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Title
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The Military and Kansas History
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Description
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This bibliographic article is part of the magazine's "Review Essay Series". The author gives a thorough survey of the traditional literature dealing with military history in Kansas. He also analyzes the more recent publications and suggests many areas of the topic that need further study and writing. He talks about "boots and saddles" history which he describes as "little more than myopic, ethnocentric accounts of battles and military leaders. In the West this meant campaigns against American Indians, told from the army's point of view, promoting the ideas that the military was a tool of civilization, sweeping savage barbarians out of the way of white progress".
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2004
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Bever Trail
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Description
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Fort Sill in Oklahoma was the site of the first military execution of a United States Army man in Oklahoma in World War II. His name was Harry Ralph Bever who was a gangster born in Millgrove, Missouri. After deserting the Army in 1942 he joined up with Samuel Ricketts and William Radkay from the Kansas City area and commited a number of crimes across the country.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Masten Gregory: Totally Fearless
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Description
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Biography of Masten Gregory, a legendary racecar driver also known as "The Kansas City Flash." During his career, Gregory was known for his courageous, aggressive driving style. The author speculates that Gregory, although he has gone down in history as a remarkable Grand Prix driver, might have achieved more iconic status had he been associated with factory sponsored teams instead of the "privateer machinery" he usually drove.The book's first chapter addresses Masten Gregory's birth and early years in Kansas City, Missouri. A student at Pembroke Country Day School, Shawnee Mission Rural High School, and Kemper Military Academy in Boonville, Missouri, Gregory often clashed with school authorities over his well-known pranks.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Book
