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" A] thorough and comprehensive study of this tragic, almost
forgotten episode of American history." History
"What Sherman did in Georgia and Sheridan in the Valley pales in
comparison. This study truly shows the horrible cost inherent in
any civil war." Civil War Courier
" A] well written and compelling account of an aspect of the
Civil War which has not received sufficient attention." Southern
Historian
"Compelling..." Publishers Weekly
" A] fast-paced.. .absorbing discourse... Black Flag is a highly
recommended book that transports the reader to the towns and dusty
highways of Kansas and Missouri during the Civil War." Kansas
History
From 1861 to 1865, the region along the Missouri-Kansas border
was the scene of unbelievable death and destruction. Thousands
died, millions of dollars of property was lost, entire populations
were violently uprooted. It was here also that some of the greatest
atrocities in American history occurred. Yet in the great national
tragedy of the Civil War, this savage warfare has seemed a minor
episode.
Drawing from a wide array of contemporary documents including
diaries, letters, and first-hand newspaper accounts Thomas Goodrich
presents a hair-raising report of life in this merciless guerrilla
war. Filled with dramatic detail, Black Flag reveals war at its
very worst, told in the words of the participants themselves.
Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers, soldiers and civilians, scouts, spies,
runaway slaves, the generals and the guerrillas all step forward to
tell of their terrifying ordeals.
From the shocking, sensational massacres at Lawrence, Baxter
Springs, and Centralia to the silent terror of a woman at home
alone in the Aburnt district, Black Flag is a horrifying day-by-day
account of life, death and war, told with unforgettable
immediacy."
Denise Amber Lee was an anomaly. Married at 18, a mother at 19, a
settled-in housewife at 20. At a time and in a place where many
Florida females her age were into tattoos, drinking and spring
breaks, Denise had invested in her husband, her children, her home.
The pride of her father, Sergeant Rick Goff of the local sheriff's
department, Denise was the daughter, wife and mother we all dream
of: Thoughtful, intelligent, kind, caring. Then one afternoon in
2008 a 36-year-old stranger walked through Denise's door and
everything ended. There was no warning, no hint, no clue; it was,
very simply, a random act of evil. . . . Denise did everything
right. She fought valiantly. She never once gave up. She did
everything humanly possible to save herself. . . . But an ill wind
was blowing over Toledo Blade that fateful day and a perfect storm
of mistakes conspired against the young woman. What followed would
shock a nation.
Marching armies, cavalry raids, guerilla warfare, massacres, towns
and farms in flames-the American Civil War, 1861-1865? No-Kansas,
1854-1861. Before there was Bull Run or Gettysburg, there was Black
Jack and Osawatomie. Long before events at Fort Sumter ignited the
War Between the States, men fought and died on the Prairies of
Kansas over the incendiary issue of slavery. "War to the knife and
knife to the hilt," cried the Atchison Squatter Sovereign. " Let
the watchword be 'Extermination, total and complete.'" In 1854 a
shooting war developed between proslavery men in Missouri and
free-staters in Kansas over control of the territory. The prize was
whether it would be a slave or free state when admitted to the
Union, a question that could decide the balance of power in
Washington. Told in the unforgettable words of the men and women
involved, War to the Knife is an absorbing account of a bloody
episode soon spread east, events in "Bleeding Kansas" have largely
been forgotten. But as historian Thomas Goodric
"While waves of laughter echoed through the theater, James
Ferguson kept his eyes focused on Abraham Lincoln. Although the
president joined the crowd with a hearty laugh, his interest
seemingly lay more with someone below. With his right elbow resting
on the arm of his chair and his chin lying carelessly on his hand,
Lincoln parted one of the flags nearby that he might see
better.
"As the laughter subsided, Harry Hawk stood on the stage alone
with his back to the presidential box. Before he could utter
another word, a sharp crack sounded. As the noise echoed throughout
the otherwise silent theater, many thought that it was part of the
play. But just as quickly, most knew it was not." from Chapter
Twelve
"Among the hundreds of books published about the assassination
of our 16th president, this is an exceptional volume.... It
captures] a you-are-there feeling...." Frank J. Williams, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, founding Chair of The
Lincoln Forum, and member of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission
It was one of the most tragic events in American history: The
famous president, beloved by many, reviled by some, murdered while
viewing a play at Ford s Theater in Washington. The frantic search
for the perpetrators. The nation in mourning. The solemn funeral
train. The conspirators brought to justice. Coming just days after
the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox, the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln has become etched in the national
consciousness like few other events. The president who had steered
the nation through its bloodiest crisis was cut down before the
end, just as it appeared that the bloodshed was over. The story has
been told many times, but rarely with the immediacy of The Darkest
Dawn. Thomas Goodrich brings to his narrative the care of the
historian and the flair of the fiction writer. The result is a
gripping account, filled with detail and as fresh as today s
news."
Long before the secession crisis at Fort Sumter ignited the War
between the States, men fought and died on the prairies of Kansas
over the incendiary issue of slavery. "War to the knife and knife
to the hilt," cried the Atchison Squatter Sovereign. In 1854 a
shooting war developed between proslavery men from Missouri and
free-staters in Kansas over control of the territory. The prize was
whether Kansas would become a slave or a free state when admitted
to the Union, a question that could decide the balance of power in
Washington. War to the Knife is an absorbing account of a bloody
episode in our nation's past, told in the unforgettable words of
the men and women involved: Robert E. Lee, William Tecumseh
Sherman, Sara Robinson, Jeb Stuart, Abraham Lincoln, William F.
Cody, and John Brown-hailed as a prophet by some, denounced as a
madman by others. Because the conflict soon spread east, events in
"Bleeding Kansas" have largely been forgotten. But as historian
Thomas Goodrich reveals in this compelling saga, what America's
"first civil war" lacked in numbers, it more than made up for in
ferocity.
As the North celebrated the end of the Civil War, the people of the
South, particularly of recently fallen Richmond, mourned. The South
was about to enter a period of extreme turmoil reconstruction. The
Union, though preserved, would not easily be healed. Starting with
Lincoln's assassination and continuing up through the harsh
realities of occupation through the summer of 1866, authors Thomas
and Debra Goodrich trace the history of reconstruction in the
south-the death, destruction, crime, starvation, exile, and anarchy
that pervaded those grim years.
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