Download or read book When Kansas Was Young Classic Reprint written by T. A. McNeal and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from When Kansas Was Young The stories contained in this book have been written at Odd times and published in the Daily Capital of Topeka, Kansas. They were continued because the readers of the Capital seemed to enjoy them and asked for more. I received a good many requests that they be put into book form and through the kindness Of The Macmillan Company this has been done. The stories present, I think, some pictures of frontier life and frontier characters not found in any other book. I hope the readers of the book will enjoy reading the stories as much as I have enjoyed writing them. If they do I will be more than satisfied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Impressions of Early Kansas Classic Reprint written by Eliza Johnston Wiggin and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Impressions of Early Kansas As I sit by the western window and the brief winter afternoon draws toward its close, my mind turns back to dear old Waverley. Outside the wind is rising and the waning day shows gray and chill, but far away I see visions of a fair, deep blue sky, gemmed with fleecy floating clouds. Instead of deep snows and ice bound streams, are wide expanses of green fields, velvet carpeted, and sown thickly with johnny-jump-ups and dainty strawberry blossoms. Away over the far wooded hills, distance lends enchantment to the purplish haze that rests forever above the winding river; while around all is spread the fairest country that ever gladdened the eyes and hearts of men, - the beautiful prairies of Kansas. Among the many towns and embryo cities that sprang up as it were by magic on the opening of the territory in eighteen fifty-five, was my own dear town of Waverley. This ambitious little county seat was laid out in true generous Western fashion over a square mile or so of charming hill and dale, its modest frame houses, many of them built of the native black walnut, separated by wide stretches of greenest verdure. Here and there the streets led over picturesque wooden bridges, for from the hilly eastern border to the noble plateau that formed the western boundary, there was a succession of hills and hollows, varied by deep, winding ravines, each of which prisoned a brawling, pigmy torrent during the winter thaws and the spring rains. Crowning the brow of the eastern hill, was the Woodson Hotel, a many windowed frame building of two stories, looking south. In front was a wide veranda from whose pleasant shelter the wayfarer could overlook the little city and the broad wagon road with its traffic and bustle, varied now and then by slow moving ox teams, or long lines of canvas covered wagons of the countless home seekers. These wagons were filled with furniture and bedding, weary women and sunburnt children. Sometimes a stove pipe protruded through an opening in the canvas telling of an attempt at warmth and comfort when the prairie winds blew cold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Kansas Historical Quarterly Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Kirke Mechem and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Kansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 1 Book Review - Nichols: Franklin Pierce: Young Hickory of the Granite Hills James C. M alin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Price of the Prairie written by Margaret Hill McCarter and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas I Can hear it always - the Call of the Prairie. The passing of sixty Winters has left me a vigorous man, although my hair is as white as the January snowdrift in the draws, and the strenuous events of some of the years have put a tax on my strength. I shall always limp a little in my right foot - that was left out on the plains one freezing night with nothing under it but the earth, and nothing over it but the sky. Still, considering that although the sixty years were spent mainly in that pioneer time when every day in Kansas was its busy day, I am not even beginning to feel old. Neither am I sentimental and inclined to poetry. Life has given me mostly her prose selections for my study. But this love of the Prairie is a part of my being. All the comedy and tragedy of these sixty years have had them for a setting, and I can no more put them out of my life than the Scotchman can forget the heather, or the Swiss emigrant in the flat green lowland can forget the icy passes of the glacier-polished Alps. Geography is an element of every man's life. The prairies are in the red corpuscles of my blood. Up and down their rippling billows my memory runs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Collection of Kansas Poetry Classic Reprint written by Hattie Horner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Collection of Kansas Poetry Though the crops of last year were not all that we wished in this region, there is abundant hope in the bright spring days when this little book goes forth to its fate. Kansas has resumed her smile; and is happy, after her trustful fashion, in 'the loving promises of the season. She has always had literary aspirations, and not a few of her citizens believe that the new Athens, if ever a new one is buiided, will be some where Within her borders. And now, though unusually busy with her plowing and planting, she will, I doubt not, turn aside for a moment to receive this tribute Of verse, con scious that she deserves all that can be said in her praise. Kansas is herself a poem; a great, heroic, stormy epic, in which is told a story of more than Homeric grandeur. And it is this that makes us most proud to be her children. Her fields and flocks are pleasant to look upon, and her walls of corn are a better protection to our people than gates of iron; yet it is for something better than these that we give to 'kan sas our second-best love. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Cuddy s Baby written by Margaret Hill McCarter and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cuddy's Baby: A Story of Kansas Folks "There's a breathless hush in the Close tonight - Ten to make and the match to win - A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it is not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfish hope of a season's fame, But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote - 'Play up! play up! and play the game!" Henry Newbolt. "Rock Chalk! Jay Hawk! K. U-o-o-o!" The long vibrant volume of voices rolled out over the prairie, dying away in a diffusion of atoms of sound with atoms of silence. "Rock Chalk! Jay Hawk! K. U-o-o-o!" Again and again it rose increasingly with the swelling waves of air and pulsed out softly into that weird cadence that carries "the lost chord" in its ebbing tones. The November day was clear and still. The winds of heaven moved gently, and the landscape lay under the benediction of quietness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Work and the Man Classic Reprint written by Agnes Rush Burr and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Work and the Man (Classic Reprint) by Agnes Rush Burr offers a thought-provoking examination of the relationship between labor and character. This thought-provoking book argues that the work a person does can shape their character, and conversely, the character can influence their work. Through insightful commentary and vivid illustrations, Burr creates a compelling discourse on the importance of work in personal development. The Work and the Man is a timeless book that will inspire and challenge you to reflect on your own work and its impact on your character. Delve into the intriguing relationship between work and character with The Work and the Man by Agnes Rush Burr. Discover the profound insights within this classic reprint today!
Download or read book A Birthday Book of Kansas City 1821 1921 Classic Reprint written by Charles Phelps Cushing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Birthday Book of Kansas City, 1821-1921 We eagerly devour these days the life stories of successful men, hoping to find in them something to our personal profit. Might we not equally profit by dipping into the life story of a successful city, which won against great odds by the same kind of pluck and vision through which great men attain success? The principles which apply to individuals hold also for communities of men - whole cities. Have a look, for example, at the case of West port Landing, a valiant little town which always was willing to pay the price of success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Boy Settlers written by Noah Brooks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Boy Settlers: A Story of Early Times in Kansas It is easy to see how boys brought up in an atmosphere like this, rich in traditions of the long past in which the early settlement of the country figured, should become imbued with the same Spirit of adventure that had brought their fathers from the older States to this new region of the West. Boys played at Indian warfare over the very ground on which they had learned to believe the Sacs and Foxes had skirmished years and years before. They loved to hear Of Black Hawk and his brother, the Prophet, as he was called; and I cannot tell you with what reverence they regarded Father Dixon, the white-haired Old man who had actually talked and traded with the famous Indians, and whose name had been given him as a title of respect by the great Black Hawk himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Kansas Immigrants Classic Reprint written by Thomas S. Denison and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Kansas Immigrants Scene I. A shanty in Kansas, divided into two rooms by a quilt hung up to serve as a partition. If convenient the quilt may be hung at the back of the stage, allowing room enough for a person, to pass between it and the wall; or, a sort of apartment may easily be set off to the R. by setting tip a light frame-work of wooden strips, and tacking muslin, or two bed-quilts on it. Joe Cope and Sam Gross discovered. Joe. We've done got to Kansas at last, Sam; dis yere is de land'o freedom. Sum. Dat's about de fac', Joe. Dah's no more hoein'de cotton in de brilin' sun down in Louisian'. A man can work in dese vigoratin' breezes all day, an sit in de shade foh an houah at de noonin'. Joe. Sam, you's fohgittin' youhself. Don't talk to me 'bout de cotton pickin'. You know I don't undehstan' de labor subjec'. I was coachman in one of de fust families. You needn't talk cotton to me. Say, Sam, 'bout what time of yeah does de notton pickin' set in? Sam. Yah! ha! ha! Joe you's playin' dat a little too fine. 'Spose you wouldn't know a cotton plant from a cabbage plant. (Confidentially.) Say, Joe, don't you mention 'bout bein' coachman in one of de fust families. It might injure youah expectations. Dey ham't got no fust families heah. Dey's all common folks. Dey might like powful well to have youah sarvices, but you see mebbe dey couldn't ford it. (Pokes Joe in the ribs.) Joe. You've done touched a painful subjec', Sam Gross, an' dah'll be a coolness in dis committee if you don't stop. I didn't come to Kansas to mind de grasshoppers 'way from de millin patches, I kin tell you. I'm gwine to handle de reins like a gentleman. Sam. Yah! ha! ha! It'll be de reins of a mule team haulin' gravel on de railroad, I'll bet. Joe. Sam Gross, you pains me. I always knowed you was kind 'o low in youh tastes, but I never 'spected dis yere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Captain of the Kansas Classic Reprint written by Louis Tracy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Captain of the Kansas Baring, nestling comfortably among the cushions of her deck chair. A steward was arranging tea for two at a small table. The Kansas, with placid hum of engines, was speeding evenly through an azure sea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Six Months in Kansas Classic Reprint written by Hannah Anderson Ropes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Six Months in Kansas The authoress went to Kansas in September, 1855, and returned to Massachusetts in April, 1856. During her absence she wrote the follow ing letters to her mother, and, at the suggestion Of her friends, they are here presented to the public, with but few alterations. She makes no pretensions to literary excellence, but asks the reader to remember the disadvantages under which these letters were written. The narrative. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Kansas Historical Quarterly Vol 7 Classic Reprint written by Kansas State Historical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Kansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 7 The diary furnishes a glimpse of the flora and fauna of that vast region over which, in the sixties, still roamed millions of buffalo and vast herds Of deer, elk, moose, and bear, offering royal sport to the soldier-hunter and food for his commissary. The diary also describes vividly army life on the plains, particularly at Fort Lar amie, the most historic spot in the Northwest, and at Fort Halleck, that little-known post which was the center of Indian hostilities on the Overland trail during 1865, the bloody year on the Plains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Kansas Folklore Classic Reprint written by S. J. Sackett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Kansas Folklore Kansas is a big, open, new stretch of land where things have moved fast. Within their own life-span storytellers have seen the whole period of its development from territory to state, from frontier to continental crossroads. There are men and women in Kansas today who have traveled in oxcarts and jets, dwelt in dugouts and penthouses, been diverted by medicine shows and television programs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Sons of Strength Kansas Classic Reprint written by William Rheem Lighton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sons of Strength Kansas Although I have often tried to find my way, through the weary maze of days, years and events, back to the time of my first awakening from the dream-sleep of baby hood, I have always brought up sharply at one place, as against a blank wall, - a wall which may be scaled only in imagination. But imagination is at the best illusory and unsatisfying. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Impressions of Early Kansas written by Eliza Johnston Wiggin and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictionized account of pioneer life in Troy, Kan.
Download or read book Kansas Classic Reprint written by George W. Winans and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Kansas As far as it has been found possible, the geography of Kansas as presented in this small volume has received causal treatment, a distinguishing feature of the series of which it is a supplementary volume. Emphasis has been placed 011 the industries of the state and on the industries of different parts of the state. These industries agriculture, manufacturing, and commerce depend v-ery largely on the physiographic conditions that influence climate, which mainly determines the productions and the occupa tions of the people. Some information concerning the history and the government of the state has been given and the educational system of the state has been briefly outlined. In short, the book attempts to present such a view of the state of Kansas - its resources, its industries, and the life of its people as ought to be known and may readily be learned by pupils belong ing to' the grammar grades of our public schools. It is hoped that the book will be found to have a value of its own apart from its use as a volume supplementary to a complete series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
