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Title
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Battle of Wilson's Creek
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Description
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Information about the Battle of Wilson's Creek, fought in August of 1861. The book explores the years in Missouri leading up to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 and includes numerous illustrations as maps, drawings, photographs, etc. Book also covers the Battle of Carthage, Sterling Price's Confederate advances in the state, the role of John C. Fremont and the conflict, etc.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Overview of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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A short summary of Kansas City, Missouri, written by Lawrence H. Larsen that has a bibliiography of sources for further reading. The book's index lists several references to Kansas City including mention of ethnic groups, the arts, history, sports, civic and social life, etc. Other entries include an interesting portrait of the state of Kansas written by Thomas Fox Averill (p. 16-21) and for Missouri written by Eric Sandweiss (p. 31-34).
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
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The Rise and Fall of Indian Country, 1825-1855
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Description
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The book details the relationship between Indians of the Plains area, white settlers, and the federal government. Local Indian tribes mentioned include: Kansa, Osage, Pawnee, Potawatomi, Shawnee and Wyandot, plus other tribes as the Creek, Delaware, Ioway, Kickapoo, Omaha, and Ottawa. Book includes maps of Indian country, 1832-1853. Other local related terms in the index include: Fort Leavenworth, Bent's Fort, Isaac McCoy, Santa Fe Trail, various treaties, etc.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Boss Busters & Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star
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Description
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This book traces the first 70 years of the history of The Kansas City Star newspaper, tracing "the shifting fortunes of a great newspaper and the compelling 'power of purpose' it exerted from the birth of the progressive movement in the 1880s to the 1950s." It includes a look at three influential editors including founder William Rockhill Nelson, Henry J. Haskell, and Roy A. Roberts. The relationship between the newspaper and city politics, including Tom Pendergast, is covered as well as the paper's experiment in employee ownership, etc.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Bookin' West: Tall Tales and "Books of Every Sort and Size From Fanny Hill to The Bible on The Journey West
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Description
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This bibliographic essay examines the books widely read in the nineteenth century that had an influence on pioneers. It includes extracts from various journals and letters of pioneers that mention the books they took on their overland journeys. The books most included on the journey were the family Bible, anything written by Shakespeare, Webster's dictionary, guidebooks, and children's readers, etc. "During their journey westward, emigrants and adventurers brought, bought, borrowed, traded, cast off, or picked up books whenever it suited. Perhaps their greatest legacy was to leave behind their own writings--diaries, journals, letters, and reminiscences--which continue to fuel twenty-first-century imaginations with epic stories of heroes, romance, and adventure."
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Fur Trade
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Description
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A short, concise history is given of the fur trade and the fur trappers themselves starting with the French and ending with the decline of beaver pelts for use in the hat trade. Includes Lewis and Clark, William Ashley, the Chouteaus, etc. Various aspects of the fur trapper's life are explored. The trapper is described as a white Indian who "worked and lived intimately with real Indians. He traded with them and picked their brains; he fought with and against them and appreciated their courage. He recognized their cruelty and he often shared in it . . . the mountain man knew Indians too well to generalize about them. Like any other group of people, he realized the native people were a mixed lot. Indeed, a life in the fur trade was all about mixing."
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Kansas City Mafia Members
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Description
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Profiles of 1960s era Mafia members as recorded and found in FBI files are arranged by state. Eighteen names are associated with Kansas City and include: Leonard Affronti, Jack Ancona, John B. Blando, Antonio Bonino, Paul Catanzaro, Nick Civello (Civella), Joseph Cusamano, Frank and Joseph De Luca, Giuseppe and Pietro DeGiovanni, Joseph Filardo, Frank LaRocca, Joseph Lascoula, Michael Lascoula, Thomas Lococo, Joseph Olivo, and Alex Presta. Includes pictures.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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The Kansas City Monarchs and Satchel Paige
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Description
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Part II of this book contains four essays by various authors concerning the Kansas City Monarchs. These include information on the history of the team, owner J. L. Wilkinson, manager and owner Tom Baird, and Jackie Robinson and the 1945 Monarchs. Part I of the book deals with Satchel Paige and Appendix A is a Paige chronology. Also found in Appendix C is a roster of Kansas City's black teams. Includes numerous photographs.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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D. Austin Latchaw
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Description
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This book contains information on D. Austin Latchaw (1861-1948), a local drama critic for several Kansas City newspapers. Latchaw used the book's title for his 60-chapter Kansas City theater reminiscences which were published in the Kansas City Star from March 31 to June 23, 1935. The book's index contains numerous references to Mr. Latchaw.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Frank Walsh and His Relationship With the Kansas City Star
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Description
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A great deal of detail concerning Irish Kansas City lawyer and political figure, Frank Walsh. Includes information on his connection with the Board of Public Welfare, U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, National War Labor Board, Democratic politics both on the local level with Tom Pendergast and nationally, and his personal relationship with William Rockhill Nelson. Includes a picture of him on p.295.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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