph G. McCoy, who changed the face of the cattle industry, and wheat king Theodore C. Henry to Wes Jackson, a pioneer in the sustainable agriculture movement, and the multitalented Gordon Parks, photographer, filmmaker, and author of The Learning Tree . Reformers and preachers, publishers and artists, these fascinating personalities are brought vividly back to life by Dean and his fellow authors. They offer a fresh and engaging look at many of the important themes of Kansas history--especially the state's identification with some of the great radical movements, including abolitionism, populism, and civil rights--and ultimately recapture the true spirit of Kansas and its meaning for the rest of the nation.