John Brown to Bob Dole - Movers and Shakers in Kansas History (Paperback)

Prominent Kansas historian Virgil Dean has gathered a distinguished team of writers - Thomas Isern and Craig Miner among them - who have crafted incisive 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; Gordon Parks, photographer, filmmaker, and author of ""The Learning Tree""; and visionary environmentalist Wes Jackson.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Kansas
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2013
First published:	February 2010
Editors:	Virgil W. Dean
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	422
ISBN-13:	978-0-7006-1723-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-7006-1723-X
Barcode:	9780700617234

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