"Authentic history, delightfully told" is the way Ray A.
Billington, renowned historian of the Old West, described this
collection. David Dary, award-winning chronicler of life on the
frontier plains, is at his entertaining best in these thirty-nine
episodes, sagas, and tales from Kansas's vigorous, free-spirited
past. Many of the stories appeared in Dary's True Tales of the
Old-Time Plains, but that book, out of print for several years,
focused on the Great Plains in general. This new edition, revised
and with additional stories and a new title, pulls together tales
about people, animals and events in what is today Kansas, including
the old territory of Kansas (1854-1861) that stretched from the
Missouri River westward to the summit of the Rocky Mountains.
Many of the tales capture the romance, excitement, and adventure
of the Old West, while others have the tempo of a quiet life
surrounded by the immensity of the plains and prairies. There are
well-known characters: Bill Cody, the Dalton gang, the Bloody
Benders, William Clarke Quantrill, Abraham Lincoln, and Frederic
Remington, who once owned a Kansas sheep ranch and later was a
silent partner in a Kansas City saloon before he became a
well-known artist.
And there are stories, too, about little-known characters such
as Prairie Dog Dave Morrow, who made his living capturing live
prairie dogs. Dary relates tales of lost treasure and sudden
riches, of outlaws and "jayhawk" raiders, of massacres and heroics.
A generous number of illustrations help bring the tales to
life.
General
| Imprint: |
University Press of Kansas
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
July 1984 |
| First published: |
July 1984 |
| Authors: |
David Dary
|
| Dimensions: |
155 x 228 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
326 |
| Edition: |
Revised edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7006-0250-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-7006-0250-X |
| Barcode: |
9780700602506 |
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